NXTKey Corporation is a 15 year old ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, CMMI Level 3 (SVC) + SSD certified and agile Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) qualified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), that has refined our Information Technology, Information management, Information Assurance (IA) and cybersecurity solutions by supporting highly complex Information Technology (IT) environments at the Department of Justice (DOJ) United States Marshals Service (USMS), Justice Management Division (JMD), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Federal Prison Industries (FPI) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Job DescriptionClient: HHS
Telecommute: On site – Washington D.C.
Position Type: Full time
Contract length: 3 years
This is a great opportunity to work on challenging problems as part of a new DataOps Platform team. Developing an enterprise-wide DataOps platform is a new initiative. Stepping on decades of experience in dealing with some of industry's most vital data-intensive applications, HHS approaches solving the problems at enterprise scale using modern technologies such as Kubernetes, GitOps and containerization
Duties & Responsibilities
The DataOps Platforms team:
Develops and continuously improves DataOps platform.
Develops and maintains common tools and libraries.
Evaluates new technologies and practices.
Helps developers with adoption of platform.
Ensures compliance with the Federal application security regulations and standards by providing automated solutions and compliance pipelines.
Embraces agile development and continuous improvement
Encourages growth mindset and offers leadership opportunities at any level
Required Skills:
5 - 7 years of experience is the field
Strong coding skills in at least one programing language are required (Python, C++, ...)
Kubernetes, containerization
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or equivalent cloud services
Apache Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub or equivalent
Apache AirFlow or equivalent
Experience with data processing applications and modern cloud-based data processing infrastructure
Linux command-line skills
Bonus Skills:
Google Anthos
Docker
GitOps tools: ArgoCD or equivalent
Infrastructure as code tools: Terraform or equivalent
GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket, Teamcity, Artifactory, or equivalent products for management of Git source control, CI/CD pipelines and artifact lifecycle management
Modern observability and logging tools: Prometheus, EFK (ElasticSearch, fluentd, Kibana), TIGK (Telegraph, InfluxDB, Graphana, Kapacitor),
DataDog, Sensu, Jaeger, Sentry, OpsGenie, PagerDuty, Splunk, or equivalent
Secret Management tools such as Hashicorp Vault, CyberArk, Azure Key Vault, Google Cloud Secret Manager or equivalent
Data transfer tools: AWS DataSync, Aspera, MinIO, CloudSoda or equivalent
Apache Pulsar, RabbitMQ, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Flume, Apache Storm, Apache Spark Streaming, Google Cloud Pub/Sub
Experience with best-practice design patterns in coding and architecture
Experience working in Agile environment
Qualifications
Educational Requirements
B.S. in a STEM field (Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics) or equivalent industry experience in Systems Engineering.
Work Authorization:
- US Citizen only.
- Must have an Active Public Trust clearance.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
NXTKey Corporation is a growing business that helps customers build, manage and protect their informational assets by delivering best-in-class solutions across cloud, mobile and on-premise. Our holistic approach helps ensure security is a key component of our customers’ business strategy, not an afterthought. As a result, our customers experience a better return on their investment in us and in the top-notch professionals we deploy to help design, develop, procure and implement solutions that solve hard problems – and ensure they stay solved.
There are thousands of small companies specializing in government IT services. NXTKey is truly different. We are a small business with a well-earned reputation for delivering innovative business and technical solutions for our customers. Our approach to the, interoperability cyber security, system architecture, requirements analysis, PMO services, documentation, and strategic planning is founded on our core values of customer centrism, communication, collaborative teamwork, and quality. While we’re technically small, we have the leadership, subject matter expertise, and infrastructure to take on large, complex projects yet retain the agility and nimbleness that keeps costs low and responsiveness high.
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