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DevOps Engineer III

Sierra Nevada Corporation
Full-time
On-site
Sparks, Nevada, United States
As a DevOps Engineer III, you'll be responsible for support of multiple Software Engineering (SE) teams by staying informed of and understanding their projects and technical needs. You will primarily be using your skills to implement direct solutions to their CI/CD process. You will also work with enterprise infrastructure teams to deliver future services that directly enable the creation of cutting-edge software products. You will be able to support SE teams working in cloud and isolated on-prem environments. Your technical duties involve the design and development of services and platforms and the support of existing DevOps processes. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, CMMC Level Certifications while enabling staff, Partners, and customers.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber. https://www.sncorp.com/company/business-areas/

Responsibilities:

  • Strong communication skills
  • Strong critical thinking 
  • Problem solving skills
  • Self-motivated with ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects
  • Ability to work with people in a team environment
  • Deal effectively with changing project priorities
  • Ability to manage time
  • Make sound decisions 
  • Take independent action 
  • Analyze problems and provide focused solutions 

Must-haves:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field with typically 6 or more years of relevant experience
    • Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
    • Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
  • Understanding of DevSecOps principles and processes
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Experience in Azure or AWS
  • Infrastructure as Cloud: Terraform (preferred), Ansible, Cloud Formation, ARM Templates, Chef, Puppet
  • CI/CD Pipeline experience
  • Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python (Boto3), AWS CLI, or Azure CLI
  • Linux troubleshooting
  • Hypervisors (VMWare)
  • Containerization & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Self-motivated with ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects
  • An active Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required

Preferred:

  • M365/O365 experience and Identity Architecture (SAML, OAuth, AzureAD, Okta, etc….)
  • Visio and diagramming skills/experience
  • Azure Government
  • AWS Government
  • Checkmarx, Fortify, SonarQube, Aqua, Twistlock
  • Experience applying STIG and troubleshooting Secured/STIG’d systems
  • Atlassian toolset with the following priority (Bamboo, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence) 
  • Basic Networking knowledge (VLANS, layer 2, Firewall Rules) 
  • CI/CD Pipelines (YAML Based): AWS, Azure, GIT Hub
  • Familiarity with Designing, Building, and Fielding Systems while using engineering best practices for Configuration Management and   Documentation. 
  • Experience in containerized software loads: Docker, container deployment, Docker swarm, Docker security hardening
  • Java: Maven based project experience, Artifact management (Nexus, Artifactory) Distributed system experience (Kafka)
  • Linux: ISCSI & Network booting, RHEL, KickStart, Velocity templates

Estimated Starting Salary: $109,592.82 - $150,690.13

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SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires current/active Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination.  Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.