DevOps Engineer

T-Rex Solutions is seeking a qualified DevOps Engineer to support a new initiative with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to modernize legacy software and applications that provide immigration status, criminal history, and real-time assistance to federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement that require assistance with carrying out their missions. This is an agile software development and support services program supporting mission-critical work for DHS.

Responsibilities:

1. Design, develop, and operationalize Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, and Continuous Delivery solutions.
2. Support and enhance build and release processes through automation using a combination of processes and existing tools.
3. Design and implement DevOps solutions that leverage AWS / AZURE and internal products/service capabilities to meet requirements.
4. Support transformation of established infrastructure using automation; Support building new systems environments, and upgrading/patching existing ones, through use of automation tooling.
5. Provide hands-on support for the ongoing development of Infrastructure-As-Code (IaC) and support operation and maintenance team.
6. Develop and maintain installation and configuration procedures.
7. Design and develop reusable components, code and document custom automation frameworks, maintain scripts, and update these items as needed to build continuous delivery pipelines, ensuring rapid availability of the product.
8. Develop and maintain automated test framework tools to facilitate Systems Engineer testing tasks.
9. Research and recommend innovative, and where applicable automate approaches for system administrations tasks.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
2. A minimum of five (5) years of build automation and release management experience in production environments.
3. AWS Solutions Architect or AWS DevOps Engineer certification.
4. Experience building and releasing IAC in a controlled environment with an understanding of full-lifecycle configuration management.
5. Experience installing, configuring and using various open source and CI/CD tools such as CloudBees, Ansible, Selenium, Docker, Sonarqube, Terraform.
6. Experience creating Container Clusters using technologies such as AWS ECS Fargate or Kubernetes.
7. Experience developing coding/scripting to build required automation and tools (using Ansible, Ruby, Groovy, Python, Bash, Powershell, Java, etc.).
8. Experience configuring and/or utilizing monitoring/logging solutions for operations such as Cloud Watch, AppDynamics, Nagios, Collectd, logstash, or Kafka.
9. Experience with version control systems (GitHub).
10. Experience with DevOps concepts and automation skills.
11. Experience with both Windows and UNIX operating systems.
12. Experience web infrastructure fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, etc.
13. Ability to understand and actively participate in SCRUM Agile methodology.
14. Excellent debugging and testing skills.

T-Rex Overview

Established in 1999, T-Rex Solutions, LLC is a proven mid-tier business providing data-centric mission services to the Federal government as it increasingly tries to secure and leverage the power of data. We design, integrate, secure, and deploy advanced technical solutions for our customers so they can efficiently fulfill their critical objectives. T-Rex offers both IT and professional services to numerous Federal agencies and is a leader in providing high quality and innovative solutions in the areas of Cloud and Infrastructure Services, Cyber Security, and Big Data Engineering.

T-Rex is constantly seeking qualified people to join our growing team. We have built a broad client base through our devotion to delivering quality products and customer service, and to do that we need quality individuals. But more than that, we at T-Rex are committed to creating a culture that supports the development of every employee's personal and professional lives. T-Rex has made a commitment to maintain the status of an industry leader in compensation packages and benefits which includes competitive salaries, performance bonuses, training and educational reimbursement, Transamerica 401(k) and Cigna healthcare benefits.

T-Rex is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors.

As part of our overall strategy and commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, and in accordance with applicable regulations, employees of T-Rex must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if required by customer or client policies or federal mandates as a condition of employment, subject to reasonable accommodation and other requirements under applicable federal, state, and local law. If required by the customer, the selected individual will have to submit documentation of proof of vaccination before starting employment with T-Rex or have an approved exemption prior to the start of employment.

In compliance with pay transparency guidelines, the annual base salary range for this position is $75,000 - $165,000. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. T-Rex considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer.