What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance required) position at Red Alpha?
A little about us:
At Red Alpha, we are pioneers in shaping the digital landscape through cutting-edge cloud engineering solutions. Our dedicated Cloud Engineering Team is at the forefront of revolutionizing how businesses harness the power of cloud technology to drive innovation, scalability, and efficiency. If you're excited about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the cloud space and enjoy a workplace that values both professionalism and a sense of fun, we'd love to welcome you to our team!
Mission:
Our mission is to empower organizations with robust, secure, scalable cloud solutions that accelerate their digital transformation journey. We strive to be the catalyst for businesses looking to leverage the full potential of cloud computing, enabling them to stay agile, competitive, and future-ready.
Expertise:
Our Cloud Engineering Team comprises seasoned professionals with a wealth of experience in architecting, deploying, and optimizing cloud infrastructures. From public and private cloud solutions to hybrid environments, we specialize in tailoring cloud strategies that align with our client's unique needs and business objectives.
A day in the life:
Anyone can put DevOps on their resume, but serious DevOps Engineers are a development team's enabling force. We're seeking one of those serious DevOps Engineers to join an exciting program that serves the core operational mission of our Northern Virginia customer. This is a high visibility effort that paves the way for next-gen search, access control, and content curation capabilities. Our Dev teams are leveraging modern tech and practices including Lean Agile, Clean Code, and DevOps. Your day to day will look something like this:
- Configuring and maintaining continuous delivery pipelines to ship quality code quickly
- Debugging distributed systems configure tooling to proactively detect and mitigate bugs
- Building infrastructure as code solutions
- Deployment of new features and changes are fast, reliable, and repeatable.
- Utilizing the latest in build, test automation, and continuous integration tools to orchestrate deployment pipeline processes.
- Leveraging the latest AWS cloud infrastructure tools.
- Automating, containerizing, and auto-scaling solutions for a variety of target environments including web applications, search and analysis apps, and streaming data pipelines.
What you bring to the table:
All of our cloud engineers need the following skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role.
- Proficiency in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Oracle, or Google Cloud.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
For this particular role, you will also need:
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
- 2 years of relevant experience
- Proficient in Python, Bash, and higher-level languages (Go, Kotlin, Java, or Rust).
- Experience as a software developer and contributor to open source communities.
- Experience designing, developing, deploying, testing in the AWS ecosystem or similar cloud provider
- A team player capable of high performance and flexibility in a dynamic working environment.
These are important skills to have, but not necessarily mandatory:
- Expertise in Kubernetes cluster administration, UNIX/Linux systems, and CI/CD pipelines with automated testing support.
- Skilled in infrastructure as code tools (CloudFormation, Terraform) and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet).
- Deep knowledge of AWS services across:
- Management: CloudWatch, IAM, CloudTrail, EC2 Systems Manager.
- IaaS: EC2, VPC, EBS, ELB, KMS, Config, SNS, SQS, SES, SWF, S3, Glacier, EKS.
- Data Management: Redshift, RDS, EMR, Data Pipeline, Kinesis, DynamoDB.
- Expertise in Git for version control.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps tools: Build automation (Maven, Gradle, Ant); CI tools (Jenkins, Travis, Bamboo); Testing (JUnit, Selenium, jMeter, Gatling); Code quality (Sonar, Cast, Coverity); Static scanning (Contrast, Veracode, Fortify); Binary repositories (Artifactory, Nexus); Application performance monitoring (Jaeger, Zipkin, AWS X-Ray, AppDynamics); Proficient in containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes) and service mesh solutions (Istio, Consul)
- Monitoring & Logging - Competent in solutions such as Prometheus, Icinga, CloudWatch, Splunk, and the ELK stack.
The total package:
Our total compensation package was strategically designed with our members in mind with the intention to: reward our members for their hard work and commitment to our customers' missions; allow members to share in Red Alpha's success as we continue to grow and expand our footprint; provide long-term career opportunities through stability and internal mobility; and provide the resources our members need to support themselves and their dependents in the form of a robust benefits package. Our total compensation package includes a competitive base salary and benefits such as health, life/disability, 401k, paid time off, professional development, and generous bonus programs. Please visit our benefits tab for additional information.
Salary Range:
- Disclosed pay ranges are a general guideline, and are not a guarantee of a final salary or compensation. Our approach in determining final salaries takes into consideration a number of factors such as education, certifications, total years of relevant professional experience, actual level of expertise, and the responsibilities of the role itself.
- Based on the outlined roles, responsibilities, and requirements, the projected pay range for this position is: $150,000 - $250,000.
Some of our additional perks and benefits include:
- Retire sooner than planned: Get closer to retirement with up to 10% in 401k contributions, immediately vested.
- Have a career AND a life: Enjoy up to 5 weeks of leave (25 days of personal time off) and 11 paid floating holidays.
- Stay at your best: As a member, we'll pay 100% of your premiums for comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. We'll also pay the majority of the premiums for your family. Let's not forge free access to a fully equipped state of the art gym!
- Keep current on new technologies and technological advancements: $5250 per year towards ongoing education, trainings, certifications, and maintaining professional memberships.
- Dress in style: Spend up to $300 per year on company branded merchandise featuring top quality brands such as Under Armour, Nike, Carhartt, YETI, etc.
- Enjoy the culture: Attend fun company events throughout the year such as our Oktoberfest, summer picnic, and annual holiday party! These are all in additon to your team events which may include happy hours, baseball games, snowboarding, RenFest, and more!
Every day, our elite customers are pushing through "the grind" to defeat the enemy, even putting their lives on the line for our freedom. Rise to the occasion with us to deliver engineering excellence, to match their dedication to this nation. Join us as we bring digital transformation to the fight!
Salary : $300 - $5,250
