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Senior DevOps Automation Engineer
Arlington, VA
Job Description
Excella is a leading provider of Agile software development and data and analytics solutions to clients in the federal, commercial and non-profit sectors. We believe that great work leads to greatthings -- our experts measure success by the positive impact we make on our clients, community, and colleagues. We are growing fast and need passionate, innovative people who love working with technology and are ready to make an impact. Here's what you can expect from us:
- Workplace sites look different for everyone - whether it's your home or the office, we believe in a flexible work/life balance that supports you regardless of your location. We offer a home office allowance that can be used for home officefurniture/equipment, a dailypass for a coworking space, etc. Our commute reimbursement plan has you covered for whether you bike, Metro, or drive to work.
- We offer top of industry medical, dental, and vision benefits with multiple options to choose from such as an employer-contributed health savings account, infertility coverage, and orthodontia so you can select the plan that works best for you.
- Regardless of what stage of life you're in, Excella wants to support you. We provide 8 weeks of Parental Leave, discounted pet insurance, and a Care.com membership with 3 back-up emergency child or elder care days annually - all available to you on your first day.
- Starting day one, every employee is bonus eligible and receives 15 days of paid vacation, 6 federal holidays, and 4 floating holidays.
- Doing your best work means having the best tools! Excella's TechEleX program provides you with multiple options to suit your technology needs. Choose between a variety of Mac or PC devices, and to ensure your hardware remains current, at the end of a 3-year period Excella will replace your existing computer with a new model from the program. Plus, we'll even give you the original device to keep for your personal use!
- Excella provides a Workplace Allowance to offset both the costs to maintain a distributed work environment and to enhance your workplace wellness. Excella will reimburse all full-time Excellians for up to $500 in expenses incurred during the calendar year.
- Diversity and inclusion matter. Excella created and continues to support employee led-affinity groups and the Inclusion Diversity Equity Ambassador (IDEA) team, a cross-functional employee-led initiative to continually foster innovation and increase inclusion within Excella.
- We'll invest in your career by providing 3 days of paid professional development every year, including travel and registration fees to attend classes and conferences.
- We encourage mindfulness and overall well-being through employee wellness events, a HeadSpace membership, as well as access to TalkSpace and mental health coverage through our medical plans.
Senior DevOps Automation Engineers at Excella are leaders and expertsatdesigning and implementingContinuous Delivery(CD) solutions.
You might be the right person for this role if:
- You enjoy working in a CD environment where software is maintained in a deployable state throughout its lifecycle, and the team prioritizes keeping the software in a deployable stateover working on new features
- Fast feedback on the quality and'deployability'of the system is available to all team members and then reports are made that the system isn't deployable, fixes aremade quickly
- Software can be deployed to production or end users at any time, on demand
We are looking forDevOpsAutomation Engineerswith demonstrated experiencein the following areas:
- VersionControl:Storing allapplication code, system configuration,infrastructure code,and deployment scripts in version control
- DeploymentAutomation:Creating automated andrepeatable deployment scriptsfor all changes toinfrastructure, applications, and security
- Continuous Integration(CI):Creating solutions that upon changes to code triggerbuild processesthat involverunning tests to ensure the state of the code has not degraded. If these builds failit should result in reliable and relevant notifications to teams capable of fixing the builds
- Trunk-basedDevelopment:Working withfewer than three active branches at any time with very short lifetimesper branch(less than one day)
- TestAutomation:Creating solutionswithreliable automated tests in place when changes occur to system configuration,deployment scripts,infrastructure, orsecurityfeatures. When these tests pass teams are confident these changes can be released and when these tests faila real defect is indicated.Time is invested in finding reliable test suitesand unreliable tests are placed intoa quarantine test suite and are run independently of the standard continuous integration process
- Test Data Management:Designing solutions with adequatetest data to run fully automated test suites and acquire test data for runningtests on demand.Working with engineers inother capability areas such as security, data science, data engineering, and software developmentto integrate such solutions intoautomation pipelines
- Security:Integrating security into the design and testing phases ofsoftwaredevelopment.This includes securityreviews of applications,collaboratingwith theInfoSecteamearly intheapplicationdesign process, and using preapproved security libraries, packages, and testing security features as part of the automated testing suite
- Leadership:Establishingmilestones and priorities for work assigned to self and DevOps engineering teams.Defining teams and hierarchies of accountability
- Communication:Presenting technical and non-technical information articulatelyto both internal and external teamsand stakeholders
- Accountability:Establishing accountability for multiple work projects and teams. Accepting full responsibility for the execution of projects and tasks
At Excella we embrace experimentation and innovation, we choose tools that our engineers enjoy working withand believethatdemocratizing technical decisionsallows teams to do work which ischallenging and meaningful. Successful candidates should be able toclearlydemonstrate skillwith tools in the following areas:
- Modern programming languages:Solvingautomationproblems usingtools such as:Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, C#
- AutomationPipelines:Creating and deploying as codechanges to automation pipelines such as GitLab, Jenkins, Bamboo,CircleCI,TravisCI
- Programmatic Operating System Manipulation:Using command line toolssuch as Bash orPowerShelltooperate and debug issues with modern operating systems.Skills should include package management, service configuration, logging, process / resource monitoring, network configuration
- Configuration Management:Configuring and creating CI/CDpipelines using configuration management tools such as:Ansible,Chef,Puppet,Packer
- Leadership:Experienceserving as a key subject-matter expert or thoughtleaderto individualsto internal and external teams.Projectplanning and execution ofenterprise levelautomation solutions in an Agile environment.Driving achievable technical outcomesthrough hands-on technical subject matter expertise
- CloudProviders:Relevant work experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure. Should demonstrate skillwith network and access securityand the deploymentvia codeofmodern web and data applicationsand their constituent infrastructure
- Containerization and Container Orchestration:Creating, deploying, and orchestratingcode changes usingtools such as:Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm,Elastic Container Service
- Understanding of DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) and the capabilities within the DORA capability catalog is encouraged
Excella is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Excella is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact or 703-840-8600.
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Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
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