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Space Ground System Solutions (SGSS), a Parsons company, has an immediate full-time opening for a DevOps Engineer at our office in Alexandria, VA.Our focus is to provide our customers with practical state of the art solutions to complex communications, command, control and intelligence systems. We currently provide engineering services to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in support of: spacecraft design, development, integration, and test; satellite pre-launch, launch and mission operations; network design, development, and administration; and terrestrial observation applications for naval field units.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Must meet eligibility requirements associated with obtaining a DoD Secret clearance.
• Must be a US citizen
• 5-8 years' experience
• Expertise authoring application deployment tools utilizing ansible/chef/puppet/terraform/packer or equivalent tools
• Expertise inkubernetesand writing helm charts
• Practical experience on RedHat Enterprise Linux
• Practical experience with Podman and Buildah utilities and building containers
• Demonstrated history of teamwork and service skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly, verbally and in writing, to supported staff, management, and government customers.
• A fundamental understanding of the software development lifecycle and the processes and tools utilized
• Understanding of all layers of software engineering and system architecture.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Writing scripts (examples: shell scripting, python, PERL, etc.)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
• Software configuration management tools (examples: git, BitBucket, Jira, etc.)
• Documenting test results for corrective actions
• Interacting with databases (examples: MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience developing and/or deploying to cloud / virtualization platforms including RHV, vSphere, OpenStack, Kubernetes etc.
• Satellite Ground Systems, Ground System Operations, or Satellite Operations

Space Ground Systems Solutions (SGSS), a wholly owned subsidiary under the Parsons Corporation, is passionate about making our nation the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our security for future generations depends on it. We have emerged as a leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Our tremendous success can be attributed to our people and our priorities. Do you want to be part of a team that is helping the government solve major national security challenges in the space domain? We need your help.

SGSS believes in taking care of their employees by offering:

• ALL benefits fully funded, for your entire family
  • this includes Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD - no employee premiums
• SGSSfundedHSA (Health Savings Account) provided
  • with SGSS funding the maximum amount allowed by the IRS
• Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a20%annual company contribution - no employee contribution required

Apply now to work for a company that truly believes YOU are the key to OUR success . . . Come BE the difference.