Devops Engineer Contract Jobs in Silver Spring, MD

EverWatch is a government solutions company providing advanced defense, intelligence, and deployed support to our country's most critical missions.  We are a full-service government solutions company. Harnessing the most advanced technology and solutions, we strengthen defenses and control environments to preserve continuity and ensure mission success.

EverWatch employees are focused on tackling the most difficult challenges of the US Government. We offer the best salaries and benefits packages in our industry - to identify and retain the top talent in support of our critical mission objectives.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

DevOps engineering requires a specific mix of development, engineering, and communication skills. As a DevOps engineer, you know that these skills create efficiency and effectiveness-so you can quickly deliver the best solutions for clients. We're looking for a DevOps engineer like you to help develop critical tools-and get them into the hands of those who need them most.  

As a DevOps engineer at EverWatch, you'll streamline the software development lifecycle, from requirements to monitoring in production. You'll incorporate open-source tools, automation, and cloud resources to cut down on tedious tasks and free up the team's developers to do what they do best-create. You'll work with the team to implement continuous integration and delivery to limit manual testing and troubleshooting. This is an opportunity to hone your skills in the latest automation, infrastructure, and cloud-based development while developing software that will make mission-forward impact.  

Use your experience with the software development lifecycle on a team that works together to make the best software solutions. Work with us as we develop tools to transform the future. 

Join us. The world can't wait. 

You Have: 

• 10+ years of experience supporting DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or platform engineering initiatives in an Agile development environment

• 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based or virtualized infrastructure in an AWS environment

• 10+ years of experience in system architecture with demonstrated ability to analyze source code and troubleshoot complex software systems 

• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or Bamboo 

• Experience implementing configuration management and infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef

• Experience leveraging containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes 

• Knowledge of Linux operating systems administration in enterprise environments

• Ability to analyze complex service architectures and implement automated deployment solutions across development and production environments

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Engineering

Nice If You Have: 

• Experience implementing AWS services including ECS or EKS in secure enterprise environments 

• Experience automating network infrastructure using Software Defined Networking principles

• Experience working with distributed data and messaging technologies such as Kafka, ActiveMQ, or Redis 

• Experience administering relational and search databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Elasticsearch 

• Experience developing software in Java or Python 

• Knowledge of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring strategies
• Ability to support cross-functional collaboration across development, testing, and operations teams

• Possession of strong consulting skills

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance with a polygraph is required. 

Compensation at EverWatch is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $91.35 to $103.37 per hour.  The estimate displayed represents the typical compensation range for this position and is just one component of EverWatch's total compensation package for employees.