Sr DevOps Engineer

Location: Lone Tree, CO Salary: $70.00 USD Hourly - $71.00 USD Hourly Description: Our client is currently seeking a Sr DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, onpremises, and hybrid environments
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle
Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements
Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations
Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices
Drive continuous improvement initiatives refining operational tooling and establishing bestpractice documentation for deployment and release operations
Works as part of a larger software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field
Qualifications You Must Have:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
8+ years of experience in DevOps or related role
Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience
Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications.

In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required.

Hands-on virtualization development experience, with extensive knowledge designing and deploying software products using RHEL KVM and the VMWare family of products
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or Openshift and related container platform ecosystems
Experience establishing virtualization and containerization environments in edge deployments or stand-alone compute systems
Demonstrated implementation of microservices and containers
Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as GitHub
Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines
Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams
Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects
Ability to work in collaborative, fast-paced environment
Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
Qualifications Prefered:
Master's degree in a related field
Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry, including working in multiple security domains and on air-gapped systems
VMWare Certified Professional - VMWare vSphere Foundation Administrator
VMware Certified Professional - VMware vSphere Foundation Support
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks
Experience coordinating release readiness activities
Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments
Experience generating process documentation and training engineers on environment configuration and deployment
Essential Functions:
Communication with team members and stakeholders
Ability to work in an office or hybrid environment
Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions, leveraging virtualization, containerization, and orchestration tools to support scalable and secure environments
Mentor software and systems engineers and promote best practices in DevOps methodologies
Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications and services, fostering a culture of collaboration
Travel may be required
Certifications & Licenses:
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
VMWare Certified Professional - VMWare vSphere Foundation Administrator
VMware Certified Professional - VMware vSphere Foundation Support
Skills Required:
DEVOPS
RELEASE ENGINEERING
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
VIRTUALIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Additional Skills:
TRAINING ENGINEERS ON ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT
COORDINATING RELEASE READINESS ACTIVITIES
IMPLEMENTING AND ENFORCING CONFIGURATION CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS
GENERATING PROCESS DOCUMENTATION
RHEL KVM
VMWARE FAMILY OF PRODUCTS
DOCKER
KUBERNETES
OPENSHIFT
VIRTUALIZATION AND CONTAINERIZATION ENVIRONMENTS
MICROSERVICES AND CONTAINERS
GITHUB
CI AND CD PIPELINES
INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONING
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE INDUSTRY
MULTIPLE SECURITY DOMAINS
AIR-GAPPED SYSTEMS
ADVANCED PROFICIENCY WITH ANSIBLE
DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING PLAYBOOKS
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available to qualified candidates who meet eligibility requirements.

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