Sr DevOps Engineer

Location: Lone Tree, CO Salary: $70.00 USD Hourly - $71.00 USD Hourly Description: Our client is currently seeking a Sr DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, onpremises, and hybrid environments

Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle

Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements

Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations

Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices

Drive continuous improvement initiatives refining operational tooling and establishing bestpractice documentation for deployment and release operations

Works as part of a larger software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field

Qualifications You Must Have:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

8+ years of experience in DevOps or related role

Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience

Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required.

Hands-on virtualization development experience, with extensive knowledge designing and deploying software products using RHEL KVM and the VMWare family of products

Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or Openshift and related container platform ecosystems

Experience establishing virtualization and containerization environments in edge deployments or stand-alone compute systems

Demonstrated implementation of microservices and containers

Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as GitHub

Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines

Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams

Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects

Ability to work in collaborative, fast-paced environment

Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills

Qualifications Prefered:

Master's degree in a related field

Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry, including working in multiple security domains and on air-gapped systems

VMWare Certified Professional - VMWare vSphere Foundation Administrator

VMware Certified Professional - VMware vSphere Foundation Support

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks

Experience coordinating release readiness activities

Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments

Experience generating process documentation and training engineers on environment configuration and deployment

Essential Functions:

Communication with team members and stakeholders

Ability to work in an office or hybrid environment

Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions, leveraging virtualization, containerization, and orchestration tools to support scalable and secure environments

Mentor software and systems engineers and promote best practices in DevOps methodologies

Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications and services, fostering a culture of collaboration

Travel may be required

Certifications & Licenses:

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

VMWare Certified Professional - VMWare vSphere Foundation Administrator

VMware Certified Professional - VMware vSphere Foundation Support

Skills Required:

DEVOPS

RELEASE ENGINEERING

SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY

DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

VIRTUALIZATION DEVELOPMENT

Additional Skills:

TRAINING ENGINEERS ON ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT

COORDINATING RELEASE READINESS ACTIVITIES

IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS

GENERATING PROCESS DOCUMENTATION

RHEL KVM

VMWARE FAMILY OF PRODUCTS

DOCKER

KUBERNETES

OPENSHIFT

VIRTUALIZATION AND CONTAINERIZATION ENVIRONMENTS

MICROSERVICES AND CONTAINERS

GITHUB

CI AND CD PIPELINES

INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE INDUSTRY

MULTIPLE SECURITY DOMAINS

AIR-GAPPED SYSTEMS

ADVANCED PROFICIENCY WITH ANSIBLE

DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING PLAYBOOKS

Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.

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