Dark Wolf Solutions is seeking a DevOps and Collaboration Tools Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in managing and optimizing our collaboration tool infrastructure. This role will focus on deploying, managing, and maintaining our enterprise-level Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Mattermost platforms, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. You will be responsible for designing and implementing robust infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform/OpenTufu, Ansible, ArgoCD, and GitOps principles to automate deployments and streamline our continuous delivery workflows. This position requires a deep understanding of Kubernetes, AWS cloud services, and a strong commitment to automation and operational excellence Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Deploy, manage, and upgrade collaboration platforms including Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Mattermost in enterprise environments. Design and maintain Kubernetes-based deployment architectures for high availability and scalability across medium to large enterprise infrastructures. Manage and optimize AWS cloud environments leveraging services such as EKS, S3, KMS, EBS encryption, and multi-tier load balancing strategies. Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform/OpenTufu, Ansible and continuous delivery workflows using ArgoCD and GitOps principles. Create, manage, and version Helm Charts for automated and repeatable application deployments. Develop and maintain secure backup and disaster recovery strategies. Monitor system performance, availability, and resource usage, ensuring SLAs are met across all collaboration platforms. Required Qualifications : Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent technical degree; or in lieu of degree, 3 years of equivalent industry experience Minimum 5 years' experience using Agile and Scrum software development practices Minimum 5 years' experience testing applications developed using one or more programming languages such as C++, C#, Go, Java, Python, SQL, NoSQL, or JavaScript Minimum 3 years' experience using software testing methodologies, such as integration testing, acceptance testing, security testing and usability testing Minimum 3 years' experience cloud-computing environments to include Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform. Minimum 3 years' experience configuring and running compliance software Minimum 3 years' experience configuring and running automation tools Minimum 3 years' experience with configuring and running test management tools Minimum 3 years' experience with defect/bug tracking tools. Minimum 3 years' experience testing web services, such as SOAP, REST, Parquet, and JSON.c.) Strong proficiency in Kubernetes (EKS preferred) and Helm-based deployments. Familiarity with IAM roles, secrets management, and encryption mechanisms within AWS. Experience deploying and managing CI/CD pipelines in a GitOps environment (ArgoCD preferred). Excellent problem-solving and automation scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar). Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch. Experience working with Easy Agile in Jira. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. CompTIA Security+ CE or other DoD 8570 IAT II certification US Citizenship and a Top Secret Security clearance. Desired Qualifications: Experience in the architecture and implementation of medium-to-large distributed computing environments Experience/knowledge of software and system optimization, helping to remove potential performance bottlenecks.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be between $160,000.00 - $180,000.00, commensurate on experience and technical skillset.

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