Senior DevOps Engineer

Overview

FTI is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our growing team. FTI provides mission-tailored, technology-enabled services and solutions that enhance the ability of the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and the Federal Government to make the best decisions possible in support of national interests. Furthermore, FTI supports those who safeguard our nation with advanced technology, services and expertise while building upon our values to make a positive impact on our customers, each other, and our communities. Lastly, our culture is built around our 4Cs: Core Values (Ethics, Morals, Integrity, Honesty, Sincerity), Commitment, Compassion, and Charity.

Candidates must be in, or willing to relocate to Colorado Springs, Co. There is some allowance for remote work, but there is a requirement for candidates to report on-site as needed.

Responsibilities

• Identify areas for process automation improvement, automate existing and new processes, maintain, and deploy cloud infrastructure, and support the Agile software development lifecycle build process.
• The ideal candidate will have deep experience of Python & Ansible with networking technologies, such as routing, switching; managing heterogeneous environment .
• Full lifecycle of software systems; including development, testing and deployment.
• The candidate will be responsible for the development of automation solutions utilizing Ansible Automation Platform and RedHat.
• Leverage automation tools to reduce security compliance errors/vulnerabilities and improve Gitlab security reporting.
• Integrate with internal back-end infrastructure systems.
• Perform root cause analysis for security relevant issues for development environment.
• Investigate and resolve security technical CI/CD issues.
• Identifying technical problems and developing software updates and fixes.
• Assist in baselining and maintaining container standards and enforcement.
• Constantly looking to align to industry best practices to integrate security within a Software Factory.
• Experience analyzing Gitlab security scanning and working with development teams to resolve those issues.
  
  

Education/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or similar field of study.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess an active secret with eligibility for a TS/SCI Clearance.
• 6 years of DevOps Engineering experience.
• Experience in the development of tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments.
• Experience with developing & deploying automation services for continuous monitoring & observability tools (Kibana, Elastic, Splunk, etc).
• Experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues related to CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness.
• Knowledge and experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, Groovy, GoLang, Rust or Ruby.
• Experience with DevOps pipeline tools and technologies, including , Jenkins, Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes.
• Ability to obtain Security CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of hire.
• Some travel may be required with this role.
  
  

For this role, the compensation range for candidates in Colorado is ($130K- $180K) . Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. FTI has a location based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in other locations.