Swift
DevOps Engineer
Swift, Herndon, VA
The Swift Group is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join an exciting mission oriented program. This role will play a crucial part in advancing our infrastructure capabilities and ensuring the security and efficiency of our applications and systems. The role is located on onsite in Herndon, VA and requires a TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
Position Overview: As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure using modern technologies and best practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive automation, security, and scalability across our systems.
Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Desired Qualifications:
The Swift Groups is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
Position Overview: As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of our infrastructure using modern technologies and best practices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive automation, security, and scalability across our systems.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Ansible and other automation tools.
- Manage Eclipse-based development environments, Git repositories, and CI/CD pipelines (DevOps) for Java and Python projects.
- Conduct security reviews of applications and infrastructure to ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices.
- Participate actively in agile activities, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Research and evaluate new technologies in object-oriented programming to enhance our development practices.
- Implement and optimize cloud-based services to support our applications and systems.
- Collaborate effectively within an engineering team, mentoring colleagues with varying skill levels.
- Design and build APIs and services using REST, SOAP, and other protocols.
- Utilize infrastructure automation technologies such as Docker, Vagrant, and build automation tools like Maven and Jenkins.
- Develop and maintain scripts using Perl, Shell, and other scripting languages to automate tasks and workflows.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
- 11+ years of relevant experience in infrastructure engineering, with expertise in the following areas:
- Proficiency in Ansible for infrastructure automation.
- Strong Eclipse development skills and experience with Git, DevOps, Java, and Python.
- Experience conducting security reviews of applications and infrastructure.
- Hands-on participation in agile activities for software development.
- Extensive knowledge of cloud-based services and environments.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative engineering team environment, mentoring others.
- US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with infrastructure automation technologies like Docker, Vagrant, etc.
- Familiarity with build automation technologies such as Maven, Jenkins, etc.
- Experience in developing APIs and services using REST, SOAP, etc.
- Proficiency in scripting languages like Perl, Shell, etc.
The Swift Groups is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.