About the role

What will you do at Information Technology Strategies, Inc?

Information Technology Strategies, Inc. is a government IT solutions provider servicing commercial and government initiative in various parts of the United States. We are currently seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to work for our company.

Summary:

* Client Agency is the Defense Logistics Agency.

* Implements architecture for continuous integration and deployment, and monitoring.

* Executes Scrum Agile methodology and implements DevOps methodologies at the project level.

* Serves as the administrator of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment.

* Debugs cluster-based computing architecture. Uses scripting or basic programming skills to solve problems.

* Installs and administers monitoring tools and configuration management tools (e.g., TFS, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, LVM).

Requirements

* Must be eligible to obtain a clearance. (Basic Federal Clearance requirements are U.S. Citizenship, clear criminal history check, no recent or pending bankruptcies).
* One (1) year of relevant experience.
* Undergraduate degree required.
* CSP Certifications (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure SA, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure).
* Experience with Scrum Agile methodology and implementing DevOps methodologies at project levels.
* Experience with deployments with on premise or cloud environments.
* Experience deploying and configuring DevOps services using infrastructure.
Work With Us
IT-Strat is a technology consulting company that holds various contract vehicles including best in class vehicles. IT-Strat has supported multiple clients including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE via both prime and meaningful subcontracts). Additionally, IT-Strat has prime contracts with Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and many others. We maintain relationships with multiple large businesses.
IT-Strat was established in 2002. We are a certified Woman Owned Small Business. IT-Strat also successfully graduated as an SBA 8(A) company. It was an 8(a) company from 2008 through 2017 and currently still has 8(a) contract vehicles.

Benefits

We Offer:

* Four Medical/Vision options including an HSA plan

* Dental and Orthodontia plan

* Vision Materials plan

* Paid Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability

* 401K Retirement Program with company contribution

* Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Leave, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave

* Semi-monthly pay cycle

Information Technology Strategies (“IT-Strat”) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and it is our policy to consider applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, alienage, ancestry, and any other factors prohibited by law. Employment selections are based on company and client requirements and the qualifications and skills of the candidate.

IT-Strat is committed to actively capitalizing on the diversity of skills, talents, and perspectives of our employees.

Which skills does this role require?

DevOpsScrumAgileScriptingProgrammingMonitoring ToolsConfiguration ManagementTFSPuppetChefAnsibleSaltLVMCloud EnvironmentsInfrastructureContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeploymentMonitoringCloudTechnologyGovernmentIT SolutionsAWSAzure

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