DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description
Polaris Alpha, a Parsons Company, has emerged as a leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Our tremendous success can be attributed to our people and our priorities. We hire the best, we make them a priority and we never lose focus on the mission. Its why were here. We have built this cultural legacy by working closely with analysts and operators to understand their needs and delivering meaningful value through innovative, cost effective and intuitive software solutions.

Our Space Operations Directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our nations security for future generations depends on it. Polaris creates game changing space solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists. Are you an experienced Software or DevOps Engineer looking for an opportunity to grow your skillset? Do you want to be part of a team that is helping the government solve major national security challenges in the space domain? We need your help.

We are supporting a game-changing software development approach in support of the United States Air Force (USAF) and the larger Space Community through robust DevSecOps pipelines and containerized deployments. Our team is looking for a Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer with a broad enterprise DevOps background to focus on the development and administration of a wide variety of systems and environments. You will be supporting the development and deployment of DevOps capabilities as well as space mission applications for a wide range of government customers. Flexibility to work across different job roles such as IT Support, DevOps or Software Development is essential. Physical location for this work will be at Vandenberg AFB, CA.
Required Skills:

Experience working in an Agile Software Development environment using the Scrum methodology.

Ability to support and troubleshoot issues on common Operating Systems (e.g. Windows, Linux).

Experience configuring and maintaining various hardware environments.

Knowledge and experience with Cloud Computing and Amazon Web Services.

Knowledge and experience with Docker Containers and Kubernetes.

Foundational understanding of networking concepts (Firewall, WiFi and VPN setup).

Experience with client account technical support (e.g. Windows Active Directory, DNS, application upgrades).

Experience with scripting languages such as Powershell, Bash, Python.

Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.

Ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment with changing priorities.

High level of self-motivation, ability to define, manage, and prioritize tasks in a team environment.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or an engineering field and 2-4 years of technical experience. Relevant experience, applicable training and/or certifications may be accepted in place of a degree.

DoD 8570 Certification (Security+, CCNA, etc.) or ability to obtain.

Top Secret clearance with DCID eligibility for SCI preferred.

Must be a US citizen due to DoD contract.

Preferred:

Geographical proximity to or willingness to relocate to Vandenberg AFB, California area within 2-3 weeks. This is an onsite position.

Knowledge and experience with Postgres and Kafka.

Experience with full DevOps toolchain (e.g. JIRA, Gitlab, Jenkins, Fortify, Artifactory).

Experience with KNative, Istio and other container orchestration tools.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).

Knowledge of automation tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible).

Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to include services such as VPC, EC2, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch.

Experience with cybersecurity tools e.g. ACAS, SIEM, HBSS.

Work in United States

Employment Options

Professional Experience

Skills

• Powershell
• Bash
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• JIRA
• Gitlab
• Jenkins
• Fortify
• Artifactory. Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Puppet
• Chef
• Ansible
• Aws
• EC2
• IAM
• S3
• Lambda
• CloudWatch
• ACAS
• SIEM
• HBSS