DevOps Engineer II

Veteran-Owned Firm Seeking a DevOps Engineer II with TS/SCI with a Polygraph for an Onsite Role in Columbia, MD.

My name is Stephen Hrutka. I lead a Veteran-Owned management consulting firm in Washington, DC. We specialize in Technical and Cleared Recruiting for the Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community (IC), and other advanced defense agencies.

At HRUCKUS, we support fellow Veteran-Owned businesses by helping them recruit for positions across organizations such as the VA, SBA, HHS, DARPA, and other leading-edge R&D-focused defense agencies.

We seek to fill a DevOps Engineer II role in Columbia, MD.

The ideal candidate is a Columbia, MD resident with an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance, 8+ years of relevant experience in platform architecture and automation, and proficiency in Git and Linux/Windows environments. A minimum of five years' experience in Agile development and hands-on management of AWS/PaaS is essential.

If you’re interested, I'll gladly provide more details about the role and discuss your qualifications further.

Thanks,

Stephen M Hrutka

Principal Consultant

HRUCKUS LLC

Executive Summary: HRUCKUS is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer II to support a mission-critical program for the Warfighter by leveraging expertise in platform architecture, automation, and cloud infrastructure to optimize deployment and system processes.

Position Description: The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for supporting the full development lifecycle, building and maintaining a secure release pipeline, automating deployments across various environments, and improving processes through streamlining and automation.

Position Responsibilities

• Support the development lifecycle, including platform design, deployment, and debugging.
• Build and maintain a release pipeline for fast, secure delivery to production.
• Automate deployments across environments using scripting languages and toolkits.
• Configure sites/applications via tools like Puppet and Ansible, and maintain Confluence/Jira software.
• Assist in designing/maintaining web service infrastructure and deployments.
• Identify and implement process improvements through automation and streamlining.
  
  

Required Skills

• Must have an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Fluent with Git and version control best practices, including branching and merging strategies.
• Strong knowledge of Linux environments (RHEL 6/7/8, RHCSA/RHCE, CentOS) and Windows system administration.
• Expertise with caching technologies (e.g., Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC), MySQL (Clusters, Replication, Tuning), and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, and PCI compliance.
• 5+ years in Agile development environments.
• 5+ years managing AWS cloud or virtualized servers in PaaS environments.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Ruby, C/C++, Go, Python, or Java) and understanding of object-oriented programming.
  
  

Desired Skills

• Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo, Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment.
• Experience with Kibana.
  
  

Details

• Job Title: DevOps Engineer II
• Location: Columbia, MD 21045
• Work Arrangement: Full Time, Onsite
• Clearance Requirement: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Compensation: $104,000 to $189,000 per year.
• Please note: Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
• We offer competitive benefits, including: Paid Time Off, 11 Paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support and Parental Paid Leave