Senior DevOps Engineer

DevOps & CI/CD

• Configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines for multiple web applications.
• Perform application builds using source code and required dependencies.
• Implement automated testing and security scanning throughout deployment workflows.
• Deploy applications across development, staging, and operational environments.
• Support GitOps-style operations management using tools such as ArgoCD.
• Develop and maintain automation that improves software delivery speed, consistency, and reliability.

Infrastructure & Configuration Management

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management solutions.
• Author Helm charts to deploy resources within OpenShift environments.
• Manage infrastructure and application configurations across multiple environments.
• Support web application networking, including TCP/IP, DNS, certificate management, and load balancing.
• Deploy and manage databases and support application interaction with databases using SQL and object-relational mapping technologies.

Software & Systems Engineering

• Research, design, develop, and modify enterprise cloud solutions and application software.
• Design, develop, code, test, and debug complex software products and significant enhancements to existing applications.
• Develop and apply advanced methods and techniques to resolve complex software application challenges.
• Resolve complex hardware/software compatibility and interface design considerations.
• Conduct complex system investigations and testing.
• Incorporate emerging technologies and product supportability considerations into system design and implementation.
• Contribute code enhancements and updates to existing code repositories.
• Develop application architecture diagrams and support strategic system architecture planning.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering personnel regarding system characteristics that affect software performance and requirements.
• Security, Monitoring & Observability
• Manage and document system security and support security compliance activities.
• Perform software updates and remediation in response to security scan findings.
• Integrate security components with applications and databases.
• Support zero-trust identity implementations and associated authentication and authorization technologies.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, networking, and security capabilities for containerized environments.
• Improve observability and incident response capabilities to accelerate issue detection, troubleshooting, and recovery.

Documentation & Customer Support

• Develop and maintain system and architecture documentation supporting security and operational compliance.
• Provide technical input for user manuals, system documentation, and training materials.
• Prepare reports documenting technical analyses, findings, and project progress.
• Present technical results and recommendations to management and customer personnel.

This is a full-time position based in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO. Work must be performed onsite at the client location within a SCIF; telecommuting is not available. Candidates must possess a current and active TS/SCI security clearance and must be willing and able to obtain a CI Polygraph., * Current and active TS/SCI security clearance.

• Willingness and ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field; two additional years of information technology experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
• 6+ years of directly related professional experience.
• Proficiency with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline technologies such as GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, or similar platforms.
• Experience with ArgoCD and GitOps-style operations management.
• Knowledge of OIDC, OAuth, OAuth 2.0, or similar zero-trust identity implementations.
• Experience managing web server technologies, including DNS and certificate management.
• Knowledge of HTTP API design standards and best practices.
• Experience managing web application networking, including TCP/IP, DNS, and load balancing.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and OpenShift and knowledge of AWS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and/or configuration management technologies such as Terraform, OpenShift Container Platform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, networking, and security for containerized environments.
• Experience deploying and managing databases and interacting with databases using SQL and ORMs.
• Ability to develop systems tooling using Python and Bash.
• Ability to contribute code updates and enhancements to existing code repositories.
• Experience with software system design and developing application architecture diagrams.
• Experience integrating security components with applications and databases.
• One or more relevant technical certifications, such as Network+, Security+, or CISSP.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current CI Polygraph.
• Experience designing and implementing complex systems in classified environments.
• Experience developing strategic system architecture plans.
• Experience with system and network creation and development.
• Familiarity with configuration management and Request for Change processes, including review and assessment.
• Experience implementing zero-downtime re-indexing strategies and managing complex Elasticsearch data models within OpenShift or Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with observability technologies such as Prometheus, Thanos, Alloy, Loki, Mimir, Tempo, or Grafana.
• Knowledge of reverse proxy technologies such as Nginx, Traefik, Apache HTTP Server/WebGate, HAProxy, or Envoy.
• Experience delivering integrated solutions using Agile software delivery techniques.
• Experience in systems engineering and project or program management.
• Knowledge of or experience with NGA enterprise products, including NCE CORE.

Venatôre offers a competitive benefits package designed to support the well-being of our employees, including:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 10 Federal Holidays
• 401(k) with company matching
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid military leave