Senior DevOps Engineer

GA-CCRi maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!

GA-CCRi is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineers with Top Secret/SCI clearance to manage the configuration, deployment and maintenance of one or multiple environments. The ability to maintain a production system in a high uptime environment is a key success factor.Join our growing team in taking our systems to the next level, giving end-users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Under general direction, this position is responsible for maintaining development, testing, and production environments.
• Builds and deploys automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
• Manages continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency.
• Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
• Continuously evaluates existing systems with industry standards, and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Builds and maintains tools, solutions and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring that all meet our customer service standards and reduce errors.
• Tests system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed.
• Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
• Works with open-source technologies as needed.
• Works with CI/ CD tools, and source control such as GIT and SVN.
• Offers technical support where needed, developing software for our back-end systems.
• Stays current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and active Top Secret security clearance, SCI eligible, and willing to take a CI polygraph.
• Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and five years of related experience.
• Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
• Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
• Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
• Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.?
• Able to work extended hours as required.?

Desired Qualifications and Experience

• Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
• Experience executing against database technologies.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet).
• Continuous integration processes and tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
• System monitoring and analysis.
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.

Travel Percentage Required

None?

Relocation Assistance Provided

Yes?

US Citizenship Required

Yes?

Clearance Required

Yes?

Clearance Level

Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly is required.

Salary Range

$140,000-$190,000

Benefits

• Casual Work Environment.
• Intellectually Challenging Work.
• Health Insurance including FSA, HSA and Tricare Supplement options.
• Short/Long Term Disability Insurance.
• Generous Defined Retirement Benefit, including both a 401K match and pension plan.
• Very Flexible Vacation Policy.
• The job description above is not intended to be comprehensive list. Responsibilities, activities, duties, and/or tasks may change or be assigned at any time.
• CCRi is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce because we know that our differences benefit our employees, our customers, and our community. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a an individual with a disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.