Lead DevSecOps/Cloud Engineer

Springfield, VA

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Lead DevSecOps/Cloud Engineer. The Lead DevSecOps/Cloud Engineer is responsible for leading legacy processes and the re-engineering of new methodologies and processes, with strong emphasis on cloud capabilities and Platform as a Service / Infrastructure as a Service (PaaS/IaaS) and will have demonstrated ability to coordinate all aspects of a release lifecycle including development and test activities and releases/deployment of code through different environments (Development, Test, Staging, UAT, Production).  The Lead DevSecOps/Cloud Engineer will lead a team creating self-service capabilities for developers to write and manage microservices.

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Poly
• Master's degree/PhD in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Programming and 10 years of experience as a DevSecOps/Cloud Engineer on programs/projects
• Experience implementing test and deployment automation strategies, release and configuration management and the utilization of cloud-based technologies for the creation of immutable environments
• Experience assessing and reviewing existing application architecture and providing assessment results, recommendations, and insights
• Experience in Cloud/Data Center administration, especially with a public cloud provider (e.g., AWS)
• Experience with the function, configuration, outputs, and limitations of common cloud and DevSecOps environments and tools, including one or more of the following:
  • Configuration/project management (e.g., RedMine, Jira, etc.)
  • Source Control (like Git, Bitbucket, Svn, etc.)
  • Continuous Integration (like Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.)
  • Test Automation (like selenium, soapUI, Postman, Jmeter, LoadRunner etc.)
  • Infrastructure Automation (like Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.)
  • Deployment Automation & Orchestration (like Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, etc.)
  • Cloud (like AWS, Azure, GoogleCloud, Openstack, etc.)
• Experience implementing DevSecOps processes such as Green/Blue deployments and Canary releases, and with DevSecOps Architecture best practices such as Microservices, and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience in environment management, technical troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Experience scripting and deployment automation
• Demonstrated knowledge of ICD 503 requirements and their application to secure information systems