Devops Engineer at GIGATEC Engineering

About the role

What will you do at GIGATEC Engineering?

Perks and Benefits

100% Paid Healthcare

10% 401k in every paycheck

100% Fully Vested!

NOTE – Our positions require a Top Secret clearance, as well as the favorable completion of a polygraph. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor an employment Visa.

What You’ll Be Doing (We don’t love the bullet points, but we love the work!)

In this key DevOps role, you'll help engineer and sustain automation tools that keep High Performance Computing (HPC) system infrastructure humming, blending Linux expertise, Kubernetes know-how, and DevOps precision into a high-performance environment.

Required Skills

Experience using the Linux CLI

Experience developing and maintaining scripts using Bash/Python

Experience developing with Python and Java in a Linux environment

General HPC technical knowledge regarding compute, network, memory, and storage system components

Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) concepts, principles and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform

Experience installing, configuring, and supporting COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, libraries, and packages in a Linux environment

Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd

Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes

Experience administering Kubernetes clusters on bare metal in a Linux environment

Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI

Experience with Git Version Control System

Desired Skills

Familiar with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and applications

Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)

Experience using system monitoring tools such as Grafana/Prometheus

Appreciates a sense of humor and the occasional well-timed joke. 😄

Which skills does this role require?

Linux CLIBashPythonJavaHPCAnsibleTerraformDockerContainerdKubernetesGitLab CIGitSREJIRAConfluenceGrafanaDevOpsLinuxIaCPrometheusCOTSGOTSFOSSAutomationCI/CDTop Secret ClearancePolygraphJira

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