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Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Job Code: 43431

Job Location: Onsite - Salt Lake City, UT

Job Schedule: 9/80 (Off every other Friday)

Job Description:

We are seeking a seasoned, self-motivated, skilled DevOps Engineer to join our L3Harris S2 (Spectrum Superiority) Sector team in Salt Lake City, Utah. The successful candidate will work as a critical member of our DevOps team providing vision and leadership, driving architecture and design decisions and collaborating with 10 other engineers serving both unclassified and classified environments. The role involves Linux infrastructure and SW development pipeline maintenance, deployment and system configuration management, automation, virtualization, and containerization. We are mission-focused, results-oriented, innovative problem solvers and require these traits in the successful candidate as well.

Essential Functions:

Lead projects on the DevOps team to design and deploy software development pipelines.

Directly support customer projects as needed

Lead integration of disparate systems for customer end systems in air-gapped environments.

Architect, implement, and maintain features with Git, Infrastructure as Code, and Kubernetes.

Automation of DevOps through scripting and software application development

Manage and implement development tools in secure/classified environments, ensuring end-to-end encryption and secure communication channels.

Implement and manage certificate exchange authentication processes.

Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes clusters to support scalable and robust application deployments.

Work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, while adhering to best practices and development processes.

Implement and maintain infrastructure and servers using configuration management tools such as Salt, Ansible, and Puppet.

Create tools to improve automation, reliability, and continuously improve our pipeline.

Promote continuous improvement and exploration of new technologies.

Ensure all systems security operations and maintenance activities are properly documented and updated as necessary.

Travel requirement – less than 10%

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field and 9 years of relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years prior relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 13 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Software development experience

Demonstrable experience in some of the following areas:

Infrastructure-as-code (IAC) maintained using Salt, Ansible, and Puppet.

Developing software pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, Gitlab-CI, and Artifactory.

Application containerization and on-premises Kubernetes integration.

Utilizing and developing primarily in Linux.

Working knowledge of software engineering and quality assurance processes.

Technical background in software development (language agnostic).

Ability to script in various languages (e.g., Python, Bash, groovy.).

Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

Object oriented software development in memory safe languages

Experience scripting with Bash, Python, and Make.

Experience in CMake and C++ development.

Experience with RHEL 7/8/9 environments as well as Ubuntu or Debian.

RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE).

Knowledge of network firewalls, routing, subnetting, and port mappings.

Experience with security implementations such as SELinux, FAPolicyd, and security scans.

Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, SEC+).

Experience developing, implementing, and integrating REST APIs.

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