This position is for a DevOps Engineer in Boulder, CO. You will be working closely with a talented team to create and secure on premise systems in the TAP Lab and in cloud-based domains and systems on C2S. You will also have the opportunity to grow and sharpen your skills with other talented members of Centil.

Company Overview

Centil represents the intersection of innovation and trusted expertise required for keeping rapid pace with the dynamic and emergent technological needs of Aerospace, Defense, and Government systems. Our trusted team of engineers excel in deploying value stream management, short-cycle feedback loops, infrastructure on-demand, and secure, disciplined pipelines to our customers. If you are interested in learning more about Centil or our team, check out our website at www.centil.io.

Centil is a talented team of trusted engineers working to provide optimized and effective technology value streams for defense industry clients. We believe in a culture of innovation, empowerment and collaboration. We place a high value on learning and growth, providing ongoing support to our team to learn new skills and become fulfilled in both their personal and professional life.

Centil is hiring exceptional individuals to join our growing team. We look for candidates who are inspired and passionate, highly collaborative, and who demonstrate the courage to challenge the status quo with forward thinking ideas and practices. We also seek out individuals who demonstrate servant leadership by supporting their colleagues with a sense of positivity, humility and open mindedness.

Salary Information

The annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $180,000. Please note that the salary range is a general guideline only. The many factors that are included for consideration include, but are not limited to, scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s work experience, education, training, certifications, key skills, and mission/customer intimacy. These factors are combined with market and business considerations to extend a job offer.

To be considered for this role, you must hold a DoD Secret Clearance, at minimum. Additionally, you must either live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area.

Requirements

Our ideal candidate has experience and proven successes utilizing DevSecOps frameworks and tools. A familiarity with deploying into pipelines and integrating various tools together to build pipelines is beneficial.

As a DevOps Engineer at Centil, key responsibilities include:

• Contribute to all phases of a system lifecycle including: design and development, integration, test, and maintenance
• Applying the appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle.
• Correcting program errors, compiling documentation of program development, and analyzing system capabilities to resolve questions

Required qualifications :

• Must hold DoD Secret Clearance, at minimum
• DoD DevSecOps and Agile principles
• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years’ experience with related engineering experience
• 1-3 years of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Experience in Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration Environments
• Experience implementing and maintaining DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) tools.
• Experience with Unix scripting (bash, tcsh, ksh)
• Experience using tools, such as Git, Bitbucket, and Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Cloud monitoring and general cloud experience, preferably AWS
• Demonstrated experience with security / software supply chain scanning
• Experience with container orchestration, such as Kubernetes/RKE2/Openshift/Konvoy, etc

Preferred/Bonus skills :

• Log analysis/SEIM via Splunk or ELK stack (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana), etc
• General background and understanding of networking (TCP, HTTP)
• Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification (Security+)
• AWS certification (Developer, DevOps, Architect, etc.)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platforms, like Terraform and Ansible
• Current DoD Secret or higher Clearance
• Certifications in AWS
• Experience with containerization - Docker preferred
• Familiarity and/or experience with Rancher Clusters

Other Company Requirements

In addition to job-specific requirements, Centil believes it is important for all employees to possess the following skills/characteristics:

• Strong communication (written and verbal) and presentation skills. Ability to passionately deliver high-level messaging to various types of audiences--this will eventually include senior leaders. Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical personnel
• Self-motivated individual who actively and independently seeks out opportunities for learning and development
• Collaborates well; enjoys working as part of a team
• All applicants must be US citizens (DoD Secret Clearance, at minimum, required for role)

Benefits

• Centil offers a comprehensive benefits package including the following:
• Generous PTO for vacation, personal, or sick days
• Eight (8) paid holidays per year plus 2 additional Floating Holidays per year (taken at Employee's discretion)
• Flex time and the ability to create your own schedule
• Family leave for significant life events
• Parental leave for new parents
• Healthcare coverage plan through a Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA)
• Access to a Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401K retirement plan with immediately vested company contributions, no matching required
• Eligible for discretionary bi-annual performance-based bonus
• Paid training and conference attendance
• Phone plan reimbursement

Centil is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.