Staff DevOps Engineer

Company: SciTec, Inc.
Location: Boulder
Posted on: January 21, 2023

Job Description:

Description
SciTec, Inc. is a dynamic small business with the mission to deliver Advanced Sensor Data Exploitation technologies and Science Instrumentation Capabilities in support of National Security and Defense. SciTec has an immediate opportunity for a talented DevOps Engineer to implement and support a next-generation geospatial operator interface to visualize processing, fusion, and tracking for exploitation of remote sensing systems in Boulder, CO. Our ideal candidate will have experience with a variety of DevOps tools and processes and thrive as part of a rapid paced, collaborative, small-team environment consisting of Scientists, Engineers, and Developers and be able to prototype, develop, integrate, and test advanced software solutions. Members of the team work together at the office in North Boulder.
Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Deploying full-stack user-facing applications involving a variety of languages, technologies, and messaging protocols
• Developing, maintaining, and improving CI/CD pipelines
• Automating complex, distributed architecture deployments using container orchestration technologies
• Implementing technological and development processes to continually improve efficiency, security and reliability of software deployment
• Participating in Agile standups, sprint planning, and sprint retrospectives
  Requirements
  The following minimum qualifications are required for the position:
  
  • A Bachelor's degree in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, or computer science
  • 2+ years professional experience with DevOps processes and tools such as Docker, Jenkins, Gitlab-CI/CD
  • Familiarity with Linux, Git
  • Commitment to quality in DevOps and software engineering practices
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
    Candidates who have any of the following skills will be preferred:
    
    • An advanced degree in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, or computer science
    • Experience working with JavaScript, Python and/or C++
    • Experience deploying UIs that display, manage, and status real-time data
    • Familiarity with technologies such as protobuf, ZMQ, Kafka, gRPC, REST APIs
    • Familiarity with microservice architectures
    • Linux sysadmin familiarity
    • Experience with Cesium
    • Experience with SQL, PostGIS, Redis
    • Experience with OPIR, E/O, SAR, Spectral, RF, or other remotely sensed data
    • A current DoD security clearance
      Benefits
      As a small business, SciTec, Inc. offers room for growth and a flexible, fast-paced work environment. We work daily to develop one-of-a-kind solutions for challenging national problems. SciTec encourages collaboration across our offices in Boulder, El Segundo, Dayton, Huntsville, Virginia, and our headquarters in Princeton, and provides access to opportunities across the corporate spectrum. Initiative is expected and encouraged, all employees have the opportunity and flexibility to broaden their technical horizons, and our daily work makes an impact on the world around us. SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including a variety of benefits including health insurance, parental leave, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k)plan with employer contribution, holidays and paid time off plans (including vacation and sick time), an annual profit-sharing plan, and an annual performance bonus plan. The salary range for this position is $85,000 to $109,000; however, SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation. SciTec is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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