Junior DevOps Engineer

Overview:

We are seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs in delivering innovative, mission-critical solutions. In this role, you'll help streamline the software development lifecycle from requirements to production monitoring. You'll leverage automation, open-source tools, and cloud resources to reduce manual tasks and enable innovation. This is an opportunity to expand your skills in automation, cloud-based development, and DevSecOps practices.

Note: This position includes participation in an on-call rotation (one week every 4–6 weeks).

Education & Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or equivalent.
• Substitution: 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education.

Clearance Requirements:

• Ability to obtain VA Medium-Background Investigation clearance.

Responsibilities:

• Implement continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure and application deployments using scripting and IaC tools.
• Support Linux systems engineering efforts.
• Administer container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS).
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline SDLC processes.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production support.

Qualifications:

• 1+ years supporting Linux systems engineering efforts.
• 1+ years administering container platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or EKS).
• 1+ years scripting and automation experience (Ansible, Python, Bash, Terraform).
• Experience with complex build systems.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies or SDLC.

Additional/Desired Skills:

• Experience with back-end software development.
• Familiarity with AWS or Azure for automated DevSecOps pipelines.
• Experience configuring Opensearch clusters.
• Knowledge of security scanning tools and vulnerability remediation.
• Knowledge of Java.