DevOps Engineer_Systems Admin

Job Summary: Securiport LLC is a US company based in Reston, VA, that specializes in the design and implementation of passenger biometric recognition, immigration processing, and intelligent information reporting and management systems based on advanced technological solutions. Securiport provides a complete immigration processing solution and analytics to maintain border security. Services include technical analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of Securiport’s software solutions, training, and technical support to the field operations.

A DevOps Engineer_Systems Administrator installs and maintains operating systems and related software to ensure stable performance. Handles complex issues and problems and receives assistance for the most complex issues from higher-level staff.

Essential Functions

• Design, implement, and manage the team’s physical, virtual, and containerized infrastructure


• Automate and maintain infrastructure configuration, software build, integration, test, and deployment processes


• Create a “hands-off” environment for system build, test, integration, deployment, and upgrades to enable delivery of turn-key solutions to closed-network environments


• Administer and support tools used by the software development team


• Share your knowledge and mentor the team in your areas of expertise


• When required, produce and deliver technical presentations to clients and management

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Demonstrated experience with Docker and Docker-related clustering (e.g. Docker Swarm, Kubernetes)


• Demonstrated experience with continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) technologies and processes.


• Demonstrated experience building infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform)


• Demonstrated experience deploying software-intensive systems that include Web, middleware, and back-end database technologies


• Experience as a system administrator, network administrator, systems engineer, or similar discipline, with strong experience in Linux and desired experience in Windows


• Experience with designing, documenting, and building physical infrastructure (e.g. racking-and- stacking servers)


• Experience administering tools used by development teams, such as Jira, Slack, Confluence and Git


• Excellent writing, communications, presentation, and design skills

Required Education, Certifications/ Licenses, Related Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field required.


• 4 years’ experience in related field required


• In lieu of degree, a total number of 8 years of experience in related field will meet the education and related experience requirements listed above


• Experience with automated test frameworks, especially in the Web and microservice areas


• Experience with commercial cloud architectures (Azure, Amazon AWS)


• CKA


• Experience with virtualization technology and with Infrakit, Vagrant, Puppet, or similar technologies


• Experience administering applications used by development teams, such as Rational Team Concert, JIRA, Confluence, Team Foundation Server, Slack, GitHub, and others


• Cybersecurity related experience


• Willingness to travel internationally on occasion

Physical Job Requirements

• This position requires the ability to remain in a stationary position (standing and/or seated) all the time


• This position requires the ability to spend all the time viewing computer monitors

Travel Requirements

• This position may have travel requirements

Securiport is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Securiport is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Please see the United States Department of Labor's EEO poster and EEO poster supplement for additional information.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position at the time this job description was written. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required of personnel so classified. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, and all employees in this position are employed “at -will. ”