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LinQuest Corporation Hiring for DevSecOps Platform Engineer at El Segundo, CA Full Time
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LinQuest is seeking a DevSecOps Platform Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, CA or Colorado Springs, CO and remote can be considered within local driving distances. US Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance is required.
Position Summary
LinQuest is seeking a DevSecOps Platform Engineer to join our team at our office in the greater El Segundo, CA area, Colorado Springs, CO, or remote can be considered within local driving distances. Our customer is standing up a state-of-the-art set of Enterprise level applications using an evolving Platform-as-a-Service technology stack. This approach is a fundamental shift in the way the DoD procures and develops software in that it highly leverages Agile processes used in commercial domains, and provides a “startup-like” environment for those who want to get in on the ground floor while maintaining a work-life balance.
As a DevSecOps Platform Engineer, you play a major part in this effort to set up and evolve the customer’s platform services and enable their strategy for creating highly innovative technology solutions for the US Space Force. This job requires a software engineer who is focused on operations and ensuring our managed services rarely need any humans involved to keep them running and maintained.
LinQuest is the prime contractor on the MSEIT contract. By applying to this position, you are in consideration for LinQuest employment. However, you also have the option to be hired by one of our small business teammates.
The MILSATCOM Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (MSEIT) effort provides leading edge Systems Engineering & Integration (SE&I) for the Air Force’s Space and Missiles System Center. We support the Air Force’s acquisition of state of the art Military Satellite Communications systems, providing global secure, survivable, and protected communications for our nation’s warfighters. We seek technical individuals who will thrive in a highly collaborative work environment of small teams, using the most modern tools and methodologies to tackle the challenges of integrating complex space and ground communications systems.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent technical degree
- 4+ years of Computer Science experience
- 2+ years of DevOps experience
- 2+ years of experience with each of the following: Linux, scripting in Python or bash, CI/CD platforms (e.g. GitHub Actions, Gitlab CI, Jenkins), Docker, security scanning tools such as static code analyzers and linters (SonarQube, Veracode), OWASP security scanners, Docker image scanning tools, penetration testing tools (Nessus)
- CI/CD pipeline expertise (pipeline creation and maintenance, including security scanning)
- Docker expertise (Docker image creation and security scanning)
- Scripting language proficiency
- Static and Dynamic Application Security Testing proficiency
- Linux administration expertise (architecture, server administration, configuration, maintenance, package management)
- Understands Agile software development, and comfortable working in such an environment
- US Citizenship and the ability to be granted a Secret clearance is required to be considered for this position
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Kubernetes expertise (Kubernetes cluster creation, administration and monitoring)
- Infrastructure-as-code expertise
- Cloud environment expertise (cloud architecture, creating and monitoring cloud resources)
- Experience with the following: deployment/configuration management tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), Monitoring/Logging/Performance Analytics (e.g.. Prometheus, Grafana, Logstash/Kibana), SQL and NoSQL database technologies such as PostgreSQL, Redis, or MongoDB, AWS/Azure/GCP/Oracle Cloud or equivalent cloud computing technologies, message queues and event-driven systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
- Working in a distributed management framework where various stakeholders control different aspects of the infrastructure, network and platform
Compensation: The salary for this position ranges from approximately $90,000-$145,000 depending on relevant experience and qualification.
Why LinQuest?
LinQuest Corporation has a stellar 40-year track record of providing end-to-end system-of-systems (SoS) architecture definition, engineering design, integration and test, and operations expertise to enable full lifecycle development and deployment of pre-eminent Space, Air, Land, Sea, Ground, and Cyberspace game-changing capabilities across US DOD and IC Customers’ portfolios. Unique combination of in-depth domain knowledge, lessons learned-honed best practices, and mission-specific applications of principles, tools, and techniques of Digital Engineering (DE), DE Ecosystem (DEE), and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) set LinQuest apart from the competition to consistently deliver stellar high-value results for our customers. LinQuest’s corporate vision and values place the employee at the center of utmost customer satisfaction, strategic business growth, and tactical execution excellence. Our employees’ creative and inspirational drive, sense of fulfillment of personal and professional growth, and tightknit camaraderie within and across lines of business are essential in gaining and maintaining exceptional LinQuest corporate-wide results of new business awards and renewed contracts.
Benefits: LinQuest offers comprehensive and competitive benefit offerings to our team members to include medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, company paid life insurance, and more! For additional information please visit:
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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