Junior Devops Engineer

Position Title: Junior DevOps Engineer
Location: Columbia, MD
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly
Telework: Up to 2 days per week Position Overview:
Seeking a full-time Junior DevOps Engineer to help design, develop, and maintain a variety of web-based analysis tools across customer networks. This is a hands-on role ideal for someone passionate about DevOps practices and eager to contribute to critical software systems in a secure environment.
Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support for deploying and maintaining software across existing systems.

• Assist in migrating software deployments to new cloud environments.

• Research, design, implement, and manage software deployments using CI/CD pipelines.

• Identify and recommend improvements for existing systems, and implement changes per contract requirements.

• Collaborate with developers, platform maintainers, and systems analysts.

• Report to the Senior DevOps Lead for tasking and performance updates.
Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience with:
o Kubernetes
o Docker and Docker-compose
o Helm
o Git/GitLab
o GitLab Runners
o Rancher
o Linux command line tools
Preferred/Desired Skills:

• Familiarity with dockerized microservices architectures.

• Experience using AWS tools, including:
o CloudFormation
o EC2
o S3
o ECS
o EKS
o DynamoDB
Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, OR

• 5 years of relevant experience without a degree