DevOps Engineer - (3359)

The most security-conscious organizations trust Telos Corporation to protect their vital IT assets. The reputation of our company rests on the quality of our solutions and the integrity of our people. Explore what you can bring to our solutions in the areas of cyber, cloud and enterprise security.

Be a part of the Telos culture and see what sets us apart! Telos offers an excellent compensation package with benefits that include generous paid time off, medical, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, and 401k. Our employees enjoy more than just a great work environment!

This position will be based 100% Remote.

Telos is looking for a Senior OpenShift/DevOps Engineer to work on the Army Global Unified Network (AGUN) – Increment 1 (INC1) program.

The Global Enterprise Network Modernization – OCONUS (GENM-O) is a critical mission provider responsible for keeping the Army connected through global network modernization projects. The Army Global Unified Network (AGUN) - Increment 1 (INC1) will unify the next generation of Army transport to comply with the Joint Regional Security Stack (JRSS) divestiture mandate. A phased systematic approach is required to provide individual sites with standardized, updated technology systems to ensure the Army’s Information Technology (IT) infrastructure is equipped to provide soldiers with cutting-edge technology to ensure applications, data, and enterprise services are accessible, trusted, and interoperable across the globe.

Primary Responsibilities:
• Working in an Agile process to plan your work into sprints and participate in daily scrum meetings.
• Assisting with cloud development pipeline designs, implementation plans, operational documentation, and continual improvement of cloud service implementations and designs.
• Evaluate and recommend potential improvements for inclusion into customer environments.
• Work with teams across the AGUN program to understand Infrastructure as Code (IaC) requirements for upcoming projects.
• Develop IaC and automation capabilities for use across customer environments.
• Design and implement cloud-based deployment solutions for enterprise applications.
• Improve and troubleshoot existing container orchestration environments, primarily OpenShift.
• Assist with implementing and improving pipeline processes including, dev/test/prod builds/releases.
• Assist with git process flows, gitops, and continuous improvement of our git approach.

Basic Qualifications:
• Experience: At least three years of experience in information assurance, information technology, or a related field.
• Education: A high school diploma or equivalent is the basic education requirement, with higher education, such as a bachelor's degree, sometimes substituting for years of experience.
• Must currently possess and be able to maintain an active DoD SECRET security clearance. (US Citizenship required)
• Expertise with metro or stretched cluster, VMware vSAN, in a standalone cluster as well as the stretched cluster and data replications.
• Expertise with VMware affinity rules, High availability, and DRS as well as host patching and upgrades.
• Experience withstanding up ESXi hosts, various versions, AD integrations, time, and DNS services.
• Experience with VMware licensing.
• Experience with NSX tool, install, configure and various migration strategies.
• Ample experience with VMs and application migrations in general.
• Good understanding of stretched cluster networking requirements, VMware and network ports and protocol, vSAN policies, VMware vCenter and ESXi and security requirements, ESXi STIG and certificates requirements.
• Understanding of data deduplication, compression and encryption, witness site and its rule, and nested nodes.
• Understand cloning and vMotion.
• Proven experience as a VMware Engineer or in a similar role, with a deep understanding of VMware virtualization technologies (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter Server).
• Experienced with Red Hat OpenShift, including setup, configuration, and administration.
• Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker.
• Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Proficient with Python or equivalent programming language.
• Experience with building and managing CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Tekton).
• Strong background in Linux system administration, especially Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment.
• Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking.
• Capability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical initiatives.
• Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to interact positively, collaborate and communicate appropriately with team members.
• Have and maintain a baseline 8570 certification [(IAT Level II)

Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant certifications, such as Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
• Kubernetes Certifications (CKA, CKAD)

The successful candidate must meet eligibility requirements to access sensitive information, which requires US citizenship.

Telos maintains a drug-free workplace and will conduct drug testing on all applicants who have accepted an offer of employment.

Telos Corporation participates in the E-Verify program. Therefore, any employment with Telos will also be contingent upon confirmation from the Social Security Administration ("SSA") and/or the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") of your authorization to work in the United States. Telos offers excellent compensation packages including salary commensurate with experience and benefits to meet your needs for today and the future.

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