Sr. DevOps Engineer

SOFT's client located in Richmond, VA is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer for a long term contract assignment. Qualifications: 7+ years of experience delivering technology solutions in a DevOps architectural capacity. “Hands On” experience with significant depth around crafting, implementing, and managing critical multi-functional components and their integration 5 years of experience leading and managing technical projects and supporting multiple projects. US Citizenship Bachelor and/or master’s degree in computer science, Information Management, Information Technology or Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience Strong interpersonal skills, written and oral; strong and proven interpersonal skills to include collaborate in a professional manner, Proven ability to collaborate and work horizontally throughout a complex organization including exposure across IT including, infrastructure, networking, security, data management, and application development Proven experience implementing, integrating, and maintaining the critical infrastructure for a DevOps environment Extensive hands-on experience with Configuration/Build Management, Build/Release Management, Containerization and CI/CD pipelines, using tools such as Gitlab and Azure Devops for deployment into IIS and Amazon Web Services environments. Strong knowledge of installation, configuration, support, and maintenance of source control systems (Git) and artifacts Knowledge of Java, JavaScript/NodeJS and .Net technology stacks and hands-on experience of integrating build tools and technologies across the enterprise Expertise working in secure RHEL and Windows operating systems. Experience in preparing and reviewing vulnerabilities reports using security tools such as Fortify, SonarQube, SonaType Nexus, and SonaType Lifecycle. Experience with XLDeploy and XLRelease Experience with Eclipse, Visual Studio or other popular IDEs Ability to work with APIs and Plugins to integrate security tools into established CI/CD pipelines Experience of environment management tools (Kubernetes, Terraform) and Containerization tools (Docker) Experience running containerized workloads in AWS Services; EC2, Lambda, Fargate, ECS and/or EKS Secrets Management and storage using AWS Secrets Manager, Systems Manager Parameter Store and Vault Experience building and maintaining AWS environments using Terraform scripts and Infrastructure as Code is required Experience in configuration and scripting using YAML. JSON and other scripting languages Extensive knowledge of repository manager (Nexus or Artifactory) is a must / required for this role Knowledge of Database DevOps tools (Flyway, DBMaestro) Good understanding of data security, governance, and cybersecurity solutions Knowledge of Agile tools Jira and AzDO Experience in cloud-based Site Reliability Engineering. Responsibilities: • Maintains and improves existing build and deployment processes across all products • Collaborates with Application Developers, QA Engineers, Product Owners, and others to create deployment best practices • Enforces best practices for security and reliability across ITS • Designs and deploys new application components and infrastructures • Implements and maintains a continuous integration environment • Supports and troubleshoots product and infrastructure issues in production environments • Writes configuration scripts for automation tools and automates recurring tasks • Actively monitors and administers cloud-hosted applications and builds integrations • Participates in engineering design and deployment planning • Defines and documents continuous integration / continuous deployment best practices • Evaluates new tools, technologies, and processes to improve speed, efficiency, and scalability for continuous integration • Solves difficult problems with scripting language across multiple environments • Coaches application developers on proper techniques for building scalable applications • Works across multiple platforms and applications to understand dependencies • Conducts spots checks of different product teams to provide assistance to developers and operations teams to increase speed-to-market or product quality • Implements and maintains security in accordance with Bank security policies • Leads overall execution of build and deploy activities in quality assurance and production environments • Designs and architects solutions for client-facing applications as they are moved into cloud environments • Optimizes continuous deployment practices currently in place and brings new automation technologies to improve the quality of engineering and deployment • Researches integration and deployment technology solutions and recommend initiatives in support of integration infrastructure investment roadmap • Contributes to the product system architecture, design, development and deployment Complexity Pay: $79.52 - $118.24 per hour Expected hours: 40 per week Benefits: 401(k) Health insurance Paid time off Work Location: In person