Job Title: DevOps Engineer and DevOps Specialist (2 roles)
Location: McLean, VA (5 days/ week Onsite) (Only local candidates with ID)
Type: Contract (C2C/W2/1099)
Client: Freddie Mae
Interview: In-Person Mandatory (1st Round)
Must Have Qualifications
- 5-7+ years of strong in Groovy development, experience in building CI/CD pipelines, HELM Charts, Kubernetes and exposure to spinnaker.
Job Description
CI/CD Pipeline Developer and Specialist
We are looking for a highly motivated CI/CD Pipeline Developer to join our DevOps and Engineering Enablement team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in designing and developing scalable CI/CD solutions, automation frameworks, and deployment tooling to improve software delivery efficiency across enterprise platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines for application build, test, and deployment automation.
- Develop reusable pipeline libraries and shared automation components using Groovy and Python.
- Build and maintain custom Helm charts for Kubernetes-based deployments.
- Collaborate with development, QA, release management, and infrastructure teams to streamline software delivery processes.
- Implement pipeline standards, governance, security controls, and best practices.
- Troubleshoot and optimize CI/CD workflows, deployment failures, and automation issues.
- Enhance DevOps tooling and automation capabilities across cloud and on-prem environments.
- Support containerized application deployments using Kubernetes and Helm.
- Has proven ability to collaborate with partner teams and peer to support technology implementation and solution delivery in ecosystems using; AWS, Elastisearch, Logstache, Kibana, Open Policy Agent (OPA), Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), Docker & containerized workloads, Service Mesh tools, Information Security tools such as HashiCorp Vault and CyberArk for Credentials Management
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
- Quickly learn new and legacy technologies and paradigms to deploy cutting edge solutions.
- Quickly evaluate defects, investigate causes and come up with solutions to address defects.
- Write automated test scripts and test code written by peer developers.
- Provide production support and providing clear communication on the resolution of incidents.
- Independently collaborate with upstream/downstream and IT support teams to lead conversations, implement solutions and resolve issues.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in CI/CD pipeline development and automation.
- Expertise in Groovy scripting, especially for Jenkins shared libraries and pipeline development.
- Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts (not just usage/deployment).
- Strong Python development skills for automation and tooling.
- Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket, Atlassian tools, or similar CI/CD platforms.
- Good understanding of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
- Experience with source control systems such as Git.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code, and release management processes.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
