Staff DevOps Engineer

ARA is looking for a Staff DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in OpenShift and you need to have a solid understanding of DevOps principles, container orchestration, and cloud-native application development.

The Staff DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring smooth deployment and scalability of applications within OpenShift environments.

Staff DevOps Engineer Key Responsibilities:


* OpenShift Management: Design, deploy, and manage OpenShift clusters to support containerized applications


* CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes


* Automation: Develop and implement automation scripts to optimize infrastructure deployment, scaling, and maintenance using tools like Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab CI


* Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to ensure high availability and performance of OpenShift environments.

Troubleshoot production issues and resolve them efficiently


* Collaboration: Work closely with developers, QA, and operations teams to integrate DevOps solutions into the development lifecycle


* Cloud Integration: Manage hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, ensuring seamless integration between OpenShift and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP


* Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices for containers and Kubernetes, ensure compliance with industry standards, and conduct regular security audits


* Performance Optimization: Tune application performance, load balancing, and scaling strategies within OpenShift clusters


* Documentation: Maintain thorough documentation of infrastructure, systems, and processes

Offer is contingent upon contract award. 

Staff DevOps Engineer Position Requirements:


* Must be a US citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance


* Bachelors degree in a related field along with 5-7 years of relevant work experience OR 13-15 years of years of experience in lieu of a degree 


* Experience with OpenShift: 3+ years of hands-on experience managing and administering OpenShift clusters


* Kubernetes Expertise: Strong knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, deployments, and associated tools


* Containerization: Proficiency in Docker, container orchestration, and microservices architecture


* Automation Tools: Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools


* CI/CD Pipelines: Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Minikube, or similar tools


* Scripting and Programming: Proficient in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, Java, Terraform or Groovy


* Cloud Platforms: Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and their integration with OpenShift


* Monitoring & Logging: Experience with monitorin...