Vault Application Engineer/Administrator (Hashicorp)
Black Canyon Consulting7 months ago
Bethesda, MD, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$130k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage HashiCorp Vault for secret management, encryption, and access control.
- Implement and maintain highly available Vault primary, disaster recovery, and performance replica clusters.
- Integrate Vault with Kubernetes for dynamic secrets, authentication, and workload identity management.
- Collaborate with DevOps and security teams to enforce zero trust policies and practices.
- Develop automation scripts and tools for Vault administration and Kubernetes orchestration.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize Vault performance and security in production.
- Support FISMA compliance and secure application deployments through CI/CD pipelines.
- Document processes, configurations, and architecture.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience as a Web Application Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
- Hands-on production experience administering HashiCorp Vault.
- Deep understanding of zero trust security principles in cloud-native platforms.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation with Python or Bash.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as TeamCity, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD.
- Knowledge of AWS or GCP and Kubernetes offerings such as EKS or GKE.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in distributed systems.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
- Paid holidays and vacation.
- Tuition and conference reimbursement.
- Full-time position onsite at NIH-NCBI in Bethesda, Maryland, and/or remote work.
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSBashC++DjangoGitLab CI/CDGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesNode.jsPuppetPythonTeamCityTerraform
About Black Canyon Consulting
Black Canyon Consulting is a privately held, woman-owned IT and program management services firm that delivers contract support to U.S. federal research and health agencies. The company provides systems engineering, custom software, bioinformatics, and project management through government contracts and IDIQ vehicles; it was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Recent roles support the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the NIH/NLM.