Devops Engineer

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented DevOps Engineer
Please join SSG on this large, highly complex nationwide Veterans Affairs program supporting healthcare for over 10,000,000 Veterans!
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 ResponsibilitiesDevOps Engineer/Configuration Analyst

• 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 and communication skills***

• U.S. Citizenship Required for this Position
• 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.
• Knowledge of scripting languages; Linux Scripting: Fluent on Linux scripting e.g. Bash/Shell, Ruby, Perl, Python, or similar.

Professional CertificationsNoneFormal EducationBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or other engineering or technical degreeYears of Professional Experience

• 5+ year relevant experience

Security Clearance RequirementsMust possess or be able to obtain a Public Trust (MBI)CitizenshipU.S. Citizenship RequiredCRITICAL NOTES:

1. 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.
2. Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered
3. All continental U.S. based locations may be considered except applicants from CA, CO, NJ, NY, or IL will not be considered. 
4. This is a 1099 position

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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