Introduction
As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Octo, an IBM company, is an industry-leading, award-winning provider of technical solutions for the federal government. At Octo, we specialize in providing agile software engineering, user experience design, cloud services, and digital strategy services that address government’s most pressing missions. Octo delivers intelligent solutions and rapid results, yielding lower costs and measurable outcomes.

Our team is what makes Octo great. At Octo you’ll work beside some of the smartest and most accomplished staff you’ll find in your career. Octo offers fantastic benefits and an amazing workplace culture where you will feel valued while you perform mission critical work for our government. Voted one of the region’s best places to work multiple times, Octo is an employer of choice!

You…

As a DevSecOps Engineer at Octo, you will be responsible for supporting multiple delivery projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs. This role will be responsible for supporting and providing continuous integration and delivery, with code, of cloud resources used by data engineering teams. You will also be supporting the infrastructure and implementation of various software applications and cloud services. You will proactively participate in the infrastructure code lifecycle including version control, implementation, test design, test implementation, optimization, and delivery utilizing the latest technologies. Along with every aspect of this job is an emphasis on security and demonstrated knowledge of how to deploy and configure infrastructure following secure best practices. Strongly prefer those with knowledge of infrastructure as code to configure and deploy Azure resources.

Us…

We were founded as a fresh alternative in the Government Consulting Community and are dedicated to the belief that results are a product of analytical thinking, agile design principles and that solutions are built in collaboration with, not for, our customers. This mantra drives us to succeed and act as true partners in advancing our client’s missions.

Program Mission…

This program supports Veterans Affairs’ strategic mission of furthering efforts to modernize its data analytics platform and enhance accessibility to enterprise data and reporting tools.

Responsibilities…

• Support the design and implementation of infrastructure as code using git technologies with version control systems.
• Design and optimize code and infrastructure with a focus on security.
• Proactively participate in every aspect of the software development lifecycle including design, implementation, test design, test implementation, optimization, and delivery utilizing the latest technologies.
• Partner with data engineering teams to ensure agile infrastructure delivery configuration following DevSecOps best practices.
• Deploy code changes in different environments for testing and production environments.
• Collaboration in code reviews, agile ceremonies like retrospectives, daily standups, and sprint planning, pair programming.
• Coordinate with program and project leaders to analyze technologies being utilized on the projects.
• Maintain the integrity of services integrated with our cloud environments, including proprietary in-house systems and external integrations.

Years of Experience: 5+ years of related experience in software engineering and development, including at least 3+ years of experience with overseeing and managing the DevOps lifecycle.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or other technical discipline required, OR a minimum of 8 years equivalent work experience.

Location: Remote within the United States.

Clearance: Ability to obtain public trust clearance.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years working with DevOps/release management with an understanding of CI/CD processes and integration concepts.

• 4+ years of infrastructure as code experience primarily in Terraform.

• 4+ years of experience in git technology and version control (GitHub).

• 3+ years of experience with overseeing and managing the DevOps lifecycle.

• 3+ years of experience in managing infrastructure.

• Must have experience with some Azure resources, i.e. Databricks, Datalake, Data Factory, Function Apps Machine Learning, Virtual Machines, SQL Databases, Roll Base Access Control, etc.
• Must understand Microsoft Azure Active Directory for authentication and access management.
• Expertise in modern technologies such as RESTful Services, Git, Microservice Architectures.
• Experience working with PowerShell and Shell scripting or others.
• Strong troubleshooting experience.
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and drive to deliver best-in-class software and cloud infrastructure.
• Clearance: Ability to obtain public trust clearance.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in OS Administration Linux and Windows.
• Experience with Collibra and/or Trifacta software.
• Experience in networking; Azure Vnets, Peering, Security Groups, Routing.
• Experience in TLS Certificate Management.
• Experience supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal organizations.
• Working knowledge of Azure Databricks.
• Strong technical presentation skills.