DevOps Engineer

About The Team
STR’s Analytics Division develops novel solutions to the most challenging national security problems through advanced analytics. Our teams consist of motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We employ experienced managers who have led large, complex teams in delivering software solutions to some of the Defense Department’s greatest challenges and have extensive knowledge of the various combat domains. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to everyday use by our customers.

The Mission Applications (MA) Group in the Analytics Division develops and deploys software-intensive mission capabilities to defense and intelligence customers, leveraging technologies from STR research and development (R&D) groups, while matrixing in significant numbers of engineering staff from those groups. Staff organic to the mission applications group have skills specifically targeting transition of technology to operational use, including program management, integration engineering at customer sites, DevSecOps, and business development with a deep understanding of missions and technology needs for national security.

The Role:
As a DevOps Engineer, you will work as part of tightly knit Agile software teams to design and implement Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines utilizing GitLab or other CI/CD systems. These include:

Supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) toolsets in an unclassified environment
Maintaining multiple CI/CD environments at multiple classification levels where AWS is not available
Configuring CI/CD environments for application performance, security monitoring, and alerting
Acting as a point person with the corporate STR IT organization to ensure that infrastructure toolsets are configured, maintained, reliable, and in compliance with Department of Defense standards
Advocating for and educating software engineers on DevOps fundamentals while helping to implement professional, commercial software development processes

This role will take advantage of STR’s flexible, hybrid environment – when the work does not require use of STR’s facilities (based out of Woburn, MA or Arlington, VA), you are welcome to work remotely up to 50% of the time.

Who You Are:
BS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field
2+ years relevant experience
Experience with all relevant technologies including:

CI/CD tools and pipeline automation
Cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), and automated provisioning tools (such as Ansible, Chef, TerraForm)
Containerization technologies such as Docker and Podman
Organized, detail-oriented, and with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Demonstrated experience as an effective communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences
This position requires the ability to obtain a security clearance, for which US citizenship is needed by the US Government

Even Better:
Active Security Clearance at the Secret or Top Secret (TS) level 
MS in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field 
Experience in:

Full web-service stack, including databases, logging, and monitoring 
Project tracking tools such as Jira
Deploying and maintaining artifact repositories (such as Nexus, Artifactory)
Deploying and configuring static and dynamic code analysis tools (such as SonarQube, Coverity)
Kubernetes management solutions such as EKS and Rancher, along with deploying and monitoring Kubernetes clusters and pod configurations
Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM software development frameworks
Security+ Certification 

STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston, MA, Arlington, VA, near Dayton, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Carlsbad, CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.

STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.

STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.

Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.