Devops Engineer (mid level)

Specifically, this team will provide advisory and technical implementation services to modernize the services offered across the agency’s 4 cloud platforms and agency’s IT solution delivery infrastructure to streamline IT service and solution development, testing and deployment within their cloud environment.

The candidate must be familiar with building and managing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) methodologies to support both cloud platform modernization efforts as well as IT solution migration efforts. The candidate should also have familiarity and experience building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration as Code (CaC) environments, using tools such as Terraform and Ansible, to enable scalable, automated and consistent infrastructure and configuration management.

It is essential that this candidate have exceptional communication skills and have a wide depth of knowledge and hands on experience with various technologies, and environments.

We are currently looking for a DevOps Engineer who will:

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using industry standard practices for container based and cloud-based applications
• Work with product management to translate requirements into technical design and provide estimates
• Build and maintain IaC and CaC environments to streamline deployments while automating and implementing scalable infrastructure and configuration management processes
• Help design, document, and maintain system artifacts including, but not limited to, solution architecture and information workflow diagrams
• Support Agile-based activities and responsibilities including, but not limited to, the following:
• Scrum cadences
• Epic and user story development and tracking
• User story blocker analysis and resolution
• Build and maintain relationships with project team members and client stakeholders
• Report on common sources of technical issues or questions and make recommendations to clients
• Assist application teams with triaging cloud and Kubernetes-based issues
• Design solutions with security in mind

Additionally, the ideal candidate will:

• Work closely with teammates and clients to deliver high-quality, code driven solutions
• Identify and resolve bugs and inefficiencies in current solutions
• Manage multiple tasks and priorities at one time
• Adhere to Agile development methodology and best practices
• Possess experience with the following technologies:
• Docker and OpenShift or related container orchestration tool
• Jenkins or other CI/CD tools
• Familiarity with providing DevOps services across at least 2 of the following cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, OCI
• Git and Gitlab
• Scripting expertise (i.e., Ansible, Terraform)
• Database management (i.e, Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB)
• Java and Angular applications
• Provide feedback to teammates on technical implementation, documents and code reviews

• US Citizenship and ability to pass a Public Trust background check.
• 4+ years of DevOps experience
• 3+ years software engineering experience
• 2+ years of working with at least 2 cloud platforms listed above
• At least one certification demonstrating administration or development expertise on a cloud platform (e.g., AWS Solution Architect, Google Associate Cloud
• 2+ years of setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to work independently and to be a self-starter and able to operate in a proactive way
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; logical thinker and intellectual curiosity

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer science or related field
• Experience working with Atlassian suite of project management tools (JIRA, Insight, Confluence)
• At least one industry recognized DevOps Engineer certification (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer expert, Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or equivalent.

Clearance

Active Public Trust clearance required. Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

About Northramp

At Northramp, our passion, our true north, is to help our clients cut through the fog and obtain technical and operational clarity to help them make the most significant impact possible. Focused like a laser on driving value for our clients, Northramp specializes in helping public and private sector clients streamline their IT operations, improve their technical services, and drive greater returns from IT investments.

If you are curious in learning more about Northramp, please visit our website at https://www.northramp.com.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Reasonable Accommodation Requests

We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

EEO is the Law

The law requires Northramp to post a notice describing the Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination. For information regarding your legal rights and protections, please click on the following link: EEO is the Law and EEO is the Law Supplement.

Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination

Northramp will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay. Please see the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision for more information.

E-Verify

As a Federal Contractor, Northramp is required to participate in the E-Verify Program to confirm eligibility to work in the United States.