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# DevOps Engineer (Active Secret Clearance

- **Company:** StriveWorks, Inc
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Information Security Management, Python (Programming Language), Software Deployment, Spring Cloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform, Network Server, Devsecops, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-devops-engineer-active-secret-clearance-striveworks-7938379

## About the Role

6+ years of direct, hands-on experience in:

 * Microservice deployment in Kubernetes
 * Diagnosing and resolving issues within containerized environments
 * Helm Chart and Kustomizations development/deployment
 * Python and/or Golang programming, or other general purpose programming languages
 * Automation and IaC, e.g., Terraform
 * Cloud infrastructure: AWS and Azure
 * Managing and troubleshooting Linux systems, e.g., networking and bash scripting
 * Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship

The following isn't required, but we'd love to see it:

 * Familiarity with DOD networking, tools, infrastructure, security requirements, and policies
 * Proficiency with US federal information system security policies, including STIGs, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC, and ICD 503
 * Experience with software deployments to on-premises and cloud-based unclassified, CUI, and classified networks within the DOD
 * Experience with DevSecOps/DevOps and CI/CD for the administration and deployment of GPU-enabled servers
 * Experience deploying or maintaining CNCF projects
 * Experience with NAS and SAN technologies
 * Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native applications and services in DDIL environments

You will be remote or hybrid out of our Austin office. This role requires travel up to 20% of the time.



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