ALTA IT has a Direct Hire position open for a Jr DevOps Engineer.

Chantilly, Alexandria, or St. Louis
Clearance: TS/SCI w Ci Poly is preferred or Top Secret and willing to sit for a CI Poly

Junior DevOps Engineer to join our team of experts to assist with building state of the art data platforms for the intelligence community.
Responsibilities
• Participate in program's Multi-cloud DevOps capability spanning AWS cloud environments, cloud migration efforts, and modernization of globally used applications including the Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline.
• Integrate new and modernized programs into the NGA Mayhem DevOps pipelines.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: monitor and project application volumes using historical data and current events; notify management of volume trends and significant spikes; monitor website traffic; clearly communicate data-driven recommendations.
• Participate in program Agile software development initiatives (standup, planning, Increment planning) to support innovation and enhancement of custom applications through iteration/functionality testing
• Participate and collaborate with team members to assess tickets to ensure proper testing and delivery of functionality per User Story Acceptance Criteria
Required Skills:
• Clearance: TS/SCI w Ci Poly is preferred or Top Secret and willing to sit for a CI Poly
• Typically requires a BS in Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Science or closely related discipline and 2+ years of prior relevant experience
• Proficient in AWS/Cloud technologies
• Proficient in OpenShift AWS hosting platforms.
• Proficient in either software development projects or software integration projects in a service-oriented environment (Cloud, SOA, Web-Services) or virtualization environment.
• Experience with cloud-based architectures
• Understanding of DevOps methodologies and workflow
• Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follows tasks to their logical conclusion and makes sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.
• Familiar with Amazon Web Services (S3 Buckets, EC2, Reserved Instances, etc.)
• Familiar with System Engineering documentation creation (VDDs, diagrams, etc.)
• Team Collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)
• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Preferred Skills:
• Experience with Amazon Web Services technical performance versus cost management
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with Docker container strategies.
• Experience with cloud-based architectures
• Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels
• Experience with automated testing and monitoring
• Experience with Engineering Review Boards and Change Management.
• Team Collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)

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