Maxar

Maxar

DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI)

Herndon, VA · Contract

No sponsorship$116k-$154kDetected 1 day ago
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About the role

  • Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next.
  • Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.
  • Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Responsibilities

  • Deploy, and manage highly available applications to ensure system reliability and scalability.
  • Build and maintain custom CLI tools, APIs, and dashboards that streamline the developer experience.
  • Implement, and maintain HashiCorp Nomad clusters and Kubernetes clusters for workload orchestration.
  • Develop and implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
  • Build and manage multiple CI/CD pipelines with GitLab or equivalent tools to automate deployments and streamline development workflows for rapid development and integration.
  • Perform system monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting to proactively identify and resolve issues.
  • Build and maintain custom tools to automate cybersecurity analysis and correlation workflows as new cybersecurity compliance requirements emerge.
  • For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

Requirements

  • Must have a current/active TS/SCI and be willing and able to pass a CI polygraph.
  • Must be able and willing to work in a SCIF environment in Herndon, VA 40/hours a week.
  • Minimum of 5+ years of Industry experience as a DevOps engineer and a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field (or a Masters degree and 3 years experience).
  • Strong expertise in cloud environments, including deployment, optimization, and troubleshooting.
  • Experience in managing, integrating and utilizing PKI certificates for user and Non-Person-Entity Authentication and Authorization.
  • In-depth experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience with security best practices in DevOps pipelines (e.g., Trivy, Grype, GtiLab SAST, Sonarqube, etc.).
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
  • Strong knowledge of networking and load balancing technologies.

Skills

  • Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access.
  • Experience with distributed processing methods and tools, such as REST APIs, microservices, IaaS/PaaS services.
  • Experience developing and deploying web services.
  • Experience in implementing Docker STIGs.
  • Experience with technical cybersecurity remediation in the context of a Continuous Monitoring (CONMON) program.
  • RHCSA or LPIC1/LPIC2 certifications or equivalent.
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification.
  • Docker Certified Associate.

Compensation

  • To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings.
  • Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions.
  • Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range.
  • The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate's experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.
  • The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $116,000.00 - $154,000.00 - $169,400.00 annually.

Benefits

  • You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers

Company info

  • We are a multi-faceted technical team with expertise spanning the full stack of cloud computing technologies including systems administration, DevOps, cybersecurity, software development, and systems engineering that builds and maintains software applications backed by a self-managed cloud infrastructure with a true big-data footprint (over 10 petabytes)
  • Our diverse background of experience in mission support and technology development and operations serves as a catalyst to solve unique and challenging intelligence problems in support of special operations analysts and their on-going activities.
  • Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to our delivery approach, anchored by a need to work quickly in support of our missions.
  • Principal Responsibilities:
  • Write clean, maintainable code (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or similar) to automate cybersecurity workflows.
  • Execute DNS configuration, management, and performance tuning for enterprise-grade systems.
  • Automate security testing and monitoring within the DevOps workflows using ACAS and Trivy.
  • Analyze cybersecurity scan findings and work with the cybersecurity team to identify false positive findings.
  • Integrate static code analysis tools such as GitLab SAST, Fortify or Sonarqube and other security mechanisms into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Perform cybersecurity remediation on DevOps managed Virtual Machines to include OS patching, OS STIGing, and software package updates.
  • Build, maintain, and monitor configuration management of release products.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve network, automation pipelines, and infrastructure issues.

Equal opportunity

  • EEO Policy: Vantor is an
  • equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace.

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