Devops Engineer

Open Systems Technologies Corporation is a leader in the government contracting marketplace, providing Enterprise Security and Cloud Computing solutions to support large organizations. Our capabilities include supplying federal government entities and private businesses with software development, scientific and engineering technical assistance, systems integration, and enterprise security. Since its founding in 1996, OST has been committed to delivering high-quality, best-in-class results that bring added value to our clients while investing in our employees’ futures by providing exciting projects to work on, and robust benefits to include technical training and certifications, relocation assistance and a 401K match with immediate vesting.

Open Systems Technologies is looking for a DevOps Engineer with extensive Kubernetes experience to join our team of experts to assist with building state-of-the-art data platforms for the Department of Defense's premier data analytics platform.

Required Qualifications:

• CLEARANCE: Secret
• 10+ years working with Kubernetes or equivalent application platform. Ideal candidate has knowledge in:
• Containerization
• Cluster Administration
• CI/CD Deployments
• IAC’ed Bootstrap and Deployment
• 3+ years working with AWS constructs, at least one major severless application architecture/deployment. More than simply “experience building EC2s,” candidate has experience and knowledge around:
• Serverless Cloud
• VM Instances
• Cloud Specific Kubernetes Offerings (EKS, AKS, GKE)
• Storage Solutions (S3, EBS, EFS)
• Knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps, and best practices, including:
• CI/CD
• Platform
• Authentication/Authorization
• Willigness to be onsite in the Crystal City/Alexandria, VA region 2-3 days per week

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• Vendor certifications corresponding to the data products for which experience is claimed
• Postgraduate work, or advanced degree, in a data management discipline
• Some familiarity with Active Directory constructs
• Familiarity with AI/ML tooling (Kubeflow, Sagemaker) Familiarity with "big data" tooling (Hadoop, Spark, RedShift, HDFS)
• Willingness to function on bleeding edge of commercial constructs in a secure and restricted environment

BENEFITS

OST is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has been operating since 1996 providing support on various contracts with Government agencies. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes 3 weeks paid time off, 11 Federal Holidays, medical/dental coverage, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, AD&D, 401k with up to 4% match, and end-of-year profit sharing.