{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a713e36464597593a493f72d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a713e36464597593a493f72d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a713e36464597593a493f72d","title":"Sr. DevOps Engineer","description":"Overview:\nWe are seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team supporting critical systems at USCIS, where you’ll tackle complex technical challenges and build automated solutions that matter. As a Sr. DevOps Engineer you will mentor fellow engineers, architect scalable infrastructure solutions, and work alongside a collaborative DevOps team supporting 14 development teams. This is an opportunity for a self-motivated engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and wants to make a meaningful impact on systems that serve thousands of federal workers.\nResponsibilities:\nResponding to infrastructure support requests; Triaging and investigating complexities\nSupporting our ecosystem by performing tasks such as Ubuntu hardening, Terraform provisioning, automation via AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) and making updates to address vulnerabilities\nCommunicating with peers on issues, following/managing multiple MS Teams threads\nParticipating in daily and weekly agile ceremonies including standups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives\nSupporting our ecosystem by performing tasks such as OS (Windows, Ubuntu, or any other Linux systems) hardening, deploying infrastructure with Terraform, Provisioning AMIs, making updates to address vulnerabilities\nMay need to support monthly patching on weekends (approx. 2 hours, team members will flex time during week)\nPossession of strong verbal and written communication skills\nAbility to proactively document knowledge\nAbility to clearly articulate technical solutions to peers\nAbility to work in a high-speed delivery focused environment\nAbility to work on a fully remote team and maintain delivery tempo\nAbility to adapt and learn new technologies quickly\nQualifications:\nAbility to receive DHS EOD suitability\nU.S. Citizenship\nBachelor's degree or equivalent experience\n5+ years of experience\nPossession of strong verbal and written communication skills\nAbility to work in a high-speed delivery focused environment\nAbility to work on a fully remote team and maintain delivery tempo\nAbility to learn quickly\nExperience in the following is necessary:\nCI/CD automated pipelines\nAWS and its services (EKS, ECS, RDS, SQS, SES)\nIAC Frameworks like Terraform and/or Cloudformation\nExperience using and implementing Infrastructure As Code\nContainerization best practices\nGit or alternative source code repositories\n\nSecondary Qualifications:\nExperience with monitoring and observability tools including New Relic and Splunk\nKubernetes or other container orchestration platform experience\nKnowledge of streaming platforms like Kafka\nDatabase administration experience (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB)\nFamiliarity with JIRA and Confluence\nActive GitHub profile (feel free to share!)\nAbout Highlight:\nFor over ten years, Highlight has provided Development and Modernization, Secure IT, and Mission Solution services to our federal government customers. Our team knows the technology; we understand how our customers and their stakeholders work; and we know how to implement industry best practices to deliver high-quality, end-to-end solutions that minimize risk and maximize results.\n\nSince our inception, Highlight has had an employee-first mindset. Our mission is to provide employees with rewarding and impactful career opportunities. In 2021, Highlight’s founder, Rebecca Andino, implemented an Employee Stock Ownership Plan to embody and expand our culture of transparency, teamwork and rewarding the work of our employees. By becoming an ESOP, our employee-owners share in the success of the company through their ownership stake. To learn more about ESOPS, check out: www.esopinfo.org.\n\nWe’re an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change - regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristics. 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