Job Summary:
Vantage Point Consulting is a mission-driven, woman- and veteran-owned small business that delivers innovative solutions in higher education and workforce development. They are seeking a highly experienced Senior CI/CD Engineer contractor to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise-grade Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery platforms.
Responsibilities:
โข Pipeline Orchestration: Deep proficiency in building and maintaining highly automated pipelines using tools like GitLab CI/CD
โข Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Advanced capabilities in provisioning infrastructure securely and idempotently via tools such as Ansible.
โข Environment Management: Designing deployment strategies like blue/green deployments, canary releases, and traffic shaping to eliminate downtime.
โข Containerization & Orchestration: Advanced management of Docker and Kubernetes clusters (or Red Hat OpenShift), including admission control and image policies.
โข GitOps & State Reconciliation: Utilizing tools like Argo CD or Flux to ensure environments perfectly match repository declarations.
โข Scripting Languages: Strong proficiency in Bash, Python, or PowerShell for building custom automation and integrations.
โข Policy-as-Code: Enforcing compliance frameworks and CIS benchmarks automatically before merges or deployments
โข Secret Management: Implementing centralized, audit-ready secrets and credential management
โข Vulnerability Scanning: Integrating Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing (SAST/DAST) and container vulnerability scanning natively into the deployment lifecycle.
โข Post-Deployment Telemetry: Configuring continuous, automated monitoring and alerting (e.g., Prometheus, Datadog) to verify application health and quickly execute automated rollbacks.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
โข 7+ years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, or CI/CD experience.
โข 5+ years of experience designing enterprise CI/CD pipelines.
โข Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Groovy.
โข Deep understanding of Git-based workflows.
โข Deep understanding of CI/CD principles.
โข Deep understanding of container technologies.
โข Deep understanding of Kubernetes/OpenShift.
โข Deep understanding of cloud platforms.
โข CI/CD Tools: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions.
โข Source Control: Git.
โข Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift.
โข Infrastructure Automation: Terraform, Ansible.
โข Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk.
โข Due to federal contract requirements governing this engagement, the contractor must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien. H-1B visa holders cannot be accommodated for this role.
Company:
Vantage Point Consulting is a woman, minority and veteran-owned business founded in 2006. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in Reston, VA, US, , with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.