DevOps Engineer

This is a full-time temporary position (6 months) with the possibility of extensionCandidate must be able to work on-site at Wright Patterson AFBJoin Our Innovative Team at Mile Two!We're all about creating advanced solutions that really make a difference for our government partners. Our team uses the latest technologies to make a tangible impact, creating seamless integrations between human expertise and machine capabilities to tackle complex challenges.Our core values guide everything we do:Supported Autonomy: We trust you to take initiative and make decisions, but we've always got your back.Humble Expertise: We respect everyone's knowledge and skills, creating an environment where we can all learn and get better together.Success is a Team Effort: We believe that we can only achieve great things when we work as a team.Tangible Results: We're motivated by the desire to create real, measurable impacts through our work.When you join us, you'll work on meaningful projects that challenge you and help you grow. We offer a supportive and inclusive environment, competitive benefits, and opportunities to advance your career.Defense Work This role supports U.S. Department of Defense customers. Employees may be assigned to different projects over time, including projects involving defense operations.ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Mile Two has an immediate need for an experienced DevOps Engineer to engage our current project and potentially future projects. The DevOps Engineer will be a self-starter streamlining and automating our operations and processes, taking responsibility for contributing to the design and development of on-prem and cloud-based environments with a focus in real-world DevOps best practices. You will be engaged in all phases of the DevOps lifecycle, interfacing with our customer and end user respectively, creating and supporting application deployment pipelines, scale the products in a growing, evolving environment, participate and lead project meetings both internally and with customers.Day-to-Day:Build, test, and administer Container Cluster PlatformsBuild and maintain IaC for application deployments into multiple enclavesAssist application teams with onboarding in areas such as resource requirements, capacity analysis, troubleshooting supportSupport cluster administrators in their efforts to use the IaC modules developed by your teamIntegrate and automate the program's security postureMonitor hardware, VM and container metrics for the purposes of maintaining cluster health and identifying thresholds for scalingDevelop and automate repeatable tasksAssess system security to identify and mitigate risks and vulnerabilitiesProvide mitigation strategies for system security flaws or vulnerabilitiesRequirementsREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONSActive TS/SCI Security Clearance8+ years' experience developing software or scripting with Go, Javascript, Python or UNIX shellSecurity+ certification or higher (required to touch government systems)Able & willing to regularly work on site at Wright Patterson AFBStrong communication skillsExperience with software security, secure coding, or software assurance tools and techniquesExperience in deployment & maintenance of software on prem/ in SCIF environment specifically the installation, configuration and integration of software components on cloud hardware infrastructureKnowledge of Linux Containers (OCI-compliant, Docker), Kubernetes, and deployment of containerized applications/microservices architecturesDemonstrated skill with at least one or more configuration management/scripting technology (such as Terraform/Helm/Ansible/Chef/Puppet)Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus, Artifactory or comparable substitutesDESIRED QUALIFICATIONSBS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar technical field of studyExperience with mitigation strategies for system security flaws or vulnerabilitiesExperience with testing existing and new technologies for security vulnerabilitiesFamiliarity with DoD DevSecOps Reference DesignFamiliarity with a virtualized cloud environment (Azure specific)Strong experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following program languages: Java, Perl, Ruby, Python, and JavascriptDemonstrated experience and/or familiarity with one of more of the following database technologies: PostgreSQL, MongoDB.Experience and/or familiarity with DevOps, Continuous Development/Continuous Integration concepts, and automated test tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Jira, Git, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Junit, JFrog, ArgoCDFamiliarity of Anzo-graph (or other Altair software)Understanding or familiarity of GDCS and Supports SAML and OIDC based SSOStrong background in operating system (Windows and Linux) and web server (Apache, IIS) technologies.Diverse background in application install and configurations