Job Description

DevOps Engineer

Salary: $135000$210000 annually
Location: Springfield VA or Herndon VA
Experience: Mid-level or senior 6 years
Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance ability to obtain SCI access and willingness to undergo a CI polygraph
U.S. citizenship required

About the Opportunity

Were seeking a DevOps Engineer to maintain and modernize secure cloud infrastructure supporting critical government operations. We welcome mid-level and senior professionals with strong Linux AWS CI/CD and recent hands-on Python experience .

Youll keep complex systems reliable integrate new capabilities and improve automation security and software delivery.

What Youll Do

• Maintain and enhance infrastructure through updates configuration changes upgrades and troubleshooting.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for reliable software delivery.
• Develop and maintain Python scripts and automation supporting infrastructure and operations.
• Support AWS architecture and cloud environments.
• Administer troubleshoot and optimize Linux systems.
• Integrate new capabilities into existing systems and environments.
• Resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Recommend improvements to architecture performance reliability and scalability.
• Implement security hardening and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Support security assessments compliance activities and Authorization to Operate (ATO) preparation.
• Collaborate with development engineering security and operations teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Required Qualifications

• 6 years of professional experience in DevOps systems engineering cloud engineering infrastructure or a related technical field.
• Recent hands-on Python experience is required.
• Active Top Secret clearance ability to obtain SCI access and willingness to undergo a CI polygraph.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelors degree.
• Security certification.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience developing maintaining and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with AWS architecture and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience maintaining and upgrading complex technical environments.
• Strong understanding of automation infrastructure management and software delivery.
• Experience working under rigorous security and compliance requirements.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across technical teams.

Preferred Experience

• Supporting intelligence community or other highly regulated government environments.
• Risk Management Framework (RMF) activities and ATO preparation.
• Security hardening and vulnerability remediation across Linux and AWS.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and cloud automation.
• Automated deployment configuration management monitoring and provisioning tools.
• Integrating established systems with new capabilities.
• Improving infrastructure efficiency reliability and scalability.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual salary of $135000$210000 .
• Fully paid employee medical and dental insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Vacation benefits that increase with tenure.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development training.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Complimentary refreshments and regularly provided meals.

Interested Apply with your résumé for consideration.

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