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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead DevOps Engineer - **Company:** Str Limited - **Location:** Denver, CO, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $240,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Software Applications, Application Performance Management, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Static Program Analysis, Cyber Security, Databases, System Configuration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Unix Shell, Cisco Nexus Switches, Ansible, Software Engineering, SonarQube, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Delivery Pipeline, Gitlab, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Rancher, Terraform, Docker, Artifactory - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9037620/lead-devops-engineer ## About the Role * Must be a U.S. citizen * Active US Security Clearance with SCI Eligibility * BS in Computer Science or related field with at least 5 years of work experience * Experience with all relevant technologies including: * CI/CD tools (Gitlab) and pipeline automation * Cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), and automated provisioning tools (such as Ansible or Chef) * Containerization technologies such as Docker and Podman * Kubernetes management solutions such as EKS and Rancher * Experience deploying, and monitoring Kubernetes clusters and pod configurations * Basic knowledge of Linux System Administration * Knowledge of Python and Linux Shell * Knowledge of Cyber Security fundamentals * Organized, detail-oriented, and ability to work both independently and collaboratively * Demonstrated experience as an effective communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences * Located in San Diego, CA, Denver, CO, Arlington, VA, or Boston, MA, or willing to relocate. Even Better: * Active Security Clearance at the Top Secret level * Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field * Experience in: * Full web-service stack, including databases, logging, and monitoring * Project tracking tools such as Jira * Designing, deploying, and monitoring Kubernetes clusters * GitOps tools like ArgoCD or Flux * Deploying and maintaining artifact repositories (such as Nexus, Artifactory) * Deploying and configuring static and dynamic code analysis tools (such as SonarQube, Coverity). * Platforms such as ArgoCD, Flux or TerraForm. * Leading teams in an Agile/SCRUM software development process * Current Security+ Certification ## Description As a DevOps Engineer in the Mission Applications Group , you will work as a leader of software teams to design, develop, and maintain infrastructure and tooling to deploy software in operational use. You have experience managing relationships with customer environments while simultaneously leading engineering teams to ensure the delivered product meets the highest standards of quality, reliability, and performance. Y ou will work as part of tightly knit Agile software teams to design and implement Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for various unique deployment environments. This role includes: * Supporting cloud (e.g., AWS) toolsets in unclassified environments * Configuring and maintaining multiple CI/CD environments at different classification levels, focusing on developer productivity, application performance, security monitoring, and alerting * Liaising with corporate IT to ensure team infrastructure toolsets are configured, maintained, reliable, and in compliance with Department of Defense standards * Coaching team members on DevOps best practices while continuously helping to improve processes. This role will take advantage of STR's flexible, hybrid environment - when the work does not require use of STR's facilities, you are welcome to work remotely. You should expect to spend some portion of time every week (2-3 days) in STR's or US Government facilities. 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