DevOps Engineer with AWS and CI/CD Experience

DevOps Engineer

The Swift Group is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team in Chantilly, VA. This role is pivotal in enhancing our software and infrastructure, ensuring that our tools meet defined requirements, and maintaining a secure and efficient multi-cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with Mission Partners: Work closely with various stakeholders to ensure tools meet established requirements.
• DevOps Principles: Apply DevOps principles to continuously deliver high-value enhancements to software within a service-based architecture.
• Security Maintenance: Address all application security vulnerabilities according to severity to maintain security accreditation.
• Data Engineering Support: Support data engineering efforts to analyze large data sets and derive data relationships.
• Multi-Cloud Environment Management: Maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot various codebases deployed in a multi-cloud environment.
• Hardware and Network Management: Manage and troubleshoot hardware and network components.
• Database Management: Design, develop, and maintain SQL-based databases.

Required Skills

• ElasticSearch and Kibana: Experience with these tools is essential.
• AWS Proficiency: Proficiency in AWS services, including S3, EBS, and EC2.
• Automated Deployment: Experience in platform and application automated deployment.
• Cloud Deployment: Knowledge of cloud deployment, containerization, web service/API management, and computing optimization.
• DevSecOps CI/CD Pipelines: Experience implementing DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines in a multi-tenant environment.
• Linux and Unix: Proficiency in Linux and Unix-based operating systems.
• Requirements Tracking Tools: Experience using tools such as JIRA or Confluence.
• Security Clearance: US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.

Desired Skills

• Big Data Processing: Experience with big data processing and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, HBase).
• Apache NiFi and ETL: Familiarity with Apache NiFi and ETL processes.
• IT Security Management: Knowledge of managing IT security vulnerabilities using Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAMs).
• FISMA Security Controls: Understanding of FISMA security controls.
• Technical Communication: Experience documenting and communicating technical requirements to diverse audiences.
• Collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams across organizational boundaries.
• Programming Background: Background in programming and developing software applications in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
• Python Proficiency: Proficiency in Python and ability to translate mission needs into technical requirements.

The Swift Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

About The Swift Group

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven, and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.