Senior DevOps Engineer

Laurel, MD

Freedom Technology Solutions Group is seeking a Cloud Engineer for one of our PRIME CONTRACTS that offers exciting opportunities to support essential services and mission critical activities across the enterprise. Our mission supports the Government Corporate Management Services (CMS) by providing full life cycle support services through the sustainment, modernization, and transformation of the enterprise corporate applications. As soon as an employee enters a customer facility, they touch one of these applications which are critical to the daily functions of thousands of users across acquisition, business, finance, HR, training, recruitment, program management, security, logistics and more. Come join our diverse and growing team with lots of opportunities!

• The selected candidate will assess existing capabilities, identify potential approaches to increase DevOps adoption and convert applications into cloud environments as needed.
• Analyze capabilities to identify data migration, software modification, legal, security, and compliance requirements associated with the cloud conversion.
• Engage in the design, development, and testing of software changes required for converting capabilities, adhering to the approach selected by the Government.
• Develop, test, and coordinate a deployment plan to implement changes seamlessly into the cloud environment.
• Leverage cloud experience to ensure a smooth integration of modified capabilities into cloud environments, optimizing performance and resource utilization.

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with Polygraph
• A bachelor’s degree in IT and six (6) years of experience in software development/engineering. Four (4) additional years of software development experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Four (4) years' experience with cloud technologies.
• Experience managing and optimizing DevOps practices within a project or organization
• In-depth understanding of DevOps principles, tools, and methodologies, with a focus on driving efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Experience with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) processes for automation.
• Experience with Java and JavaScript
• Experience developing and updating technical documentation.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.

Technology Stack of application(s) with which this role will interact:

• AWS
• Java
• JavaScript
• C
• C#
• Python
• Docker
• ElasticSearch
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Linux
• Windows
• GitLab

Desired Qualifications:

• Relevant certifications in DevOps and related technologies are highly desirable.
• Experience the with the Atlassian Tool Suite including Confluence & Jira
• Experience managing systems hosted in virtual environments such as AWS.