Senior DevOps Engineer

LinQuest is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team in Colorado Springs, CO.
US Citizenship and an active Secret clearance are required.
As a DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining processes for deploying several large-scale architectures.
You will advocate for modern DevSecOps practices and have the opportunity to brief potential clients on DevSecOps culture and technology.
In this position, you will utilize tools such as Docker, GitLab, and Ansible to handle the configuration and deployment of software to test and production environments.
Deploy DevSecOps practices for automating the software engineering practices across multiple teams and projects.
This starts by ensuring we have solid, foundational processes in place.
The design decisions you will make in this position will have a direct and lasting impact on the success of the entire software team and organization.
Drive modern software development practices across multiple, agile projects.
The DevOps Engineer will work directly with internal and external stakeholders to understand evolving requirements and identify key technologies and architecture design patterns used by the team.
This role involves standing up multiple agile development teams and will oversee the instantiation of a DevSecOps pipeline.
Responsibilities: Designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CT/CD solutions Authoring automation scripts Automating complex DevSecOps operations for integration, development, and product environments Designing and implementing fault-tolerant and scalable cloud infrastructure including databases, virtual networks, virtual machines, and automatic load balancing Assisting with cloud implementation and migration strategies Application onboarding, assisting with containerization, K8S, and service mesh infrastructure Deploying dashboards, collecting metrics, and providing guidance on optimization strategies Working with a diverse and talented team on next-generation defense problems Collaborating with experts in their fields, becoming one of a handful of the world’s sharpest and most engaged minds Staying abreast of developments in web applications and programming languages Required Skills and Experience: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field 10+ years' experience (or 8 with Master’s degree) Proficient with scripting: i.
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, YAML, XML, JSON, Python, Bash, Shell, PowerShell, Python Proficient with CI/CD pipeline configuration: i.
e.
, GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bamboo, Travis, CircleCI Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools: i.
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, Ansible, Terraform, SaltStack Familiarity with containerization technology: i.
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, Docker, Kubernetes (K8S), Istio U.
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Citizen, born in the U.
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, with a current national security clearance (i.
e.
, Secret, Top Secret, SCI) Compensation: The annual salary for this position ranges from approximately $140,000 to $160,000 depending on relevant experience and qualifications.
Benefits: LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, company paid life insurance, and more! For additional information please visit: https://www.
linquest.
com/careers/our-benefits Why LinQuest? LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios.
Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers.
LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence.
Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.
Education Required Bachelors or better in Computer Science or related field Licenses & Certifications Required Secret Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
41 CFR 60-1.
35(c)