Junior Devops Engineer

Sigma Defense is seeking a Junior-levelDevOps Engineerto provide on-site support in Patuxent River, MD USA with experience modernizing large, legacy applications to help us build and run a full DevSecOps environment and workflow for the MINOTAUR Family of Systems (Fos).

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled: Sigma Defense Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Requirements

• Must be a citizen of the United States.
• 2-3 years of experience in an IT-related job (e.g., DevOps, Software, System Administration, etc.)
• 1+ years of CI/CD and pipeline development, preferably GitLab CI.
• 1+ years of containerization experience in the following:
• Building container images
• Migrating applications to containers
• 1+ years of software development life cycle (Git, Release Process, etc.)
• Optional: 1+ year of Kubernetes experience to include installing, maintaining, deploying applications, etc.
• Optional: 1+ years of software development experience.
• Optional: 1- 3 years of experience working on MINOTAUR Family of Systems (FoS)
• Must have the ability to work on-site In Lexington Park, Maryland USA (NAS- Pax River).
• Experience writing clear, high-quality, maintainable, and extendable code with best practices of automated tests.

• Strong development and programming experience in any one of the following languages:
• C, C++, Java experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency with at least one scripting language, preferably Python.
• Experience performing software development in a DevOps environment utilizing tools such as Git, Jenkins, Jira, Artifactory, Confluence, and Bitbucket.

Preferred Experience:

• Six months or more of SCRUM Master experience.
• Experience with Advanced Networking Tactical System (ANTS) Operational Support System (OSS).

Personnel Clearance Level:

• Candidate must possess an active, DoD issued Secret security clearance.
• A clearance will be sponsored for the right candidate.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Software Development, Cybersecurity, or related field of study.

Software/Programs Experience:

• Programming/Scripting Languages: C, C++, Java, Bash.
• Code Repositories and CI/CD: GitLab and GitLab-CI.
• Atlassian Tools: Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.
• Scanning Tools: Fortify, Sonarqube, Anchore.
• Testing Tools: Eggplant, SikuliX.
• Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linus 7/8.
• Container Runtimes and Orchestrators: Docker, Podman, Kubernetes.

Critical Certifications:

• Security+ (must obtain if you do not possess).

Desired Certifications:

• GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate, or GitLab Certified Security Specialist.

• C++ Certified Associate Programmer (CPA).
• AWS Certification.

Candidate Differentiators:

• Experience with the MINOTAUR Family of Systems.
• Experience with modernizing large, legacy applications.
• Experience with DoD RMF process.
• Software development experience with C, C++, and or Java.
• Experience with IBM ClearCase.

Essential Job Duties (not all inclusive):

• Participate in software development projects.
• Develop high-quality software design and architecture.
• Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.
• Perform validation and verification testing.
• Produce clean code by means of best practices and automated tests, and review and debug as necessary.
• Collaborate with and lead the Engineering team, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and project management expertise to deliver successful software projects.
• Identify needs and execute tasks within the software development life cycle.
• Review software and ensure it is up to date with the latest technologies and standards.
• Document development phases and monitor systems.

Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000 annually.

Benefits

• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Medical Insurance to Include an HSA Plan and HRA Plan Which Features a $6,000 Health Reimbursement
• Life and A&D coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) Plan with Company Matching Contributions
• 160 Hours of Paid Time Off (PTO) with Carry-Over up to 240 hours
• 12 (Floating) Holidays
• Educational Assistance
• Highly Competitive Salary