DevSecOps Engineer SME

TCI has an immediate need for a

• Responsible for serving as a compute and DevSecOps subject matter expert (SME); designing, managing and executing Service Innovation projects, initiatives and proofs of concept (POCs), and supportive or pursuant to such initiatives department wide; and engage, lead and/or support a team of IT professionals in completing projects on set deadlines to uphold business initiatives, and support and improve business operations.
• Leads projects and initiatives for PaaS Solutions. Provides technical direction and guidance to others regarding the adoption and implementation of PaaS technologies and architecture. Ensures alignment with organizational strategies and objectives.
• Provides leadership on automation of provisioning, patching, lifecycle of data technologies and application deployments utilizing DevSecOps strategies for use by applications, enterprise data & tenant architectures, and developers.
• Provides leadership on automation of provisioning of service deployments through Cloud, PaaS, Sofware-as-a-service (SaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), and Edge utilizing DevSecOps strategies for use by applications, enterprise data and tenant architectures.
• Designs or engineers physical and virtual compute, database, storage, cloud environments/services and backup technology offerings across a wide variety of systems and platforms including operating systems, web/app servers, event streaming, and containerization utilizing DevSecOps strategies.
• Design or engineer lifecycle of data technologies both mainstream and non-mainstream including operating guides, configuration baselines, and implementation standards for Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) and Opensource technologies. This applies to server hardware, server operating systems, critical infrastructure applications, cloud-based technologies, middleware, data technologies, and other associated technologies.
• Designs or engineers existing on-premise technology offerings (e.g., mainframes, servers, appliances, databases, middleware components, operating systems.
• Report and assist with documenting SOPs, technical evaluations, and designs.
• Provides innovation expertise via research to evaluate emerging technologies for new offerings, technology service designs, and concept assessment/evaluation.
• Provides project oversight and technical guidance to lower-level employees, and employees assigned on a project or task force basis.
• Under general direction, have duties of instructing, directing, and checking the work of other project engineers.
• Responsible for developing strategies for technical IT infrastructures and the completion of assigned engineering projects within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
• Leads a group of engineers, analysts, and/or technicians assigned for the duration of a project or may function as ongoing lead within a group of engineers associated with one or more technical areas within the telecom function (such as, but not limited to, network design, engineering, implementation, or operations/user support).
• Does not have formal supervisory responsibilities, although may provide input.
• Will work closely with business partners, stakeholders and technical teams to identify risks or impediments, and assist to develop and implement appropriate mitigating controls and corrective actions.

• Minimum of 10 years of DevSecOps experience.
• A four-year degree in Computer Science or a related field is required. An equivalent combination of education or experience in computer or telecommunications architectures, systems analysis, and management of information technology may be substituted.
• Ability to design, implement and troubleshoot automation (e.g., Ansible WorX (AWX), Terraform, etc.) of provisioning, patching, network lifecycle, and voice technologies, utilizing DevSecOps strategies.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies and approaches (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Squad), and ability to identify and meet critical project dates/milestones.
• Experienced in managing/tracking projects.
• Strong Microsoft Office, Project and Vizio skills.
• Ability to write, read and evaluate technical documentation and reports (e.g., After Action reports (AARs); project plans; proof of concept whitepapers; standard operating procedures (SOPs); technical evaluations and designs; etc.).
• Strong ability to compose creative and professional executive leadership team (ELT) and C-level presentations and communications via PowerPoint.
• Maintain team SharePoint site and update with pertinent and timely information regarding projects, task, team activities, etc.
• Attend wide-ranging meetings, on behalf of department management, executive staff and C-level officers, for note taking, project/task tracking and support or provide ELT updates.
• Ability to communicate effectively with highly technical staff, to understand and participate in project overviews, components, tasks, etc.
• and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.