Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skylight is hiring a Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer to support a U.S. Air Force program office modernizing its civil engineering systems. The role builds secure CI/CD pipelines, automates testing and security practices, supports migration to a DoD software factory, and coaches government engineers.
Responsibilities
- Build and run CI/CD pipelines with security scanning, SBOM generation, and automated testing built in
- Help migrate the first application onto a DoD software factory, and assess pipeline options for the rest of the portfolio
- Achieve technical excellence by advocating for and adhering to lean-agile engineering practices such as simple design and automated testing
- Protect sensitive data by applying security and privacy best practices
- Work with security engineers to produce the evidence needed for continuous authorization
- Pair with and coach government engineers and incoming military developers so modern practices stick after we leave
Skills
- Understand the general concepts of modern software development and can work closely with software engineers
- Able to work in a cloud-centric world, which includes managing disparate, interconnected systems and ensuring the availability, reliability, and resiliency of these systems
- Can enable teams to deliver value to users and the business continuously through CI/CD pipelines, including integrated security scanning
- Know how to build secure, compliant applications and defend against common vulnerabilities
- Can work with software engineers to instrument applications and configure infrastructures for monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance
- Know how to create and maintain your infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes
- Experience working in a government or regulated environment with formal security authorization (ATO)
- Experience working on cross-functional teams (product, design, engineering, ops) in iterative delivery
- A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams
- A mindset and work approach that aligns with our core values
- This contract requires U.S. citizenship to be eligible for employment
- You must be able to obtain a Common Access Card (CAC) and any special access required for this contract
- Experience with a DoD software factory (Cloud One, MDaaS, Platform One, or similar), including migrating applications onto one
- Experience operating in on-premises systems, and/or on-prem to cloud migrations
- Experience with GitLab CI, Checkmarx or other static code scanning, and SBOM generation
- Experience with continuous ATO, RMF, eMASS, and inherited controls
- Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings
Benefits
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
- Up to 12 weeks paid-time-off for all eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents
- Annual salary increase
- Annual performance bonus
- Spot bonuses
- Stock options
- Business development / sales bonuses
- Referral bonuses
- Annual $2,000 allowance for professional development
- Annual $750 allowance for tech-related purchases
- Annual swag budget of $100 to display your Skylight pride with some merchandise (hoodies, hats, and more)
- Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
- Fully remote position
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