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Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI) is seeking a full-time mid to senior-level DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting multiple public-facing web applications. This fully remote position offers the opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies while supporting critical systems. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating, maintaining, and securing multiple production web servers across both on-premises and AWS cloud environments. The candidate will work closely with a team of developers to provide comprehensive DevOps support, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability of web applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain web servers in both on-premises and AWS cloud environments.

• Manage production server uptime, performance, and security.

• Provision and configure development and testing environments.

• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

• Ensure compliance with government security standards and FedRAMP requirements.

• Collaborate with development team to optimize deployment processes and system architecture.

• Monitor system performance and implement proactive maintenance procedures.

• Manage containerized applications using Docker.

• Design and implement backup and disaster recovery solutions.

• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and similar technologies.

• Navigate complex organizational approval processes for infrastructure changes.

• Serve as technical liaison between development and management teams, and specialized IT departments.

• Deployment and quality monitoring of application code.

• Serve as a technical backup for Senior Developers.

Required Qualifications:

• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, OR equivalent professional experience.

• Minimum 10+ years of DevOps/Systems Administration experience.

• Strong experience with both on-premises and AWS cloud environments.

• Proficiency with Docker containerization.

• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure management.

• Knowledge of CloudFront for content delivery.

• Experience with Apache and Nginx web servers.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, specifically GitHub and Bamboo.

• Experience with SQL-based database administration practices, performance enhancement, and developing scalable database solutions.

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

• US Citizenship required.

Desired Qualifications:

• AWS training and certification.

• Knowledge of addition AWS services and cloud security best practices.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools.

• Scripting experience (Python, Bash, etc).

• Experience with configuration management tools.

• Understanding of FedRAMP compliance requirements.

• Experience supporting government systems and public-facing web applications, and NAS IT security requirements.

EOE, including disability/vets

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands to touch, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk and hear and occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.