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# Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI with Polygraph)

- **Company:** Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, CompTIA Security+, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Linux, DevOps, Fault Tolerance, Identity and Access Management, Information Security Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux Servers, MongoDB, Ansible, Server Administration, Software Systems, Systems Architecture, Scripting, Autoscaling, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Puppet, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.disabledperson.com/jobs/74190265-senior-cloud-devops-engineer-ts-sci-with-polygraph

## About the Role

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is hiring a motivated Sr DevOps/Linux Systems Engineer to support a cutting-edge modeling and analytics framework in support of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). On this program you will have the opportunity to work with technical leaders in cloud computing and data analytics to re-architect, modernize, and operationalize a critical tool leveraged across the IC to make real-time, mission-critical decisions. Candidates must have anactive Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility and CI Polygraph.

Candidates must be self-motivated who can understand technical concepts and collaborate on technical direction on a small team in an agile environment., * Experience working on Linux based infrastructure

 * Linux system administrator experience with AWS building and managing highly-available, fault-tolerant systems (i.e. EC2, VPC, ELB, IAM, Autoscaling)
 * Expertise with Kubernetes containerization and clustering in production
 * Experience implementing CI/CD
 * Configuration and managing databases such as Postgres, Mongo
 * Experience with server configuration management or infrastructure automation tools (i.e. Ansible, Puppet)
 * Scripting experience (i.e. Bash/shell, Python)
 * Excellent troubleshooting skills
 * Knowledge of Agile development processes
 * Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
 * CompTIA Security+, or IAT II certification

## Description

* Hands-on engineering, operations, and maintenance of scalable IT infrastructure
 * Administration of Linux servers in a hybrid on-premise and cloud environment; experience with AWS is highly desired
 * Working with DevOps processes and toolsets to support software teams in dev, test, and production environments
 * Working both independently with little supervision as well as in a team environment.
 * Coordinating with Information System Security Officers to ensure all standards and best practices are implemented in system architecture
 * Assisting external customers with development and troubleshooting of IT and software systems
 * Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible
 * Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
 * Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs


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