Who we are:
Tria Federal delivers digital services and technology solutions that support the health and safety of veterans, service members and civilians. For two decades, federal agencies have relied on Tria companies to advance their critical missions and modernize their systems, so that they can uphold their commitment to the American people. Today, we are pushing the boundaries of possibility through partnerships and investments in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, developing solutions for the biggest challenges that government will face tomorrow.
We are proud to employ and support military veterans who bring mission-first mindset, technical expertise, and leadership qualities that strengthen our work. Veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses are strongly encouraged to apply.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Softrams, a Tria Federal company, prides itself in leading the charge for innovation and transformation in the federal government space. We offer technological implementations and build customer-centric services that are simple, intuitive, and usable across multiple industries. By partnering with federal agencies, our specialized digital services are reimagining and reshaping the digital landscape to bring positive change for millions of Americans.
Softrams, acquired in November 2024, forms the core of Tria Federal’s new Public Health business unit. Tria Federal (Tria) delivers mission-critical technical expertise and digital services informed by deep customer expertise to Health and Public Safety agencies across the federal sector.
At Tria, we are a dynamic professional community driven by a mission rooted in service to colleagues, customers, and the community. Tria invests in its employees with a top-tier benefits package to support their physical, mental, and financial well-being.
Job Description:
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer, you will support the team that integrates development, operations, and security, driving cultural and organizational change to prioritize security without sacrificing speed and agility. You will be part of a collaborative and agile team that supports and delivers virtual infrastructure for mission-critical health IT solutions.
Basic Requirements:
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance designation.
- Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States.
- Must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
- 3 or more years of solid hands-on experience working with AWS.
- Possesses an AWS certification or is prepared to pursue a certification within 60 days from the date of joining.
- 3 or more years of solid hands-on experience with working on AWS.
- 3 or more years of experience with orchestration tools such as Terraform.
- 3 or more years of experience working with agile tools like Jira, Git, and Confluence.
Additional Qualifications:
- Passionate about the concept of infrastructure as code and leveraging modern tools to define, build and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud.
- Solid understanding of networks, security, and applications.
- Experience with tools such as Jenkins to enable CI/CD.
- Experience using Ansible or Python.
- Expertise troubleshooting and managing Linux systems.
- Experience creating manifests and troubleshooting pods.
- Proven certifications and socially accessible profiles that demonstrate the body of work and participation in modern collaboration hubs.
- A great team player who genuinely believes in solving challenges as a team.
- Ability to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly.
- Ability to explore alternatives and quickly prototype to validate hypothetical architectures or solutions.
- Strong understanding of the core tenets of agile, both in letter and spirit.
- Demonstrated ability to develop System designs, architecture, process flows and concept of operations for large, complex systems.
- Able to provide code from GitHub or similar platform that you have worked on personally or in the open-source community.
- Ability to demonstrate proficiency with configuration management tools such as Ansible, during the interview process.
- Understanding of RBAC for k8s clusters.
- Experience deploying to Kubernetes, along with:
- Service Mesh
- GitOps
- Securing clusters
- Creating Helm Charts
- Experience with serverless resources such as lambda, API Gateway, and/or CloudFront.
- Experience communicating with customers, specifically in the public sector.
- Proficiency in shell scripting.
- Familiarity with supporting Angular and Java Spring CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with supporting Scala, Spark, SageMaker, and EMR.
Responsibilities:
- Implement automation for consistent, scalable, and fool-proof delivery of infrastructure and applications. Continuously improve.
- Leverage modern tools to define, build and manage virtual infrastructure in the cloud.
- Implement and operate configuration management tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
- Actively work day to day tasks from the backlog, while not only supporting the program but actively innovating to make it better.
- Support production issues/high severity issues on weekends or off hours as required.
- Travel to the Baltimore/DC metro region will be required twice per year (for PI Planning).
Public Trust Clearance:
Many of our roles require the hired candidate to go through public trust clearance. A minimum of 3 years of stay in the U.S. within the last 5 years is required to be eligible to qualify for public trust clearance sponsorship.
Work Location:
Headquartered in Arlington, VA, we also have a primary office in Baltimore, MD for those who prefer to work on-site. However, with employees spread across 40+ states, we have many remote roles.
EEO Statement:
Softrams, a Tria Federal Company, is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Softrams is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, or to participate in the job application or interview process, contact the Talent Acquisition Team at [email protected]
Know your rights poster: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
Why Tria?
What defines the Tria brand is more than just our dedication to excellence in our craft; it’s our incredible team of dedicated, talented, and passionate people that make Tria so exceptional. As people powering possible, we are all partners in our team’s shared success.
As a company that cares about people, we seek to cultivate a culture in which all can thrive personally and professionally. We offer a top-tier benefits package to invest in your physical, mental, and financial health and wellness so that you can be your best self - at work and in life. At Tria, we are growth-minded, entrepreneurial in spirit, and committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and opportunity for all. Whatever your background, your role, your department, or stage in your professional journey, here you will have opportunities to learn new skills, seize new challenges, and advance your career as we grow.
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Skills Required
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance designation.
- Reside and be able to perform work in the United States.
- Lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field.
- 3+ years hands-on experience working with AWS.
- Possess an AWS certification or be prepared to pursue certification within 60 days of joining.
- 3+ years experience with orchestration tools such as Terraform.
- 3+ years experience working with agile tools like Jira, Git, and Confluence.
- Experience with Jenkins to enable CI/CD.
- Experience using Ansible or Python.
- Expertise troubleshooting and managing Linux systems.
- Experience creating manifests and troubleshooting Kubernetes pods.
- Demonstrable proficiency with configuration management tools such as Ansible during the interview process.
- Understanding of RBAC for Kubernetes clusters and experience securing clusters.
- Experience deploying to Kubernetes including Service Mesh, GitOps, and creating Helm charts.
- Experience with serverless resources such as Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudFront.
- Proficiency in shell scripting.
- Familiarity supporting Angular and Java Spring CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity supporting Scala, Spark, SageMaker, and EMR.
- Ability to communicate with public sector customers.
- Willingness to support production/high-severity issues outside normal hours and travel twice yearly to Baltimore/DC for PI planning.
- Provide code samples from GitHub or similar platforms demonstrating personal work or open-source contributions.
- Proven certifications and publicly accessible profiles that demonstrate body of work and collaboration participation.
Tria Federal Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Tria Federal and has not been reviewed or approved by Tria Federal.
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with an employer match and immediate vesting, characterized as generous and automatic. The retirement plan is repeatedly described as a standout element within the overall offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage are provided, with materials describing minimal out-of-pocket costs. Health insurance is often characterized as good overall, particularly for individual coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous with accrual that increases with tenure and includes 12 paid holidays, alongside paid parental leave. These components indicate a broad time-off offering.
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What We Do
Tria Federal (Tria) delivers digital services and technology solutions that support the health and safety of veterans, service members and civilians. For two decades, federal agencies have relied on Tria companies to help them complete their critical missions and modernize their systems, so that they can uphold their commitment to the American people. Today, our technology innovation group Tria Labs is pushing the boundaries of what is possible through partnerships and investments in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, developing solutions for the biggest challenges that will face government tomorrow.
