DevOps Engineer

Job Family
Systems Engineering (Digital)

Travel Required
Up to 10%

Clearance Required
None

We are searching for a DevOps Engineer to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This opportunity is a full-time position with Guidehouse and based in Rockville, MD with opportunity for on-site or remote work.

What You Will Do

• Be a liaison between the infrastructure platform and application development teams (technical leads and software engineers) to identify and design topologies for custom business and scientific applications in AWS as part of our container PaaS, or as an IaaS solution.
• Provide guidance for adhering to best practices for optimal and secure use of cloud technologies.
• Assist development teams in migrating their products from on-prem infrastructure to AWS, which often requires refactoring application architecture and breaking down monolithic applications into micro-service architecture or serverless workloads.
• Utilize your knowledge of commonly used AWS services, such as CloudFormation, IAM, VPC, S3, EC2, CloudWatch and CloudTrail, Route 53, RDS, SSM, and Lambda.
• Utilize your knowledge of Docker and hands-on experience in containerizing software applications; experience working with container orchestration and deployment platforms, such as Kubernetes, AWS EKS or AWS ECS.
• Assist product teams in setting up the environment, building and deploying applications, and automating operational needs.
• Work with other Cloud Solutions Engineers or independently to develop prototypes and enhance or expand fundamental capabilities offered in the PaaS, such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and containerized or serverless workloads.
• Occasionally present to your team or our software developer colleagues on DevOps best practices, new and interesting cloud technologies, and ways you approached and solved challenging technical issues.

What You Will Need

• BA/BS and a minimum of 4 years related experience.
• Experience in infrastructure as code frameworks, such as Terraform, includes writing templates and modules from scratch and experience with configuration management frameworks like Puppet, Ansible or Chef.
• Experience with AWS.
• Experience with implementing and managing CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, GoCD or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages, such as JavaScript, PHP, Python, Perl, and/or Ruby.
• Experience with programming languages, such as C and C++.
• Experience using and managing Linux distributions, including RedHat, Centos, Debian, Ubuntu, or CoreOS/Flatcar.
• Experience analyzing solutions components, understanding systems integration challenges, and identifying technology gaps in current components that must be resolved to reach future performance targets and functionality requirements in cloud infrastructure.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Ability to clearly present ideas to both technical and non-technical users and staff to further the adoption of DevOps.
• AWS Solutions Architect certification is strongly preferred.
• Experience with AWS Organizations, Guard Duty, Elasticsearch, and Kinesis is a plus.

The annual salary range for this position is $95,800.00-$143,800.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits Include

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.