Advanced Cloud DevOps and Platform Engineer

Our DoD/Aerospace client is looking to fill an Advanced Cloud DevOps & Platform Engineer position that just opened in Scottsdale, AZ. In this role, you will support successful implementation of a PaaS in the Cloud through architecture guidance, best practices, data migration, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and more. To be considered, you will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Software Engineering or related plus a minimum of 5 years of experience.

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Position: Advanced Cloud DevOps & Platform Engineer

Contract: 24 months with possibility of going direct/permanent

Pay: $66.69/hour

Telecommute: Hybrid

Responsibilities

As an Advanced Cloud DevOps and Platform Engineer, you will:

• Develop, evolve, and maintain CI/CD pipelines: Automating integration and deployment processes to ensure smooth and frequent releases by project teams (ie. GitLab CI).
• Infrastructure management: Automating and managing the infrastructure provisioning and configuration to support scalability and reliability (ie. Terraform, Ansible).
• Ensuring security integration: Implementing security automated measures at every stage of the software development lifecycle to prevent vulnerabilities.
• Collaboration: Working closely with development, operations, and security teams to foster a culture of shared responsibility.
• Scripting and coding: Writing scripts and code to automate processes and integrate various systems and tools (ie. Python, Terraform ,Ansible).
• Continuous improvement: Continuously looking for ways to improve processes, tooling, and the overall system performance and security.
• Driving cloud solutions to realize benefits: Leverage cloud (ie. AWS/Azure GovCloud) for increased workflow efficiencies and realized scalable virtualized test environments. (ie. digital twins)
• Together with the MUOS Tools and CSEL development teams, you will support successful implementation of a PaaS in the Cloud through architecture guidance, best practices, data migration, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and more.
  
  

Candidates should have demonstrated strengths and experience in some of the following areas:

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field. Also requires 5 years of job-related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job-related experience. Agile experience preferred.
• Experience working with, or are familiar with the differences between, public (AWS, Azure), private (RHOSP, VIO), and mixed cloud environments
• Container technologies such as Docker, or Kubernetes
• Deployment of continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies such as GitLab, Jenkins, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience maintaining production-grade applications in virtualized environments (cloud computing platforms and services) using automation
• Creation of pipelines, Ansible Playbooks, and/or Terraform configurations to automate administrative actions from resource creation to service configuration
• Effective communication and attention to detail
  
  

Other Beneficial Experience

• IT security practices including encryption, certificates, key management, patch management, STIG, RMF, or security hardening, and auditing
• Installation of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) technologies such as Amazon Web Services, OpenStack, RHOSP, or VIO
• Management of Cloud Resources in Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure
• Platform as a Service (PaaS) technologies such as Kubernetes, Rancher, or OpenShift
• Cloud automation tooling such as Ansible, Terraform, Terragrunt, or Packer
• Open source server, messaging, load balancing, and database software (such as RabbitMQ, Redis, Elasticsearch)
• Scalable networking technologies such as Load Balancers (NGINX)/Firewalls and web standards (REST APIs, web security mechanisms)
  
  

About Our Client

Our client is a mission critical DOD – Aerospace defense contractor developing solutions that will lead, serve, and protect our country. Our client develops strategic systems for defense, civil government, intelligence and cyber end users on a international basis.

About APR

Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is a match for this position, please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!

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