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DevOps Engineer - Remote (Contract) - Hanover, Maryland
JAB Recruitment is actively seeking a DevOps Engineer - Remote (Contract) to support one of our prestigious clients in global engineering and technology primarily serving the offshore oil and gas industry, with operations in defense, aerospace and renewables at their Hanover, Maryland location. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a world-class team in a fast-paced, professional environment.
Ideally seeking a short-term GitHub/Configuration Management Consultant to stand up repository ecosystem and developer workflow for new programs within an existing tool infrastructure.
PLEASE NOTE:

• This is a contract position - estimated 2.5 months with possible extension based on performance
• Remote | candidates must reside in the U.S. and be available to work West Coast hours (9am-2pm PT, Monday-Friday).
• This role is limited to U.S. citizens in accordance with client specifications

Responsibilities

• Github API scripting and automating repo creation and configuration (org/repo scaffolding, templates, branch protections, manage "code owners", labels, actions, secrets)
• Implementing least privilege infrastructure
• Creating repo maintenance process (archiving, dependency updates, issue templates, and CDRL/policy compliance).
• Creating reliable check-in/merge practices that wires PR checks (status, required viewers, squash vs. merge settings), automation of test verification and code reviews
• Designing and documenting a pull-request workflow to ensure code quality and traceability across the project.
• Implementing CI/CD integrations that gate merge on automated and/or manual quality checks, including unit and integration test execution, static analysis/code quality and security/safety scans, and coverage thresholds.
• Produce nightly/weekly reporting data products dashboards/exports that summarize build health, test results, coverage trends, vulnerability findings, and merge metrics.
• Coordinate with corporate IT to implement configuration changes to tools managed in Microsoft GCC High.

Tasking

• Design and implement GitHub repository creation scripting/automations: organization/repo scaffolding, templates, default branches, branch protection rules, code owners, labels, Actions/workflows, required status checks, environments, and secrets management.
• Establish GitHub user and project team management: least-privilege role models, group-to-team mappings, audit policies, review cadence.
• Perform repository maintenance: dependency/update automation, issue/PR templates, security alerts and "Dependabot" configuration, archival/retention policies, and policy/compliance checks.
• Define a standardized pull-request workflow: PR templates, status checks, required reviewers, merge strategies (squash/rebase/merge), and traceability conventions (linked issues, changelog, release notes).
• Implement CI/CD integration: pipeline definitions, artifact/versioning strategy, environment promotion gates, and caching to optimize build times.
• Configure automated testing gates: unit and integration tests, static analysis and code quality checks, Implement CI based Static Analysis Security Testing (SAST)/secret scanning/license compliance tools, coverage thresholds, and safety/security policies.
• Automate test verification and code review enforcement: blocking checks, review rules, auto-assign/auto-request reviews, and auto-merge where appropriate.
• Produce nightly reporting/data products: dashboards and exports covering build health, test results, coverage trends, code vulnerabilities, PR/merge metrics, and CDRL/Service Level Agreement (SLA) adherence; deliver ops procedures for ongoing ownership.
• Implement project specific Jira configuration including reports
• Creation of templated repositories with associated Git Actions

Essential Qualifications

• Experience with: Github Enterprise Server, Confluence, Jira Software Data Center, CodeQL, Artifactory w Xray, Azure, containerization
• BS Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or related technical field. Commensurate experience will be considered.
• 5+ years of practical experience in DevOps.
• Experience with creating DevOps solutions for codebases in C, C++ and REACT.
• Experience ensuring sensitive software related data is stored and accessed in adherence to applicable government standards (such as CUI, PHI or PII).

JAB Recruitment is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, citizenship status, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status. EOE/M/F/D/V
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