A-TEK is hiring a
DevSecOps Engineer

Summary

The job is for a DevSecOps Engineer - Platform at NCBI to improve and maintain DevSecOps platforms, help internal teams adopt the DevOps platform, ensure compliance with federal application security regulations, and submit monthly status reports. The role requires a B.S. in a STEM field or equivalent industry experience, five years of related professional experience, strong knowledge of programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/Typescript, C++, Kotlin, Scala, and Golang, direct Linux experience, cloud provider experience, good understanding of Scrum, excellent communication skills, customer-focused disposition, and the ability to manage teams. Preferred skills include strong presentation skills, experience with various observability tools, Kafka, Apache Pulsar, RabbitMQ, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Flume, Apache Storm, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, Git source control management tools, CI/CD pipelines and artifact lifecycle management tools, Security Management tools such as Hashicorp Vault, CyberArk, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud Secret Manager or equivalent, RPC and other frameworks, service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd, UNIX networking experience, and understanding of/experience with Agile.

Requirements

• B.S. in a STEM field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) - Or equivalent industry experience in Software Development
• Five years of related professional experience
• Strong knowledge of at least one of the following programming languages: Python, JavaScript/Typescript, C++, some Kotlin and Scala and a bit of Golang and Rust; and desire to learn new languages
• Direct Linux experience, especially system programming expertise and/or understanding of how container runtimes work
• Cloud provider experience (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Good understanding of Scrum
• Ability to manage team goals and work, and lead group to a common vision
• Customer-focused, collaborative disposition
• Excellent communication and soft skills to interface with customers, peers, direct reports, and management
• Good judgement, sense of integrity and responsibility

Responsibilities

• Develops and continuously improves DevSecOps, DataOps, and Observability platforms
• Develops and maintains common tools and libraries
• Evaluates new technologies and practices
• Helps NCBI developers with adoption platforms, tools, architectural patterns, and best practices
• Ensures compliance with the Federal application security regulations and standards by providing automated solutions and compliance pipelines
• Practices Agile development and continuous improvement
• Submits Monthly Status Reports

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong presentation skills
• Experience with OpenShift, Anthos, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Nomad
• Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, EFK (ElasticSearch, fluentd, Kibana), TIGK (Telegraph, InfluxDB, Graphana, Kapacitor), DataDog, Sensu, Jaeger, Sentry, OpsGenie, PagerDuty
• Experience with Kafka, Apache Pulsar, RabbitMQ, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Flume, Apache Storm, Google Cloud Pub/Sub
• Experience with products for management of Git source control, CI/CD pipelines and artifact lifecycle management like GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, Teamcity, and/or Artifactory
• Experience with Security Management tools such as Hashicorp Vault, CyberArk, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud Secret Manager or equivalent
• RPC and other frameworks
• Service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd
• Experience with design patterns in coding and architecture
• UNIX networking experience
• Understanding of/experience Agile