Sr. DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI w CI Polygraph

Zachary Piper
Springfield, VA, United States
26 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$170,000.0 - $215,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering Automation of Tests Cloud Computing System Configuration Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Distributed Systems Domain Name System (DNS) Network Troubleshooting Linux System Administration
+12 more
Networking Basics Routing Performance Tuning Software Deployment TCP/IP Scripting Firewalls (Computer Science) Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Deployment Automation Patch Management Network Server

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a to join a leading government contractor supporting mission-critical programs in the Intelligence Community. The Sr. DevOps Engineer will be responsible for administering, maintaining, and optimizing secure cloud infrastructure while supporting automation, CI/CD pipelines, and operational excellence across AWS GovCloud and C2S environments.

  • Administer, maintain, and support enterprise cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud and Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environments.

  • Design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate software deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and system updates.

  • Install, configure, optimize, and maintain Linux operating systems, servers, and supporting infrastructure.

  • Troubleshoot complex hardware, software, networking, cloud, and infrastructure issues across multiple technology layers.

  • Monitor system health, performance, and availability while implementing proactive improvements to maximize platform reliability and scalability.

  • Integrate new technologies, tools, and infrastructure components into existing enterprise environments while minimizing operational risk.

  • Perform system performance tuning, patch management, capacity planning, and lifecycle maintenance activities.

  • Collaborate with software developers, cybersecurity teams, network engineers, and system administrators to deliver secure, highly available infrastructure solutions.

  • Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code, automation scripts, technical documentation, and operational procedures.

  • Communicate system status, operational risks, and incident updates to technical teams and leadership while escalating critical issues as necessary.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline required. Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

  • 4-15+ years of experience supporting cloud infrastructure, DevOps, systems engineering, or enterprise infrastructure environments depending on education and experience.

  • Hands-on experience supporting AWS cloud environments, including AWS GovCloud and/or Commercial Cloud Services (C2S).

  • Strong experience building, maintaining, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation processes.

  • Extensive Linux systems administration experience within enterprise production environments.

  • Strong understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.

  • Experience troubleshooting hardware, software, operating systems, networking, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.

  • Experience installing, configuring, securing, and performance tuning Linux-based systems.

  • Strong scripting, automation, and infrastructure management experience.

  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Benefits & conditions

$170,000 - $215,000 annually depending on experience.

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, and Sick Leave as required by law.

This job opens for applications on . Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

Sr. DevOps Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, DevOps, AWS, AWS GovCloud, C2S, Commercial Cloud Services, CI/CD, Linux, Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Automation, Systems Engineering, Networking, Red Hat, RHEL, Cloud Operations, TS/SCI, CI Poly, Intelligence Community

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