Principal DevOps Engineer

At Riverstone Enterprise Solutions, we're more than a technology company—we're a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and mission-focused professionals dedicated to making a meaningful impact. Since 2008, we have delivered innovative technology, engineering, cybersecurity, and mission support solutions to the Intelligence Community. We are seeking a motivated, career, and customer-oriented Principal DevOps Engineer to join our team in Columbia, Maryland. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production\ Develop & Maintain sound version control best practicesbased CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives. Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, staging, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits Setup up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira) Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies. Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes. Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.) REQUIRED SKILLS Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or additional 4 years of experience) 10+ years of DevOps, Systems Engineering, or related experience Strong expertise with: Git and version control best practices Linux administration Docker and Kubernetes Jenkins and/or Bamboo AWS cloud environments Infrastructure Automation (Ansible, Puppet, Chef) Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment strategies DESIRED SKILLS Experience with Python, Go, Java, Ruby, C++, or similar programming languages Experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) Experience supporting Platform as a Service (PaaS) environments Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus) Redis, ActiveMQ, Memcache, or similar technologies SECURITY REQUIREMENT Current/Active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Why Riverstone? Riverstone invests in its employees with an exceptional benefits package, including: 100% employerpaid medical, dental, and vision coverage 100% Employerpaid life and disability insurance Approximately 10% employer 401(k) contribution, fully vested immediately, with no employee contribution required Five weeks of PTO + 10 Federal holidays $3,000 annually for professional development $1,200 annual phone and internet stipend 5% annual performance or merit bonus Referral bonuses from $8,000 to $16,000 Riverstone Enterprise Solutions, an Envision Company is an equal-opportunity employer. All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age, disability or any other basis prohibited by law.