Senior DevOps Engineer - Container Platform

About the role

Booz Allen is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer in Chantilly to develop, manage and secure a container platform for its clients, using the latest cloud technologies to improve orchestration and meet client needs. The role involves recommending resources that help clients adopt containers securely and supporting the development of critical cloud platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Develop container management software to solve clients' toughest challenges
• Use cloud platform technology to improve clients' environments with current container software
• Support the team in informing strategy and design while ensuring standards are met across the containerization process
• Recommend resources that help clients manage and securely adopt containers

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience deploying cloud resources on AWS
• 3+ years of experience with containerization, building images and orchestrating deployments on Kubernetes or EKS
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience, including automated server or network configurations, large-scale deployments or monitoring and testing
• Knowledge of container networking, monitoring, storage and security technologies, and of vulnerability mitigation
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph; applicants are subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for classified information
• Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of technical experience, or 10+ years of technical experience in lieu of a degree
• Ability to obtain a Security+, SSCP, CCNA-Security, CISSP or GSEC certification within 6 months of hire

Nice to have

• 2+ years with Kubernetes orchestration tools such as ArgoCD or Flux
• Java or Python development experience
• Prometheus, Grafana, ElasticSearch, Kibana, FluentD, Jenkins, Git, TeamCity, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy or Ruby
• Linux or UNIX administration and basic system administration knowledge
• Kubernetes certification

What we offer

• Health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave and professional development
• Tuition assistance, work-life programs and dependent care support
• A recognition awards program for exceptional performance
• Projected annual salary range of $77,600 to $176,000 depending on location, qualifications and experience