DEVOPS ENGINEER – GIT/Linux- 5+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly clearance is required- RC - 323

DevOps Engineer – GIT/ Linux - 5+ yrs of Experience - TS/SCI w/Poly Required

Halogen Engineering Group is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team.

Location: Columbia, MD

Travel Required: No

Shift: Day

Remote Type: Onsite

Security Clearance: Current TS/SCI

Polygraph: Required (Poly must be less than 5 years old)

Salary Range

The projected compensation range for this position is 172K-182K (annualized USD).

Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Capabilities

• Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging
• Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production
• Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies
• Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.
• Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, staging, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits
• Set-up up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible
• Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence/ Jira)
• Assist in design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments
• Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements
• Identify processes and capabilities that can be stream lined and automated
• Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements
• Assist with support and operations where necessary
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed , stored, or accessed
• Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Ruby Perl, and Java
• Experience with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
• Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture
• Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.

Requirements

Required Skills

• Must be fluent with Git • Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments ( RHEL 6/7/8, RHCSA/RHCE, CentOS) • Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring,  instrumentation, resiliency and performance. • 5+ years working in an Agile dev environment (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master degree in relevant field) • Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred. • Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC, etc.) Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus) Knowledge of security practices networking protocols, firewalls PCI compliance, etc. • 5+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting • 5+ years' experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment • Familiarity with software development life cycle models agile, and DevOps programming methodologies. • Fluent skills in object oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby C C++, GO Python, or Java. • Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments. • Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management and support staff. • Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills. • Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or higher is required in either Engineering (i.e. Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of five (5) years of related experience (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field).​

Benefits

CareFirst Insurance

Medical Plans

• Three available medical plans–2 Platinum PPO Plans ($0 Deductible) and 1 HSA Plan ($1500 deductible)
  
• Halogen pays 100% Medical Premium Costs up to $25,000
  
• CareFirst Wellness Rewards Program
  

Guardian Insurance 
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Dental Plan

• Halogen pays 50% of the plan costs
  

Vision Plan

• Halogen pays 100% of the plan costs
  

401K Retirement Plan

· 10% contribution paid by the company, automatically vested and paid in each pay period.

Life Insurance, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off

· 20 Paid Time Off Days

· 6 Federal Holidays

· 5 Floating Holidays

Bonuses

· Based on performance and billable hours

Halogen Engineering Group does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.