Senior Devops Engineer

Iowa City, IA

Full Time

Experienced

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior DevOps Engineer

Department: Veterans Affairs
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)

Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This is a direct, federal government customer interacting position
Maintenance and ongoing development of continuous build/ integration infrastructure.
Source Control Management / Documentation
Creating and maintaining fully automated CI build processes for multiple environments
Writing build and deployment scripts.
Supporting CI/CD tools integration/ operations/ change management, and maintenance.
Support full automation of CI/ Testing.
Supporting policies, standards, guidelines, governance and related guidance for both CI/CD operations and for work of developers.
Training and supporting developers from source control, through build automation, merge resolution, CI, test automation, deployment based on tools usage and policies, standards.
Enable successful release management by moving code from Development and Testing environments to Staging and Production
Work closely with software developers, production support, and information security to automate and support infrastructure and tooling in cloud-based platforms
Apply automated deployment tool sets and infrastructure including environments and code management using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes
Perform and/or support response activities for operational and security incidents
Drive the implementation and rollout of application reliability, including disaster recovery
Provide guidance and apply agile and DevOps/DevSecOps practices to streamline product delivery and reliable operations of products
Continuously identify opportunities to automate and save time

Required Skills and Experience
*Must have outstanding Interpersonal, Written, Oral and Presentation skills* Proficient with Source Control Management best practices, automation tools Expertise with build automation tools– Jenkins Knowledge of source code control management systems and configuration management (Git and Rational preferred) Experience with: Build time dependency management (Maven, Ivy), Unit testing and code coverage tools (JUnit), Functional test automation techniques and tools (Selenium, Fortify, JMeter etc.) Experience with Open Source Repository Manager (NPM,Sinopia) Proficient with Linux and creating Virtual Machines (Vagrant)Good understanding of Quality Control and Test Automation in Agile-based Continuous Integration environments Prior DevOps, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitHub,Tomcat and Virtual environment experience Experience with content management and issue tracking (JIRA) Experience learning, sharing, and implementing best practices with the ability to establish operational processes, implement DevOps, deployment checklists Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment build tools (Jenkins, Ansible) Knowledge of developing solutions in an iterative (agile) approach Knowledge of basic networking concepts Knowledge of system configuration tools and implementation of architectural frameworks Expertise with build automation tools– Jenkins Knowledge of source code control management systems and configuration management (Git and Rational preferred) Knowledge and experience with Linux Admin: Maintain/upgrade Linux packages, security, networking, performance tuning, system resource management, capacity planning, user process monitoring. Azure experience mandatory
Professional Certifications	DevOps and Azure certifications highly desirable
Formal Education	Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or other engineering or technical degree
Years of Professional Experience	8+ year relevant experience
Security Clearance Requirements	Must possess or be able to obtain a Public Trust (MBI)
Citizenship	*U.S. Citizenship Required*
CRITICAL NOTES:	SSG will not make assumptions regarding your qualifications. Your answers to the mandatory screening questions must be supported by the information on your resume. Applications with inconsistencies will not be considered. Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered 100% remote. However, all continental U.S. based locations may be considered except applicants from CA, CO, NJ, NY, or IL will not be considered.
Desired Skills and Experience
Knowledge of developing solutions in an Agile approach

U.S Citizenship is required for this specific opportunity. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance. Individuals may also be subject to a background investigation including, but not limited to criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.

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Do not apply for more than 1 location. All locations will be considered except CA, NJ, NY, IL and CO. * MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS WILL BE DELETED AND YOU WILL LOSE ALL HIRING CONSIDERATIONS.*

Applicants who do not provide a full name, including last name, or provide a fictitious name or who do not provide a physical, verifiable address as part of their application will not receive any hiring consideration.*

Do you have prior DevOps, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitHub,Tomcat and Virtual environment experience?*

Do you have experience working with Azure cloud based hosting solutions?*

Do you have hands-on knowledge of source code control management systems and configuration management (Git and Rational preferred)?*

Do you have knowledge of scripting languages; Linux Scripting: Fluent on Linux scripting e.g. Bash/Shell, Ruby, Perl, Python, or similar?*

Do you have experience with: Build time dependency management (Maven, Ivy), Unit testing and code coverage tools (JUnit), Functional test automation techniques and tools (Selenium, Fortify, JMeter etc.)?*

Do you have experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment build tools (Jenkins, Ansible)*

Are you currently a U.S. Citizen?*

Do you now or have you ever possessed a federal government issued security clearance? This can be either a Public Trust or DOD issued clearance. IF YOU ANSWER "YES", THE CLEARANCE LEVEL MUST BE LISTED ON YOUR RESUME.*

If you answered No to possessing a Public Trust or DOD issued Security Clearance, are you aware of any factor that would PREVENT you from obtaining a clearance? * A "Yes" answer means you believe you CANNOT pass a federal security clearance background investigation.*

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