System​/DevOps Engineer

This role is for a System/Dev Ops Engineer in Englewood, Colorado, with a contract length of unspecified duration, offering a pay rate of $46.00 to $66.00 per hour. Key skills include Linux/Windows administration, Ansible, CVE compliance, Git, Jira, and Kubernetes knowledge.

Location:

Englewood, CO
On-site

Pay Range: $46.00 – $66.00 per hour (good faith estimate; final compensation may vary based on background, knowledge, skills, and location). We comply with local wage minimums.

Our client is seeking a System/Dev Ops Engineer to join their team! This position is located in Englewood, Colorado.

• Run Ansible automation to update virtual machines for security compliance on a monthly cadence.
• Perform manual break‑fix of virtual machines as needed to support users, developers and security.
• Perform manual break‑fix of various services running on both traditional VMs and Kubernetes.
• Use Grafana dashboards to identify potentially degraded systems and perform break‑fix.
• Process JIRA security tickets addressed by automated patching, identify potentially unaddressed CVEs for enhancements to Ansible automation.
• Process security remediation plans and other compliance business analysis tasks.
• Identify unaddressed and false positive CVEs from Git Lab security scan results for development team.
• Identify issues with lab networks or lab services that may be causing application issues and open tickets with relevant teams.
• Identify network connectivity issues between application systems and external systems used by test automation.

• Mid-level Linux and Windows system administration experience.
• Familiarity with running Ansible playbooks.
• Familiarity with the CVE database and security compliance in general.
• Familiarity with Git and Jira, or another ticketing system.
• Understanding of network diagnostic tools such as ping, trace route, telnet, dig, nslookup, nmap and TCP/IP networking basics.
• Understanding of operating system diagnostic tools for processes, system events, and resource utilization.
• Understanding of Kubernetes basics such as deployments, pods, ingress.
• Ability to read logs, make reasonable hypotheses of potential issues and further diagnose.
• Strong written communication skills operating in an asynchronous and responsive environment.

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
• Employee‑Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
• 401K offered