What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead DevOps Engineer position at SAIC?
Description
SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance.
The DevOps Lead is responsible for shaping the organization’s DevOps strategy and implementation. The DevOps lead will coordinate the efforts of product development teams with that of operations teams to streamline the development process and build and evolve an automated, secure, and scalable continuous delivery pipeline with high-quality, innovative product releases to mission customers. Responsibilities include leading the design and integration of DevOps tools and technologies for deployment, monitoring, and operations of mission systems software products; working with application teams to help them adopt continuous build, inspection, testing, and deployment approaches; participating in all aspects of DevOps Engineering and promoting industry standard methodologies in DevOps Engineering; helping to configure and monitor DevOps performance; and ensuring maximum uptime and optimal performance for mission customers in the Production environment.
Qualifications
Required :
Active TS / SCI clearance with polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, or related technical field.
A minimum of ten (10) years of experience working in an operational environment responsible for the development, O&M, as well as client support of large-scale enterprise applications.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience utilizing Agile software development methods.
Minimum of eight years (8) of IT experience including at least five (5) years of software-related DevOps experience.
Desired :
Experience with various DevOps tools (e.g., Jira, Maven, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, GitHub, BitBucket, Docker, etc.).
Experience developing Infrastructure as Code.
Experience building software or solutions using PHP, Bash, Perl, Ruby, Python, or similar programming languages and technology stacks.
Experience leading cross-functional teams.
Experience solving difficult / complex problems and leading people through change.
Experience utilizing testing practices and frameworks including automated testing suites, unit testing, and end-to-end and user-acceptance testing.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)-Certified Solutions Architect or Developer, Associate or preferably Professional level.
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy : SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site. REQNUMBER : 2413908
SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M / F / Vet / Disability
