Job Description:

DevOps Engineer

Job Locations

US-DC

Job ID

2021-2270

Overview

Overview

We are seeking a DevOps engineer to join our team. In this role, you will use your understanding of DevOps & cloud engineering, application development and software testing to stream-line and accelerate software development. The ideal candidate will have experience with developing CI/CD software delivery pipelines and a background in systems administration or software development.

Employees voted REI Systems a Washington Post Top Workplace in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021!

REI Systems has delivered innovative solutions that empower people and impact millions of lives since 1989. Our 600 problem-solving technologists and consultants are passionate about modernizing the government to fulfill its missions more effectively. Our customers include healthcare, national security, science and technology, and government operations in the federal, state, local, and non-profit sectors. We take a Mindful Modernization approach in providing Application Modernization, Government Data Analytics, Grants Management Systems, Saas, and Advisory Services. Delivering domain expertise, best-fit technologies through agile execution, and a commitment to customer service is the REI Way. Learn more, visit www.reisystems.com.

REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Responsibilities

Design & Development

Design, create and maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines & tools for an enterprise scale system with a large developer base
• Design, create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code artifacts


• Design, create and maintain container-based application solutions


• Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python etc) to automate DevOps processes


• Participate in creating long-term and short-term strategies for scaling cloud environments


• Work with development teams to troubleshoot specific issues by recreating tests, validating configuration, etc


• Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in cloud environments


• Advance DevOps processes and technologies using emerging technologies and cloud native tools

Operations

• Adhere to a comprehensive incident management program including problem management. Generate KPIs for service availability, uptime, and adherence to SOPs, and SLAs.


• Maintain, monitor, and help improve the performance and availability of the 24x7 production environment including networks, servers, databases, etc.


• Manage operational maintenance such as OS patches, security vulnerabilities etc to ensure healthy status of various prod and non-prod environments


• Administer network monitoring system, alerting, log management, and other IT systems


• Participate in on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during emergencies, outages, and service transitions


• Improve system visibility and applications with advanced monitoring, metrics and log analytics


• Analyze and identify root causes on critical problems, incident reports and communication

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, especially with Jenkins using Groovy


• Solid understanding of container-based technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, OpenShift


• Solid understanding of microservice concepts


• Expert scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python)


• Technical knowledge of AWS managed services (VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS), including monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, NewRelic


• Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion)


• Experience maintaining Java/Node web applications (Spring Boot, React)


• Keen communication and teamwork abilities


• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience.

Work Authorization: US citizenship required in order to obtain a US government Public Trust clearance

About REI Systems

REI Systems has delivered innovative solutions that empower people and impact millions of lives since 1989. Our 500+ problem-solving technologists and consultants are passionate about modernizing the government to fulfill their missions more effectively. Our customers include Government Operations, Homeland Security, Health, Science, Financial Services, and State, Local, and Nonprofits. We take a Mindful Modernization approach in providing Application Modernization, Data Analytics, Grants Management, Small Business Innovation Research Programs, and Advisory Services. Delivering domain experts, management consultants, and best-fit technologies through agile execution, along with a commitment to customer service is the REI Way.

REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer