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# DevOps Engineer, Senior

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $99,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Unix Shell, Open Source Technology, Regression Testing, Cloud Services, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, SC Clearance, Containerization, Kubernetes, Devsecops, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9047328/devops-engineer-senior

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in the development of tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments
 * 8+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues with CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness
 * Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions
 * Experience developing, managing, and securing containers
 * Experience mentoring or supervising employees within a collaborative team environment
 * Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
 * Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in DevOps, or Master's degree and 8+ years of experience in DevOps

 * Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Jenkins, or Azure
 * Experience creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks
 * Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes
 * Experience triaging and resolving issues related to both open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environments
 * Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python and Linux Shell Script
 * Secret clearance
 * Master's degree

## Description

Everyone is trying to "harness the cloud", but not everyone knows how. As a DevOps engineer, you're eager to build, manage, and secure a container platform that meets your client's needs and takes advantage of cloud capabilities. We need you to develop container management software to solve some of our clients' toughest challenges.

As a lead platform DevOps engineer at Booz Allen, you can use your technical skills to affect mission-forward change. You'll guide your team as they use the latest cloud technologies to improve your client's environment with current container software to ensure seamless orchestration. Using your DevOps platform expertise, you'll lead your team as you inform strategy and design while ensuring standards are met throughout the containerization process.

You'll recommend resources that will help your client manage and securely adopt containers. Additionally, you'll continue to strengthen your DevOps skills while supporting the development of critical cloud platforms.

Work with us to use cloud platform technology for good.


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