DevOps Engineer

The Swift Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer to enhance our software and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will coordinate with various stakeholders to ensure tools meet defined requirements, support data engineering efforts, and maintain a secure and efficient multi-cloud environment. This position is located onsite in Chantilly, VA.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with mission partners and multiple entities to ensure tools meet established requirements.
• Apply DevOps principles to continuously deliver high-value enhancements to software within a service-based architecture.
• Address all application security vulnerabilities according to severity to maintain security accreditation.
• Support data engineering efforts to analyze large data sets and derive data relationships.
• Maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot various codebases deployed in a multi-cloud environment.
• Manage and troubleshoot hardware and network components.
• Design, develop, and maintain SQL-based databases.

Required Skills:

• Experience with ElasticSearch and Kibana.
• Proficiency in AWS services, including S3, EBS, and EC2.
• Experience in platform and application automated deployment.
• Knowledge of cloud deployment, containerization, web service/API management, and computing optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud databases, storage, virtualization, and network configurations.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines in a multi-tenant environment.
• Understanding of automated software quality checks, security scanning, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Proficiency in Linux and Unix-based operating systems.
• Experience using requirements tracking tools such as JIRA or Confluence.
• Proven ability to maintain, upgrade, troubleshoot, and manage software, hardware, and networks.
• Experience installing, configuring, testing, and maintaining operating systems and application software.
• Skills in monitoring system performance and troubleshooting issues.
• BA/BS Degree or five additional years experience in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with big data processing and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, HBase).
• Familiarity with Apache NiFi and ETL processes.
• Knowledge of managing IT security vulnerabilities using Plans of Actions and Milestones (POAMs).
• Understanding of FISMA security controls.
• Experience documenting and communicating technical requirements to diverse audiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with technical teams across organizational boundaries.
• Background in programming and developing software applications in multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure).
• Proficiency in Python and ability to translate mission needs into technical requirements.
• Experience in designing and maintaining SQL-based databases, including PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• Skills in developing PL/SQL database scripts and tuning complex queries against various data sets.
• Experience in developing secure and scalable REST APIs and integrating services using messaging technologies.
• Familiarity with geo-locational data at both backend and application tiers.
• Experience in a DevOps environment and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in using Git as a source code repository.

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.