NorthHill Technology Resources has an immediate need for a DevOps Engineer with Azure experience to support a DHS Program in Sterling VA.  This role is primarily remote, with one day per week onsite in Sterling, VA and 4 days remote.  Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship and ability to pass a DHS background investigation is required.

Title: DevSecOps/ DevOps Engineer(Azure)
Location: Position is hybrid, requiring travel to the customer's Washington, DC offices and/or Sterling, VA one day per week.
Customer: FEMA

Responsibilities
We are seeking DevSecOps Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on modernization and technology transformation projects that will positively impact the critical missions of our government clients and solve challenges that aim to improve millions of lives across the globe.

Qualifications
Responsibilities:

Design & Development

• Design, create and maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines & tools for an enterprise scale system with a large developer base
• Design, create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code artifacts
• Design, create and maintain container-based application solutions
• Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python, etc.) to automate DevOps processes
• Participate in creating long-term and short-term strategies for scaling cloud environments
• Work with development teams to troubleshoot specific issues by recreating tests, validating configuration, etc.
• Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in cloud environments
• Advance DevOps processes and technologies using emerging technologies and cloud native tools

Operations

• Adhere to a comprehensive incident management program including problem management. Generate KPIs for service availability, uptime, and adherence to SOPs, and SLAs.
• Maintain, monitor, and help improve the performance and availability of the 24x7 production environment including networks, servers, databases, etc.
• Manage operational maintenance such as OS patches, security vulnerabilities, etc. to ensure healthy status of various prod and non-prod environments
• Administer network monitoring system, alerting, log management, and other IT systems
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during emergencies, outages, and service transitions
• Improve system visibility and applications with advanced monitoring, metrics, and log analytics
• Analyze and identify root causes on critical problems, incident reports and communication

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience preferred
Clearance: US citizenship required in order to obtain a DHS Public Trust clearance
Location/Hybrid: Position is hybrid, requiring travel to the customer's Washington, DC offices and/or Sterling, VA one day per week.