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# Senior DevOps Engineer in Merrifield

- **Company:** Energy Jobline
- **Location:** Merrifield, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $107,900.0 - $195,050.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** DevOps, Distributed Systems, Linux System Administration, Scrum Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Prometheus, Software Deployment, Systems Architecture, Docker Swarm, Grafana, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, Docker, Elk Stack
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.energyjobline.com/job/senior-devops-engineer-merrifield-31602485

## About the Role

* US Citizenship with TS/SCI and Counter-Intelligence Polygraph clearance
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 * 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering
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 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field
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 * Expertise with Docker and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Nomad, Docker Swarm)
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 * Strong proficiency in Linux system administration
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 * Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
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 * Expertise with infrastructure-as-code technologies (Terraform, Ansible)
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 * Experience with monitoring, observability, and visualization technologies (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK stack)
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 * Experience troubleshooting distributed systems and production deployments
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 * Strong understanding of networking, security, and system architecture concepts
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 * Experience supporting high-availability and scalable environments
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 * Experience working within an Agile Scrum development team
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 * Ability to lead technical initiatives with minimal supervision



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