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Cognitive is an IT and software engineering services company dedicated to elevating the quality, speed and delivery of today’s US government healthcare programs. With a wealth of clinical expertise and hands-on experience, our team understands the significant challenges our government clients—and their customers—face every day. This real-world experience equips us to develop IT solutions that seamlessly connect all facets of healthcare delivery. At Cognitive, we’re guiding government agencies to the forefront of technology innovation in healthcare delivery.

Position Overview:

The DevOps Manager position is part of the Cognitive professional services team supporting the DoD Defense Health Agency TRICARE Fifth Generation Contract (“T-5”) supporting TriWest Healthcare Alliance. The primary role will be to support the development, deployment, and integration of complex software systems to the Microsoft Azure Government Computing Cloud.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Manage a high-performing team of DevOps Engineers with a focus on hands-on technical guidance. Cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the technical domain.
• Leads coaching and enablement of teams on DevOps practices. Train and support developers from source control, through build automation, merge resolution, CI, test automation, deployment based on tools usage and policies
• Act as a DevOps subject matter expert (SME) across all pods, driving standardization and best practices across the program
• Setup, manage, and maintain the continuous build/continuous integration infrastructure used by the application, ensuring conformance to all applicable security standards
• Partner with engineering and product managers to ensure business and security requirements are supported by corresponding technical requirements and infrastructure
• Aid in deployments, operations, monitoring, and continued availability of the production software and infrastructure
• Support an Agile, Lean, SAFe-based environment utilizing DevSecOps, CI/CD, and related processes, methodologies, and concepts.
• Ensure optimal use of Source Control Management tools in Azure DevOps environment (Git)
• Create, maintain, and manage fully automated CI/CD processes for multiple environments using Azure DevOps
• Collaborate on policies, standards, guidelines, governance and related guidance for CI/CD, software development, and deployment.
• Enable successful release management by moving code from Development and Testing environments to Staging and Production
• Manage and maintain the security infrastructure required for deploying secure, scalable and reliable applications, while routinely conducting preventative and adaptive maintenance to increase security, performance, and reliability
• Partner with QA, Security, and Product teams for end-to-end delivery quality
• Leverage tools such as: IaC using Bicep, Microsoft Azure API Libraries, .NET C#, CI/CD automation, Powershell and/or shell scripts

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electronics engineering, or other engineering or technical discipline (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education)
• 8 years minimum experience in a similar role/capacity
• Proven experience in hands-on technical leadership roles
• Microsoft Azure Certifications like DevOps Engineer is a plus
• Experience with cloud deployments and cluster resource management with Azure GovCloud including monitoring systems, logging, and security implementation
• Background in deployment and configuration of Azure Infrastructure such as API Management, Azure Function Apps, KeyVault, Entra, Power Platform
• Experience with Azure DevOps and Pipelines, Azure DevOps Git Repository Management
• .NET C# applications and Web Server Software, Visual Studio, Windows Server Operating System
• Experience supporting DoD/Federal environments, including PRISMA and STIG compliance
• Hands-on experience in Azure Government Cloud (IL2/IL4/)
• Experience of software development processes and code management tools and processes
• Knowledge of DevOps Engineering Processes and Operations & Management (O&M)
• Ability to conduct in-depth triage, troubleshooting, and forensics across all facets of the cloud stack while executing process corrective action and continual service improvement
• US Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain a Government Public Trust required

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a mission-driven organization making a difference in healthcare IT.
• Collaborate with innovative and passionate professionals that are there to support you at every turn.
• Enjoy a supportive work/life balance with the flexibility of a 100% remote company.
• Benefit from opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic environment.