DevSecOps Automation Engineer

Company Description

Since 2006, IOMAXIS dba MAXISIQ has advanced the state of Cyber RDT&E by bringing together industry expertise in software, hardware, communications and security, and leveraging decades of operational experience to deliver exceptional value to communities and the critical missions they support. Join us where we innovate, develop smarter solutions, technologies, services, and actionable capabilities for our clients- right when they need it most.

Job Description

Do you like tackling challenging problems with creativity? Do you like thinking outside the box to drive innovative and new solutions? Do you enjoy engaging with customers to understand their needs, and working within highly technical teams to solve real world challenges? Are you a self-motivated, inherently curious, and technically experienced individual? If you said yes to all of these, MAXISIQ wants you to join our team as an DevSecOps Automation Engineer! This is a full-time position with remote work capability. Must be within commutable distance to our Augusta, GA office or our Arlington, VA (Ballston) office location. Some travel required.

Technical Focus Areas

This position is focused on research and prototyping advanced Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline automation tools and services within our customer’s software development environment. The tools and services focus areas span multiple disciplines, including, but not limited to:

● Cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployment environments

● DoD DevSecOps

● Containerization and Orchestration

● Micoservices security

● Model based engineering

● Testing as a service

The Role

You will work closely with our customers to identify and refine requirements, articulate challenges and provide solutions. You will be developing continuous integration (CI) automation for an EMSO product line integrating cybersecurity tooling enabling artifact collection, processing, and reporting in accordance with accepted Government cybersecurity guidance. Product line automation includes developing integration pipelines, producing applications comprised of tailored compositions of microservices for delivery into various operational environments. You will be developing CI pipelines performing component integration and associated verification/validation testing. You will collaborate with the EMSO product line team to define and deliver deployable product packages and their associated artifacts.

The DevSecOps Automation Engineer responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

● Developing CI/CD pipeline components for an Platform as a Service (PaaS) product line.

● Assessing CI/CD pipeline components in place to identify opportunities for improvement.

● Documenting CI/CD pipeline requirements and functional specifications for EMSO product line.

● Participating in technical working groups pertaining to CI/CD pipeline specifications, standards, and guidelines.

● Communicating the overall CI/CD pipeline operational and technical vision across various teams

● Regularly updating the company on progress and enhancements to EMS and advanced communications systems architectures

● Give explanation for complex problems to leadership in layman’s terms

This is a full-time, virtual position that requires quarterly travel in support of Program Increment Planning with the customer. Additional travel opportunities are available for further developing customer relationships.

Qualifications

Education:

● Bachelor’s degree with a major in electrical or electronic engineering, computer science, telecommunications management, information systems management, business administration, or other fields related to this position from an accredited college or university, as recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. (Years of experience may be used to qualify in lieu of formal education, if applicable)

Minimal Qualifications:

● 3 to 10 years of experience in design and implementation of CI/CD pipeline solutions for backend services

● Experience in software systems architectural design and modeling

● Technical leadership, including mentoring on electromagnetic spectrum design, development, frameworks, and analyzing and presenting alternatives

● Deploying and utilizing electromagnetic spectrum related tool sets and software

● Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

● Experience working in an agile development environment

● Ability to collaboratively work in hybrid team environments

● Strong, efficient, and effective written and oral communication skills

● Strong organizational and leadership skills

● Comfortable working with emerging technologies

● Ability to rapidly respond to customer directed requests

Preferred Qualifications:

● Previous experience utilizing development tools including Jira, Confluence, and GitLab.

● Previous experience utilizing Agile or Scaled Agile Framework.

● Demonstrated ability to be flexible in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities.

● Capable of acquiring new technical and interpersonal skills.

● Ability to work collaboratively under indirect supervision.

Required Clearance:

● Minimum active Secret clearance 

The Team

The best solutions materialize when people, technology, and ideas converge. When you join team MAXISIQ, you will be welcomed by a talented group of people with a diverse set of skills covering software engineering, network engineering, computer science, AI/ML engineering, and subject matter expertise in a variety of domains. In addition, you will have the opportunity to help build and scale new development teams in support our and the customer’s EMSO and advanced EMS related architecture efforts all while being exposed to and using new and emerging technologies.

The Work Environment

A hybrid work environment is here to stay! We offer the flexibility of both in-office and remote work. We value bringing people together to grow relationships and foster creativity. We have a distributed team and fully embrace the technology that enables productive hybrid work.

The Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits that include employer-subsidized health insurance, 401k match, paid time off, time off for volunteering, and health membership reimbursement. In addition, our SAFe® Agile-certified program consultant will provide training in a number of Agile processes (e.g., Product Owner/Manager, Scrum Master, DevOps, Agile Software Engineering) and we support other professional development endeavors (e.g., certifications, on the job training). Please reach out for further details.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #CJ

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.