DevOps/Python Specialist-Expert (Government)

Description of Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Operate, maintain, and administer existing network and systems architectures. Networks includes hardware, software, physical cabling, and IP address management. Systems include virtualization environment, servers, authentication services and policies, DNS, DHCP, and certificate services.

Provide operation and maintenance to include but not be limited to release management, upgrades, patches, change packages (enhancement / fixes), and problem reports.

Monitor, maintain and report on network and systems performance.

Perform performance tuning, troubleshooting and root cause analysis and bench-marking in accordance with established procedures.

Provide Network administration services to include but not limited to firewall management, tool management, Web Proxy services; and system administration to include create and maintain network and systems diagrams and administration documentation (SOPs); perform scheduled preventive maintenance of all hardware and software.

Supports enterprise firewall management, application and automation engineering, incident management/governance risk compliance engineering, and enterprise packet capture management engineering.

Security Infrastructure - Application Engineer and Automation Development Responsibilities:

Provide Python programming and application development technical abilities.

Create, test and field applications which improve efficiencies.

Improve productivity through effective application and replication of successful automation and control solutions.

Integrate automations solutions with Ansible and Cisco NSO.

Recommend new control strategies for processes in operation.

Deliver, monitor, and support production applications.

Technical advisory role in implementation and architecture design.

Assist in threat detection activities across teams.

Maintain system documentation, tuning system performance etc.

Required Clearance: TS/SCI with polygraph. (#ts/sci) (#polygraph)

Required Qualifications: Candidate must have a total of 12 years of applicable experience. The experience can be a combination of degree and work history. This can be a High School degree and 12 years of relevant work history OR an Associate s and 10 years, a Bachelors and 8 years, a Masters and 6 years or a PhD and 2 years of work history.

Experience developing solutions integrating and extending COTS products.

Software programming skills, especially Python.