DevOps Engineer
Salary: $135,000–$210,000 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
We’re 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.
You’ll keep complex systems reliable, integrate new capabilities, and improve automation, security, and software delivery.
What You’ll 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.
- Bachelor’s 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 $135,000–$210,000.
- 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.
