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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Junior DevOps Engineer - **Company:** D2 Technical Services, LLC - **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $125,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Secure Shell (SSH), Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), OpenShift, Scrum Methodology, Cloud Services, Service Pack, Shell Script, Software Engineering, S3 Bucket, Load Balancing, Computer Network Technologies, Firewalls (Computer Science), Gitlab, Kubernetes, Atlassian Tools, Hardware Infrastructure, Docker - **Published:** July 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9017211/junior-devops-engineer ## About the Role * 2+ years of relevant experience * Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift) * Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes * Understanding of GitLab or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools * Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices * Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting * Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design * Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills * Strong communication and interpersonal skills * Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised * Experience with deploying On-Prem infrastructure Desired Skills: * Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and Helm * Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.) * Ability to write and use unit and functional testing * Experience using Jira and Confluence ## Description As a DevOps Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared DevOps Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA. How a DevOps Engineer will make an Impact In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost -effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' operations. As a DevOps Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: * Automate and optimize service deployments * Integrate with enterprise authentication services * Establish and improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems * Architect, build, and maintain on-prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives * Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc) * Administer production, staging and development environments * Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor security and system related incidents * Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage * Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools * Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation * Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing * Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems * Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks * Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion * Manage operational readiness board - present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability * Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner * Participate in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings * On-call support will be required ## Related Videos - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Modern DevOps for IoT Devices and More](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1805-wearedevelopers-live-modern-devops-for-iot-devices-and-more) - [My journey into DevOps world - How it all started!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/545-my-journey-into-devops-world-how-it-all-started) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Enabling automated 1-click customer deployments with built-in quality and security](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/83-enabling-automated-1-click-customer-deployments-with-built-in-quality-and-security) - [#90DaysOfDevOps - The DevOps Learning Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/548-90daysofdevops-the-devops-learning-journey) ## Related Articles - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 197: Dunning–Kruger Steroids, State of Cloud Security, Puppies > Beer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/660-dev-digest-197-dunning-kruger-steroids-state-of-cloud-security-puppies-beer) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers)