Associate DevOps Architect

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We have started a very large new program with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and would love to have you join us! If you are solution-oriented, thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment, then come work for a our company looking for DevOps Architect

• Lead a team of DevSecOps engineers serving a large diverse team of multidisciplinary professionals defining and supporting the DevSecOps and CI/CD platforms across a portfolio of systems 
• Operate and collaborate on meeting mission objectives in a multi-vendor environment.
• Advise team and management on process improvements and opportunities for automation. 
• Work with Federal agency leadership to gain insights into modernization roadmap and review agency cloud strategic plans.
• Drive DevSecOps Adoption Strategy of the provided platform with your vision and industry experience
• Maintain and share best practices in performance measurement, migration, and implementation based on leading industry trends.
• Possess hands on knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, MS Templating, etc.) and working knowledge of modern programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, GoCD, .NET, Java, etc.)
• Must have an excellent working knowledge of DevSecOps engineering, tools & technologies such as Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, SonarQube, GIT, Maven, fortify etc.
• Demonstrate the ability to identify and master new technologies.
• Possess strong leadership skills and drive research-based decisions supported by thorough alternative analysis.
• Demonstrate intimate knowledge of Linux, AWS (ECS, EKS, Fargate), cloud-native system development, and modern software architecture to ensure the efficient development of stable, scalable, resilient applications.
• Provide expertise in operationalized metrics and site reliability engineering.

• Experience with Federal agency or enterprise level cloud strategy and implementation using GovCloud.
• Experience with cloud procurements, migrations, optimizations, and performance measurements
• Experience advising IT leaders and C-suite executives based on previous related experience, industry best practices, current trends, and lessons learned from other public sector initiatives.
• Experience conducting open-source research, analyzing policies, and performing data analysis,
• 10 plus years in IT, and a minimum of 7 years of professional experience working in various phases of cloud projects
• Good knowledge of AWS cloud network and services (e.g.: VPC / EC2 / Docker / Kubernetes / Availability Zones / Scaling / RDS / SQS / SNS )

Educational Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent

Certification: AWS Solutions Architect/ DevOps Engineer is required

Clearance: able to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Location: Position is currently remote but post-pandemic may require travel to the customer's Sterling, VA offices

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