DevOps Engineer

Program Overview

Improves sustainment efforts for new enhancements and capabilities while maintaining operational applications and their authority to operate. Program supports research, development, testing, and evaluation based on customer requirements and agile processes, while assisting with intelligence missions and global integration efforts.

About The Role

Supports the design, development, and maintenance of end-to-end systems and system-oriented products across the full lifecycle, applying a holistic engineering approach. Contributes to the development and implementation of standards, practices, and procedures to ensure consistent and efficient product delivery. Assists in integrating system components to ensure they function cohesively within the overall architecture.

Evaluates system performance using established technical metrics and contributes to system design and documentation efforts. Participates in design reviews for hardware and software components to ensure alignment with requirements, traceability, and successful verification and validation.

Implements and supports DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, and Artifactory. Performs system security hardening, patching, and certificate updates to maintain compliance and system integrity. Works with AWS cloud technologies to support deployment and operations, including contributing to cost estimation activities.

Develops and maintains system documentation, including System Installation Plans and System Administration Guides, ensuring accuracy and usability for operational teams.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in an area applicable to the position , with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or a minimum of 6 years experience with a Master's degree, or a minimum of 3 years experience with a Ph.D. Additional 4 years experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Active TS/SCI or SCI eligibility and ability to obtain a polygraph
• Security+ or other IAT II/III level certification that is currently active
• Experience work with the AWS Cloud (EC2s, S3, RDS, ElasticCache)
• CI/CD tools: Git
• Linux Sysadmin experience
• Experience installing, updating, and managing Server certificates and trust stores/keystores
• Willing to work full time in a SCIF. Remote work not available, but schedule is flexible.

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience working with OpenShift, Keycloak, PostgreSQL, Ansible, Wildfly
• Experience working with Kafka, Elasticsearch, Wildfly, Docker, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory
• Experience implementing STIG hardening, CI/CD pipelines
• Leading a Kanban DevOps team
• Managing multiple environments (dev, test and prod)

Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Details

Target Salary Range: $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at

Application Duration Statement: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.