DevOps Engineer

About the company

Welcome to GliaCell Technologies - We make It happen!

Our goals are simple! The mission, our people, and having fun. We have created a mighty presence in the Intelligence Community through delivering exceptional software solutions to our clients.

GliaCell’s main areas of expertise are Enterprise Development, Cybersecurity, ML/AI, and the Cloud.

Our portfolio of work grants us access to over 200+ opportunities across 17 contracts and counting!

We only seek work that is on the cusp of innovation, allowing our engineers to feel challenged every day.

If you are interested in working where you are treated like family, you found your home!

Do you want to earn a strong salary, a benefits package that suits your lifestyle, receive a 401K contribution, enjoy GC company events, and more? Start your GliaCell journey by applying today!

About the role

Are you a DevOps Engineer who is ready for a new challenge that will launch your career to the next level?

• Tired of being treated like a company drone?
• Tired of promised adventures during the hiring phase, then dropped off on a remote contract and never seen or heard from the mothership again?
• Our engineers were certainly tired of the same.

At GliaCell our slogan is “We make It happen”.

• We will immerse you in the latest technologies.
• We will develop and support your own personalized training program to continue your individual growth.
• We will provide you with work that matters with our mission focused customers, and surround you with a family of brilliant engineers.

Culture isn’t something you need to talk about…if it just exists.

If this sounds interesting to you, then we’d like to have a discussion regarding your next adventure! If you want to be a drone, this isn’t the place for you.

We Make It Happen!

Responsibilities

• Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for:

Duties:

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing: Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• Communication and collaboration: DevOps is a team-oriented discipline. Engineers need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.
• The position allows little to no work from home and will require a significant portion or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Qualifications

Key Requirements: To be considered for this position you must have the following:

• Possess an active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Professional/Education experience: 6 years & Bachelors of Science Degree, or 4 years & Masters Degree, or 8 years & Associates Degree, or 10 years & High School Diploma

Current Security+CE certificate.

• Works well independently as well as on a team.
• Strong communication skills.

Desired Skills:

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling.
• Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway.
• Develop and manage Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime
• Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate

Compensation

Posted Annualized Salary: $115,000 – $190,000

Benefits

Benefits:

• CareFirst Medical Coverage for Employee and Dependents
• Guardian Dental and Vision Coverage for Employee and Dependents
• Up to 25 Days of Paid Time Off
• Up to 40 hours of PTO Carryover
• 11 Federal Government Holidays
• Work From Home Opportunities
• 401K Company Contribution, Fully Vested Day 1
• Discretionary, Certification, and Sign-On Bonus Potential
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Annual Professional Development
• 100% Premium Covered for Life & Disability Insurances
• Additional Voluntary Life Insurance Coverage Available
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Protection Program
• Financial Planning Assistance
• Bereavement and Jury Duty Leave
• Monthly Team and Family Events
• Technology Budget
• Global Entry
• Annual Swag Budget

Accommodations

GliaCell Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.