Job Details
Gridiron IT is looking for an experienced Staff DevSecOps Engineer to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.
About the role:
As a Staff DevSecOps Engineer, you will spearhead initiatives related to developing and implementing end-to-end cluster and application lifecycles, setting the benchmark for security and efficiency. Raft is building a real-time data platform for the Department of Defense (DoD), aimed at enhancing operators' awareness of critical events. Central to this data platform is the aggregation of real-time data from various sensors. This data is ultimately presented as a mission planning and execution UI to empower operators to make time-critical and pertinent decisions. Key technologies include Kafka, Kafka Streams, Pinot, Java, Scala, and Kubernetes. Your involvement in this role will encompass hands-on collaboration with a team of accomplished individuals collectively striving towards excellence.
What we are looking for:
- 6-7 years experience with Kubernetes or Docker, with a proven track record
- Developed supporting tools and infrastructure as code for clustered and distributed application lifecycles
- Worked with clients architecting, developing, and implementing Kubernetes or Docker solutions both in the Cloud and on-premises
- Developed and implemented CI/CD pipelines
- Implement GitOps for Software Delivery
- Five years' experience with Docker and Kubernetes, provisioning production clusters and maintaining their compliance
- Experience with deploying and managing data-intensive platforms using popular streaming technologies such as Kafka, Pinot, or Flink
- Solid understanding of Helm Charts, Kubernetes networking technologies (Calico, Cilium, etc.), and related concepts.
- Hands-on operating stateful and data-intensive services in orchestrated environments
- Experience with AWS and/or other cloud computing solutions
- Experience with software packaging, build, and delivery approaches in distributed applications.
- Has experience Kubernetes monitoring (i.e. Prometheus, Grafana) and logging (i.e. Fluentbit, Kibana, Loki) solutions
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- Has configured CI/CD pipelines using GitLab Runners
- Obtain Security+ within the first 90 days of employment with Raft
Highly preferred:
- Advanced expertise in writing custom Helm Charts
- Experience using a variety of package managers/dependency managers including Maven, Gradle, NPM, and Yarn
- Knowledge of Istio
- Experience supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
- Experience in automation languages like Python or GoLang
- Comfortable provisioning and debugging complex CI/CD pipelines
Clearance Requirements:
- Active Top Secret Clearance
Work Type:
- On customer site in Dulles, VA
- May require up to 25% travel