DevOps Engineer

Job summary

The DevOps Engineer designs, automates, and maintains cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines for the SHEPRD application across development, test, and production environments. The role supports CI/CD, containerized deployments using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS, Helm releases managed through Rancher Fleet and Palantir Apollo, and operational monitoring, troubleshooting, incident response, and secure software delivery.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• At least five years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, platform engineering, or a related role.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions.
• Experience deploying and supporting applications in AWS, Azure, or comparable cloud environments.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Rancher.
• Scripting experience with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, TLS, and application connectivity.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills.
• Preferred experience with Infrastructure as Code, federal systems, government cloud environments, GitOps, microservices, observability tools, and DoD security practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated builds, testing, security scanning, and deployment.
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure across development, test, and production environments.
• Maintain and troubleshoot Helm and Kubernetes deployment configurations.
• Manage Helm releases through Rancher Fleet and Palantir Apollo, including database migration jobs.
• Deploy and support containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, networking, configuration, container, and deployment issues.
• Support incident response, rollback, recovery, and root-cause analysis.
• Manage application configuration, secrets, certificates, and deployment dependencies.
• Collaborate with developers and cybersecurity engineers to improve reliability, security, and delivery workflows.
• Maintain deployment documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and support application releases and operational events.

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