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Senior DevOps Engineer

MQ Prime is a Virginia based small business who are experts in the world of Cyber Engineering and Software Development.  Built on decades of expertise, we support Commercial and Government clients, providing development, design and implementation of cutting-edge solutions.  Our personnel maintain support for cyber solutions throughout all of the Government and continue to develop capabilities to fill operational gaps.

MQ Prime offers a salary and benefits package that surpasses industry standards while also providing a varied and expanding portfolio of programs at multiple classification levels to enable employee growth. We want you to grow as we do. Come join us!

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the development and integration of various intelligence capabilities into a test and subsequently operational environment. You will be a member of a project team responsible for designing and maintaining multiple DevOps pipelines integrating and deploying numerous components into the larger system infrastructure. Deployment will be across multiple networks into hybrid architectures consisting of both on-prem and cloud infrastructures. 

Principal Responsibilities:

  • Manage and automate the deployment, scaling, and monitoring of containerized applications using Kubernetes, ensuring cluster performance, security, and infrastructure reliability through continuous integration, optimization, and troubleshooting

  • Design, implement and maintain multiple DevOps pipelines

  • Implement CD & CI solutions to support rapid development and integration

  • Integrate static code analysis and other security mechanisms into pipeline

  • Design and apply hybrid deployment strategy (cloud and local virtualized)

  • Work with software and system engineers to apply automated test and documentation processes

  • Troubleshoot and resolve network, automation pipelines, and infrastructure issues

  • Build, maintain, and monitor configuration management of release products

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or related discipline

  • 8+ years of DevOps experience minimum

  • Direct hands-on knowledge of managing code using Git and associated server tools like Bitbucket, GitLab, GitHub or Gitea

  • Must have extensive understanding of and ability to work without assistance using Kubernetes

  • CI & CD implementation experience with technologies like Jenkins, ArgoCD, or Bamboo

  • Experience with automated deployment technologies such as Cloud Formation, Ansible, Terraform

  • Cloud application deployment strategies like Helm and Jenkins Pipelines

  • Direct experience crafting docker images and running containers in and out of a cloud environment

  • Working to expert knowledge of Linux, MacOS and Windows operating systems 

  • Working knowledge of opensource data storage technology installation, configuration and maintenance, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Elasticsearch, et al.  

  • Ability to build Linux shell scripts to support a wide variety of tasks like CRON or remote SSH execution

  • General knowledge of cyber security methods and responsibilities across all tiers of the cloud technology stack

  • Willing to work on-site in Herndon, VA

  • TS/SCI clearance and be willing and able to pass a CI polygraph

Preferred qualifications:

  • Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access

  • Experience with distributed processing methods and tools, such as REST APIs, microservices, IaaS/PaaS services

  • Knowledge level understanding of Kubernetes platform installation, configuration, and maintenance

  • Experience developing, deploying, and configuring ingress or proxy for web-based access

  • Experience supporting software in a production environment

  • Experience with Fortify and/or SonarQube

  • Experience working with HPC’s is a plus

  • Custom source application deployments and maintenance. (Java, Python) 

  • Experience working in an Agile environment

  • Enterprise Linux system administration experience, (Amazon, Red Hat, Rocky, or CentOS) 

  • Experience implementing/following CM practices; plans, procedures, and source control in all responsible areas

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