Sr. DevOps Engineer (Remote)

We are seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting our Internal Revenue Service (IRS) client to help improve the IRS' Technology Infrastructure services. The engineer will provide support to infrastructure and application teams by ensuring that the systems and production environment is optimized in accordance with organization standards while meeting requirements. The candidate must have knowledge and experience using the agile methodology with an emphasis on automation, continuous integration and continuous delivery.

The Sr. DevOps Engineer will work closely with enterprise configuration management team to maintain, build CI/CD pipelines, design, deploy and maintain virtual desktop infrastructure solutions, and review existing technology implementations and suggest and implement improvements and upgrades.

Position is remote, however, there may be occasionally meetings that require in person attendance. Ideally, candidates will be within driving distance to IRS Federal Buildings in Austin, TX, Farmers Branch, TX or Lanham, MD.



Position is contingent on funding.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required, an additional four (4) years of related work experience can substitute for a degree; preferred degree in Engineering or Information Technology related major

At least five (5) years working in an IT platform engineering environment or related field

Experience with source control tools (GIT, SVN), Jenkins CI/CD, Ruby

Good understanding or experience with Open Shift platform

Experience with system configuration, management, and virtualization and VMware environments

Experience using automation technologies such as Ansible to automate server builds, installation, configuration, and change management

Scripting experience (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, shell, WLST, JBoss CLI, Bash/KSH)

Working experience with cloud technologies

Experience working with automation Tools like Jenkins, Chef

Container-as-a-Service (CaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) experience using OpenShift by Red Hat

Hands on experience with some of these tools: Jenkins, Sonar, Maven scripting tool, AppScan, Jacoco, bash/c/shell scripting, python, Ruby, node.js, Ansible Tower, NexusPro, NexusIQ, Git/GitHub/GitLab, ServiceNow

Experience working with API's

Knowledge and experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Qualsys, New Relic and Cloudwatch

Good Knowledge in the design and configuration of cloud services

Experience working with application servers such as Apache Tomcat, Node.js, or RedHat JBoss

Understanding of network topology and technologies such as firewalls, load-balancers, DNS, VPN, NAT

Strong communication skills and ability to work across organizations

In-depth understanding of the software development life cycle for implementing

Enterprise level systems

Excellent attention to detail capability

Ability to multi-task and have work assignment for several high priority, urgent activities ongoing simultaneously

Ability to interface with all levels of management

Ability to perform complex tasks with minimal supervision and guidance

Excellent time management, scheduling, and organizational skills

IRS system and data knowledge experience preferred

Additional Requirements, as per contract/client:

Candidates must meet requirements to obtain and maintain an IRS Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) clearance (active IRS Moderate Risk MBI clearance is a plus)

Candidates must be a US Citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card status) for 3 years, and be Federal Tax compliant