ANR - DevSecOps Cloud Engineer - Level II

Job Type Full-time Description

The Alaska Northstar Resources (ANR) team is currently searching for a DevSecOps Cloud Engineer for a long-term effort supporting a government agency program. This position will be 100% remote but could require onsite access and 5-10% travel.

The DevSecOps Engineer will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following: 

• Identify and leverage best practices implementing the major cloud providers (GCP, Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), etc.).
• Utilize cloud tools (such as AWS CLI, CloudFormation, AWS-Roles) to standardize, secure, and automate infrastructure deployment and management activities.
• Deploy a multi-layer integrated system leveraging automation and containerization.
• Demonstrate and exercise operational rigor, documentation of steps, backup of artifacts, validation through unit testing and comparison, and restoration of changes.
• Participate in Agile team structure to develop and deploy architectural components and services, application code, patches and configuration changes, and integration capabilities.
• Provide strategic and engineering guidance to customer, program team, and project managers regarding technology evaluation, planning, and implementation.
• Develop technology roadmaps, providing technical advice and develop solutions to address customer requirements.
• Conduct Engineering sessions, develop and refine activity sequences and level of effort estimates for project managers as requested to develop project schedules.

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required by the contract.
• Candidate must be clearable at the PUBLIC TRUST level
• Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent field 

Candidate must have 5+ years of experience with the following:

• Networking, infrastructure, or database engineering or operations
• Build, deployment, and release automation and orchestration
• Supporting enterprise Cloud applications or infrastructure
• Infrastructure as code environments, including any activities around automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and monitoring and testing, such as CI/CD

Candidate must have experience with the following: 

• Automation tools, including Pivotal, Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Automating system configurations and orchestrating network operations and DevSecOps pipelines, scaling, releases, and day-to-day system operations in Cloud environments
• Provisioning and managing infrastructure as well as applications in Cloud environments including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Identifying and implementing automation to improve user experience
• Scripting in Concourse, Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
• Open technologies, DevSecOps, and related Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, Git, and others
• System integration using a variety of protocols, including XML, REST, and JSON
• Experience with leveraging JSON, YAML, or XML for configuration
• DevOps and Agile methodologies
• Documenting an as-is state of the environment, perform a gap analysis, and produce artifacts that articulate options and recommendations preferred
• Containerization including OpenShift, Docker, or Kubernetes

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• DoD Security Clearance
• Security+ CE certification or other IAT Level II Certification
• Cloud certification (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, SysOps Administrator, Cloud Practitioner)
• Cloud service implementations using industry best practices
• Implementing cloud automation with application deployment
• Hybrid cloud architecture, integration, and deployment
• Ability to lead small, dynamic team to provide strategic and tactical guidance, support, mentorship
• Ability to support Agile project team to prioritize user stories, plan sprints, and execute and deliver as planned
• Ability to maintain workload in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities

Work Environment

Office environment. Requires ability to provide clear, concise, accurate and timely communication, both verbally and in writing (100%). Requires ability to interact professionally with co-workers, management, and client (100%). Occasional business travel may be required. Only requested and approved expenses will be covered by ANR.

About ANR

Alaska Northstar Resources (ANR) maintains an outstanding work environment that includes competitive compensation, outstanding benefits, and challenging work assignments with opportunities for advancement/career growth. To be considered for employment opportunities you must complete an online application.

EEO Statement

ANR is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or protected veteran status. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.  ANR is an advocate of preferential hiring and professional development of qualified Shee Atiká Inc shareholders, their spouses and descendants, and Alaska Natives in accordance with Public Law 93-638. 

For further information on our equal opportunity protections as part of the employment process:

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf

Accessibility
ANR is committed to expanding access to employment for people with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, and your disability prevents you from applying, please advise what reasonable accommodation ANR can provide to assist you in applying for one of our open positions. You may contact us by sending an email to sgs-hr@sheeatikagov.com

Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation for applying for a specific posted position will be responded to. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a need-to-know basis.

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The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Salary Description $120000 - $165000