DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides on-site and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI has grown to over 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized as a Top Workplace in both regional and national categories.
About The Opportunity
DMI is looking for a
Lead DevOps Engineer supporting our Defense client. Our client is in the process of modernizing and consolidating IT infrastructure, automating workloads, and pursuing next-generation innovation. We are seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer with experience in design, development, and implementation of projects in the cloud. The ideal candidate is experienced in cloud-based tech, with a firm grasp of emerging technologies, platforms, and the ability to customize them to help our client become more secure and efficient.
Duties And Responsibilities
- Build a strong relationship with the development teams to understand the code, its dependencies, and the infrastructure on which it runs
- Experience building cloud-based infrastructure solutions in AWS with a strong governance model knowledge
- Work with the development team to deploy and manage tools that support SDLC automation, configuration management, and release management
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines that automate all aspects of building, testing, deploying, and monitoring applications in AWS
- Lead a small team of engineers and distribute tasks to support the project
- Troubleshoot incidents, identify root cause, fix and document the problem, and implement preventive measures
- Maintain technical system documentation as needed for audits and compliance.
- Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to team members to build cloud competencies
- Keep abreast of industry white papers & informed of industry direction and best practices
- Work with the project teams in support of creating and participating in building customer briefings
- Ability to facilitate customer briefings inclusive of putting together materials and presentations
Qualifications
Education and Years of Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in business, information technology, computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of experience working in a DevOps environment
- 5+ years of experience with containers on AWS including ECS, EKS and/or Fargate
Required And Desired Skills/Certifications
- Required AWS Certification (e.g., Cloud Architect Associate, DevOps Engineer, Developer)
- Required DoD 8140 / DoD 870 IAT Level 2 Certification
- Desired DoD 8140 / DoD 870 IASAE Level 1 Certification (e.g. CSSLP)
- Expert with source code management tools such as Git and GitLab
- Ability to define and build scalable CI/CD pipelines
- Ability to understand software architecture and mapping into deployment pipelines
- Proficiency with small team management and task assignment
- Proficiency with the AWS Console, CLI and SDK
- Proficiency with AWS Migrations
- Proficiency in cross-platform scripting languages (Python, Bash, JavaScript, Ruby)
- Proficiency with DevOps build tools including Maven, Gradle, Ant.
- Experience deploying and administering continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, TFS, GitLab, GitHub or Bamboo
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Cloud Formation, Terraform, CDK
- Proficiency with at least one technology language like Java, JavaScript, NodeJS, or Python
- Proficiency in at least 1 object-oriented programming language such as Java or C#
- Knowledge of security and performance best practices for cloud architectures
- Understanding of deployment strategies for containerization
- Skilled with Agile software development methodologies
- Strong understanding of network and internet protocols, including TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, and HTTP
- Ability to independently investigate, troubleshoot, design, and develop solutions
- Ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of architects, developers, business analysts, quality assurance testers, and subject matter experts
- Detail-oriented and extremely efficient
- Strong written and oral communication skills to interact with business and technology teams
- Strong understanding and experience operating in an agile development environment
Additional Requirements: DoD SECRET Security Clearance with T3 Background Investigation
Citizenship Status Required: U.S. Citizen - No Dual Citizenship
Physical Requirements: No Physical requirement needed for this position.
Location: Remote - USA
Working at DMI
Benefits
DMI is a diverse, prosperous, and rewarding place to work. Being part of the DMI family means we care about your wellbeing. We offer a variety of perks and benefits that help meet various interests and needs, while still having the opportunity to work directly with several of our award-winning, Fortune 1000 clients. The following categories make up your DMI wellbeing:
- Convenience/Concierge - Virtual visits through health insurance, pet insurance, commuter benefits, discount tickets for movies, travel, and many other items to provide convenience.
- Development – Annual performance management, continuing education, and tuition assistance, internal job opportunities along with career enrichment and advancement to help each employee with their professional and personal development.
- Financial – Generous 401k matches both pre-tax and post-tax (ROTH) contributions along with financial wellness education, EAP, Life Insurance and Disability help provide financial stability for each DMI employee.
- Recognition – Great achievements do not go unnoticed by DMI through Annual Awards ceremony, service anniversaries, peer-to-peer acknowledgment, employee referral bonuses.
- Wellness – Healthcare benefits, Wellness programs, Flu Shots, Biometric screenings, and several other wellness options.
Employees are valued for their talents and contributions. We all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company. The company does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their physical or mental disability or veteran status. DMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disability. DMI maintains a drug-free workplace.
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Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. US citizenship may be required for some positions.
Job ID: 2024-27197
