• DevSecOps Cloud Systems Engineer

    A.C. CoyEagan, MN 55120

    Job #2810064727

  • Overview:

    • Tier One Technologies is looking for a DevSecOps Cloud Systems Engineer to support our US Government client.

    • This on-site contract-to-hire position will be located in Eagan, MN.

    • SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.

    Responsibilities:

    • Provide the expertise and design solutions based on CIO Architectures and Strategies architectural layouts for systems.

    • Ensure the development teams, Endpoint teams, CISO teams, and others have secure, performant, and available cloud and on-premise platforms and services at their disposal.

    • Provide technical assistance and advice on complex activities. Formulates / defines specifications, develops / modifies / maintains complex systems and subsystems, using vendor engineering releases and utilities for overall operational systems.

    • Apply analytical techniques when gathering information from users, defining work problems, designing technology solutions, and developing procedures to resolve the problems.

    • Develop complete specifications to enable computer programmers to prepare required programs and analyze methods of approach.

    • Review task proposal requirements, gathers information, analyzes data, prepares project synopses, compares alternatives, prepares specifications, resolves processing problems, coordinates work with programmers and engineers, and orients users to new systems.

    • Work with considerable freedom to make decisions on the techniques and approaches to be used.

    • Prepare recommendations for system improvement for management and user consideration.

    • Responsible for designing, building, testing, and maintaining the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for software development.

    • Develop infrastructure design patterns and deploy infrastructure as a code with tools like Terraform and Ansible.

    • Design and lead implementation of solutions in Cloud Service Providers (CSP) like AWS, GCP and Azure and On-Prem.

    • Utilize container registries such as Artifactory, GHCR, and CSP registries and support base container images.

    • Support Kubernetes Clusters, including AKS, GKE, EKS, ROSA & Rancher.

    • Collaborate with development and operations teams to understand their needs and create a pipeline that meets their requirements in their key areas.

    • Advise and oversee the process Improvement initiatives and IT requirements related to all aspect of application’s CI/CD pipelines.

    • Automate security processes, such as vulnerability scanning, testing, and monitoring.

    • Troubleshoot and resolve incidents and implement changes and act as escalation resource for Operations team.

    • Mentor and transfer knowledge and less experienced team members.

    • Document process and procedures.

    • Prioritize and schedule projects/tasks based on the direction of Postal leadership.



    Qualifications:

    • A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services is required. If the degree is not in the applicable field, then four additional years of related experience is required.

    • 8-12 years of experience in the Technology or Software Development preferred.

    • Ability to write automations and workflows utilizing GitHub Actions to integrate different components of full CI/CD pipeline like Terraform, Trivy, Megalinter, and ServiceNow.

    • Utilize tools like GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and other CI/CD technologies to develop and manage pipelines.

    • Must be highly specialized in one or more phases of software systems development, systems integration, or network engineering.

    • Excellent communication skills.

    • Must be able to obtain a Position of Public Trust Clearance.

    • Be able to pass a drug screening, criminal history, and credit checks.

    • Must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card).

    • Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.

    • Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)