Devops Engineer

Company Description

Join Oteemo and become part of a transformation powerhouse where innovation meets impact. We're not just another consulting firm-we're architects of digital evolution, blending cutting-edge technical expertise with human-centered design principles to create solutions that resonate. Our work spans Infrastructure, Software Development, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Experience and Design, Organizational Change Management, and AI-enabled solutions, but our approach is what truly sets us apart. We measure success through tangible business outcomes, not billable hours. We foster a culture of continuous learning where your ideas can thrive and technical excellence is celebrated. Our collaborative global team works across borders and time zones, tackling complex challenges for both Commercial Enterprise and Federal Defense clients with equal passion and precision. At Oteemo, you'll have the opportunity to work with emerging technologies and develop your skills alongside industry experts who are reshaping digital landscapes. If you're seeking a place where your technical prowess can drive meaningful change and where innovation isn't just encouraged-it's expected-Oteemo is your next career destination.

Job Description

As a DevOps Engineer, you will be instrumental in building and maintaining our advanced CI/CD pipeline architecture, delivering seamless integration and deployment processes. You will work with a variety of leading tools, including Jenkins, GitLab, and ArgoCD, to support continuous delivery and infrastructure automation. This role is perfect for a dynamic, solution-oriented professional looking to make a significant impact on both development and deployment cycles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pipeline Automation: Design, implement, and optimize comprehensive, multi-layered automation frameworks for CI/CD pipelines. Leverage tools like Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD to deliver a secure, scalable, and efficient delivery pipeline that supports developer-centric workflows.
• Continuous Delivery: Implement and maintain GitOps-based continuous delivery with ArgoCD for Kubernetes deployments. Enable declarative, version-controlled application definitions, ensuring automated drift detection and reconciliation.
• Infrastructure as Code: Build and manage infrastructure automation through code, using modern practices to ensure consistency and scalability across environments.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with development and operations teams to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and solve complex deployment challenges.
• Monitoring & Optimization: Proactively monitor and optimize pipeline performance, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security throughout the entire delivery pipeline.
• Automation & Efficiency: Continually seek out opportunities to automate manual processes, reduce friction in deployment, and improve operational efficiency.
• Security & Compliance: Implement security best practices in the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring that all deployments adhere to the highest standards of security and compliance.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Active Secret or Top-Secret Clearance eligibility.
• 4+ years of experience implementing enterprise-grade infrastructure solutions.
• Demonstrated expertise with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and multi-cloud strategies.
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform, Ansible, and
  Crossplane.io.
• Experience building and optimizing GitLab-CI pipelines for infrastructure
  automation.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes distributions (RKE2, OpenShift) and container
  orchestration practices.

Nice to have:

• Proven experience leading enterprise backup and disaster recovery initiatives.
• Working knowledge of cloud-native storage solutions such as Longhorn.
• Strong Linux administration skills, particularly with RHEL environments.
• Experience implementing comprehensive observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and related tools.
• Ability to establish and enforce security policies through tools like Open Policy Agent.
• Knowledge of identity management solutions such as Keycloak.
• Experience managing artifact repositories including Artifactory and Harbor Registry.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes application deployment tools including Kustomize,Helm, and ArgoCD.
• Strong technical documentation skills with attention to detail.
• Advanced understanding of networking concepts including VLANs, SDN, and load balancing strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into resilient infrastructure
  solutions.
• Current CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) or CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer) certification.
• Software development experience in C and/or Java.
• CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist) certification.
• Experience guiding legacy workload containerization initiatives.

Additional Information

We Value:

• Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
• Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
• Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
• Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
• Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

• Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
• Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It's not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
• Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business.
• Competitive pay and benefits

Work authorization requirement: US Citizen.

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.