Who We Are

Citizant is a progressive small business with a 19-year track record of bidding and winning work on single award contracts, GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, and Task Orders in support of our Federal Government customers. We design and deliver smarter, leaner business and IT transformation solutions with a focus on the Departments of Treasury, Homeland Security, Justice, and Transportation. The company holds prime positions on strategic contract vehicles such as TIPPS-4 (Treasury/IRS); EAGLE II (DHS); ITSS-4 (DOJ); and GSA IT Schedule 70 and PSS.

Citizant employs leading experts in Agile development, DevOps automation, enterprise data management, enterprise architecture, IT service desk, process improvement, and program management. We are a dynamic, talented team that enjoys having fun while diligently working to create a better future for our employees, customers, and partners. We invest in building a strong culture of cooperation and collaboration that allows us to respond to opportunities and challenges with a common vocabulary and tool set, quickly communicating ideas, needs, and requirements using our CMMI and ISO based processes. We embrace continual service improvement so that we are always delivering to both internal and external stakeholders excellent solutions on time and within budget.

Our Values are R2+D2 = Better Future

·         Responsibility.  We pull our own weight, teach others how to pull theirs, and show up whenever a member of our tribe needs support.  Responsibility is about owning our “stuff” and being mindful of our wake.

·         Reputation.  We create balanced outcomes, communicate our intentions with honesty and clarity, and honor our commitments.  Reputation is about building and maintaining trust.

·         Drive.  We lean in to the hard work of empowering a vibrant and sustainable culture, creating jobs, developing leaders, communicating clearly, making a difference, and contributing to a greater outcome.  Drive is about courage, faith, and tenacity to deliver on commitments.

·         Delivery Excellence. We focus on quality over quantity and value the journey of continuous process improvement and organizational maturity.  Delivery Excellence is about pride in our work and fulfillment as a result.

·         Better Future.  A Better Future is the reward given and received for living an authentic life of service – to each other, our customers, our loved ones, and our communities.  Better Future is about giving more than we take.

Who You Are

You are a DevOps Engineer with a customer focus who thrives in an environment where they work as a part of a high-performance team.  You have strong communication skills and feel comfortable interacting with technical resources, management, and end users.  You are comfortable self-managing your work and dealing with changing priorities.

Job Description

We are looking for a DevOps engineer to assist our government client with a large DevOps implementation.  This position will both work on the implementation of the DevOps tools and provide guidance to projects and they move onto the DevOps pipeline.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides expertise in DevOps
• Provides Technical Leadership and hands-on implementation support for a major DevOps definition and implementation project for a government client
• Proposes team structures, processes, and frameworks for customer engagements
• Conducts comparative analysis of DevOps tools
• Drives customer solutions from procurement to delivery
• Supports and works on challenge teams
• Meets with customers’ executives, senior managers, and technical staff to discuss DevOps implementation options        

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, Business Administration, or other technical discipline
• 4+ years of professional experience in software development
• Experience with DevOps, especially in the area of Continuous Integration
• Experience interacting and communicating with both technical resources and management
• Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple projects, priorities, and tasks
• Innovative and creative in proposing solutions to complex, time-critical problems
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail

Career Path

This Leadership Level __5__ role can grow in many directions.  This position could lead to a technical leadership position on another DevOps project or a leadership position on a challenge team.   

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.