DevOps Engineer (On-Call/Hybrid) -… at Captivation

About the role

What will you do at Captivation?

Build to something to be proud of.

Captivation has built a reputation on providing customers exactly what is needed in a timely manner. Our team of engineers take pride in what they develop and constantly innovate to provide the best solution. Captivation is looking for software developers who can get stuff done while making a difference in support of the mission to protect our country.

Description

Captivation Software has an immediate need for a DevOps Engineer to support modernization effort to converge the agency's authoring, dissemination, and other supporting tools.

Responsibilities

will include: deploying applications; installing and configuring complex software; managing network servers and technology tools; monitoring and maintaining the system for required levels of performance; and troubleshooting issues and outages.
Candidates will be required to work a rotating pager schedule for emergency 24/7 call-in support as required (roughly 1 week out of every 3-4 weeks). Staff may charge 4 additional hours for the week they are on call in addition to hours worked. On average, the first team is paged for after-hours support approximately once every couple of months with most issues resolvable by phone.

Requirements

Security Clearance:
Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
A minimum of three (3) years of experience in software development/engineering, including requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, maintenance, testing, or problem diagnosis/resolution.
Master’s degree can be substituted for two (2) years experience
Required Skills:
Linux
AWS, MASH, and VMs
Docker Swarm
Deployments of distributed web applications (e.g. GitLab CI/CD)
Terraform scripting and VM provisioning
Ansible scripting and development
Thorough understanding of Docker & Docker Compose container technology
Git
Desired Skills:
Python scripting and development
NiFi maintenance and configuration
Elasticsearch maintenance and configuration
Java/Spring Boot (troubleshooting error logs)
HAProxy
MongoDB
This position is open for direct hires only. We will not consider candidates from third party staffing/recruiting firms.

Benefits

Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)

Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)

Above Market Hourly Rates

$3,600 HSA Contribution

6 Weeks Paid Time Off

Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D

Which skills does this role require?

LinuxAWSDockerTerraformAnsibleGitGitLab CI/CDDocker ComposePythonNiFiElasticsearchJavaSpring BootHAProxyMongoDBVMsDevOpsCI/CDSecurity ClearanceTop Secret/SCIPolygraphSoftware DevelopmentSystem MonitoringContainerizationModernizationDistributed ApplicationsInfrastructure as Code

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