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CI/CD Engineer (DevSecOps)

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McLean, VA Contract On-Site Flexibility/Remote:

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PlanIT Group is seeking a CI/CD Engineer to support our federal customer in the Washington, DC area. The ideal candidate provides the expertise and design solutions based on CIO Architectures and Strategies architectural layouts for systems. Ensures the development teams, Endpoint teams, CISO teams, and others have secure, performant, and available cloud and on-premise platforms and services at their disposal.
Highly specialized in one or more phases of software systems development, systems integration, or network engineering. Provides technical assistance and advice on complex activities. Formulates / defines specifications, develops / modifies / maintains complex systems and subsystems, using vendor engineering releases and utilities for overall operational systems. Applies analytical techniques when gathering information from users, defining work problems, designing technology solutions, and developing procedures to resolve the problems.


Job Title: CI/CD Engineer
Location: onsite in
Eagan, MN
Start Date: 12/16/2024
Duration: One year plus extensions

Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident
Must have Minimum of 5-7 years of experience (technology or software development)


Certification Requirement:
GitHub Certification (GitHub Actions Certification preferred) or Cloud Certification (AWS, GCP, or Azure preferred)

Education Requirement:
A degree from an accredited College/University in the applicable field of services.
NOTE: If resource does not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.


CI/CD Engineer
Require an expert CI/CD Engineer resource in support of US Government client DevSecOps initiatives for cloud and on-prem infrastructure platforms and applications.
• The CI/CD engineer is responsible for designing, building, testing, and maintaining the continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for software development.
• Write automations and workflows utilizing GitHub Actions to integrate different components of full CI/CD pipeline like Terraform, Trivy, Megalinter, and ServiceNow.
• Utilize tools like GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and other CI/CD technologies to develop and manage pipelines.
• Develop infrastructure design patterns and deploy infrastructure as a code with tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Design and lead implementation of solutions in Cloud Service Providers (CSP) like AWS, GCP and Azure and On-Prem.
• Utilize container registries such as Artifactory, GHCR, and CSP registries and support base container images.
• Support Kubernetes Clusters, including AKS, GKE, EKS, ROSA & Rancher.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to understand their needs and create a pipeline that meets their requirements their key areas.
• Advise and oversee the process Improvement initiatives and IT requirements related to all aspect of application's CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate security processes, such as vulnerability scanning, testing, and monitoring.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents and implement changes and act as escalation resource for Operations team.
• Mentor and transfer knowledge and less experienced team members.
• Document process and procedures.
• Prioritize and schedule projects/tasks based at the direction of client leadership.


Tools:
• GitHub Actions for writing automations and workflows to integrate different components of full CI/CD pipeline like Terraform, Trivy, Megalinter, and ServiceNow.
• GitHub, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and other CI/CD technologies to develop and manage pipelines.
• Terraform, Ansible, and other tools to develop infrastructure design patterns and deploy infrastructure as a code.
• Artifactory, GHCR, and CSP registries to use container registries and support base container images.
• AKS, GKE, EKS, ROSA & Rancher tools to support Kubernetes Clusters.


Additional Provisions:
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident
• Candidate must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
• Cannot have more than 6 months' travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)

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