Ad Hoc LLC
Staff DevOps Engineer
Ad Hoc LLC, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
This is a remote position.
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.
Work on things that matter
Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.
Built for a remote life
Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.
The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, PAN Foundation, Library of Congress, Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services, and the USDA Forest Service. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.
Primary Responsibilities
In this role, you will serve as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the ability to meet scope, schedule and delivery requirements and may support adjacent programs with the business unit. A Staff DevOps Engineer exhibits strong influential skills to represent the software engineering practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best technical solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in software engineering and DevOps processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff DevOps Engineer include:
Strong influential skills to improve technical decision-making of clients through relationship-buildingPresents on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisionsEmerging people leader/mentor that exhibits high levels of trust, autonomy, and empowermentGuides the development and operation of the full lifecycle of the solution infrastructureProvides expertise in DevOps use of cloud-based services, defined using IaaC toolingEnsures processes and design provide robust defense-in-depth through security best-practicesEnsures that systems operate smoothly and align with CMS/NIST quality and compliance standards so clients retain ATOPlans and executes migrations to cloud-native data servicesActively participates in conversations and planning sessions with partners and key stakeholdersPeriodically travels to work with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholdersElaborates on and evolves complex and ambiguous products to uncover constraints and new opportunitiesEffectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they’ve been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communicationsParticipates in technical depth interviews with new candidates
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years of experience requiredDemonstrates expert-level knowledge in multiple infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. terraform, ansible)Mastery of key DevOps concepts: installing software, virtualization, containerization, networking, etc.
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: https://adhocteam.us/join/
Benefits
Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision InsuranceUse What You Need Vacation Policy401K with employer matchPaid parental leave after one year of service
Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
In support of theColorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $130,000 - $149,000 Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
job reference: STAFF001113#J-18808-Ljbffr
Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.
Work on things that matter
Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.
Built for a remote life
Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed.
Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture
Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time.. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.
The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, PAN Foundation, Library of Congress, Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services, and the USDA Forest Service. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.
Primary Responsibilities
In this role, you will serve as an emerging subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that exhibits a high level of trust, autonomy and empowerment. With minimal oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for leading and monitoring the ability to meet scope, schedule and delivery requirements and may support adjacent programs with the business unit. A Staff DevOps Engineer exhibits strong influential skills to represent the software engineering practice in planning sessions, advocating for the best technical solution, while communicating tradeoffs. You will serve as the primary lead and proactively communicate with stakeholders; while utilizing strong influential skills to drive improvements in software engineering and DevOps processes and practices. Primary expectations of a Staff DevOps Engineer include:
Strong influential skills to improve technical decision-making of clients through relationship-buildingPresents on technical topics effectively, articulating implementation complexity and other costs to inform business decisionsEmerging people leader/mentor that exhibits high levels of trust, autonomy, and empowermentGuides the development and operation of the full lifecycle of the solution infrastructureProvides expertise in DevOps use of cloud-based services, defined using IaaC toolingEnsures processes and design provide robust defense-in-depth through security best-practicesEnsures that systems operate smoothly and align with CMS/NIST quality and compliance standards so clients retain ATOPlans and executes migrations to cloud-native data servicesActively participates in conversations and planning sessions with partners and key stakeholdersPeriodically travels to work with and present to clients, partners, and stakeholdersElaborates on and evolves complex and ambiguous products to uncover constraints and new opportunitiesEffectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they’ve been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communicationsParticipates in technical depth interviews with new candidates
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and 15+ years of experience requiredDemonstrates expert-level knowledge in multiple infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. terraform, ansible)Mastery of key DevOps concepts: installing software, virtualization, containerization, networking, etc.
To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit: https://adhocteam.us/join/
Benefits
Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision InsuranceUse What You Need Vacation Policy401K with employer matchPaid parental leave after one year of service
Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.
In support of theColorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $130,000 - $149,000 Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
job reference: STAFF001113#J-18808-Ljbffr