Senior DevOps Engineer, Azure

About Us: 

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that works across government, partnering with our clients to improve the health and lives of millions of Americans, ensure the security of all Americans—from soldiers and veterans to kids and the elderly, and defend national interests on the battlefield. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that courageously equip Federal agencies with solutions to transform today for a better tomorrow for all Americans. 

Purpose and Scope: 

We're seeking a Senior Azure Cloud DevOps Engineer. We require someone with both the breadth and depth needed to accelerate scientific cloud computing adoption and best practices in our enterprise. This position will focus on systems reliability and best-practices – someone who can both audit existing systems and develop proper configurations in networking, RBAC/IAM, security, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and high-performance compute.

This role is a highly visible role with mission-critical responsibilities, and we are looking for the strongest candidates available. We require applicants to have deep Cloud knowledge as well as experience working within and alongside Data Science and Public Health Informatics teams. Strong written and oral communication skills, as well as a track record of maintaining, delivering, and presenting technical documentation, is a must. 

Responsibilities: 

• Works with engineering team to develop, implement, optimize, and maintain cloud-based solutions.  
• Responsible for deploying and debugging cloud stacks, educating teams on new cloud initiatives, and ensuring the security of the cloud infrastructure.  
• Ensures efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with standard security policies and best practices in cloud security. 
• Implementation and administrative (patching/maintenance/configuration etc.) support to all cloud services e.g. data warehouse and data pipeline, addressing issues, and supporting activities needed to maintain the environment 
• Manages cloud-based infrastructure (IaC) and services, using industry leading practices (automation techniques) to assure smooth application integration across the entire architecture.  
• Implements and administers a CICD (DevSecOps) pipeline for all systems, software, services, and infrastructure i.e. any project deliverables adopting hyper-automation techniques and mindset. Uses quality and security gates to manage CICD pipeline decision points to proceed from start to finish. 
• Performs installation and management of monitoring tools. 
• Works on problems / projects of diverse complexity and scope collaborates with project teams and/or project partners i.e. other contract teams. 
• Develop scripts, automating and orchestrating day to day operational tasks using in the cloud environment.  Uses scripting or basic programming skills to solve problems.  
• Applies subject matter knowledge to solve common and complex data issues within established guidelines and recommends appropriate actions. 
• Troubleshoot identity management and authentication issues and provide resolution. 
• Ensures smooth operation of all systems, services, software and infrastructure through appropriate management, patching, preventative maintenance, monitoring, alerting, and real-time remediation of any discovered issues.  
• Implements systems and processes that ensuring system uptime and performance in compliance with contract requirements. 
• Works as part of an integrated project agile team, supporting day to day operational incident, change, and problem management cases.  
• Work with the technical leads to develop full production support, processes, documentation, and operations plan, including monitoring/alerting solutions.  
• Follow established client standards for implementing Cloud configurations, Architecture and Security. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus. 
• 6+ years of experience in Azure cloud engineering, architecture, and/or DevSecOps. 
• Strong experience using git (version control)  
• Strong experience in a fast-based team-based setting. 
• Strong experience with Docker, podman, Kubernetes, and related technology. 
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices and experience with PowerShell / CLI.  
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD including Github Actions and yaml.  
• Understanding and experience on how to set up organizational Self-hosted Runners in Github Actions. 
• Strong knowledge of Azure Identity and Access Management, Governance, and Security best practices. 
• Solid experience with Azure Batch compute and related services. 
• Proficiency in Python or R for scripting and automation tasks; familiarity with data manipulation libraries is preferred. 
• Experience with data pipeline architecture and management. 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Existing CDC badge and clearance. 
• Prior experience working for CDC. 
• 6+ years of Bash and unix-scripting. 
• 6+ years experience working with Linux distributions, including Ubuntu. 
• Prior production experience with DAG tools (i.e. Airflow, Nextflow) is highly desirable. 
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and data governance frameworks. 

Working Environment: 

eSimplicity supports a remote work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by manager. 

Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 25% per year.  

Benefits:  

We offer a highly competitive salary and full healthcare benefits. 

Equal Employment Opportunity:  

eSimplicity is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.