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# Senior DevOps - Secret Clearance

- **Company:** Zachary Piper
- **Location:** Raleigh, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $165,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Octopus Deploy, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Shell Script, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Scripting, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Reliability of Systems, SC Clearance, Containerization, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Elk Stack
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9281062/senior-devops-secret-clearance

## About the Role

· Active Secret Clearance required.

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

· 4+ years of experience in DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Infrastructure Engineering, or related disciplines.

· Strong experience developing automation solutions and scripting with Python.

· Hands-on experience utilizing Terraform and Terragrunt for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployments.

· Experience deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters and workloads.

· Experience with containerization technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes orchestration.

· Strong knowledge of Linux administration, shell scripting, and system troubleshooting.

· Understanding of networking concepts, IAM roles, security groups, and cloud security fundamentals.

· Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) preferred.

· Knowledge of NIST, FedRAMP, DoD, or other regulatory compliance frameworks preferred.

· Experience supporting classified, government, or highly regulated environments preferred.

## Description

· Design, implement, and manage secure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt.

· Develop automation tools, scripts, and services utilizing Python.

· Build, deploy, and maintain containerized applications within Kubernetes environments.

· Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to streamline software delivery and infrastructure deployments.

· Collaborate with software engineering teams to support application deployment, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

· Monitor system performance, availability, reliability, and security across cloud environments.

· Enforce infrastructure security, governance, compliance, and operational best practices.

· Troubleshoot production issues and implement solutions to improve platform stability and scalability., Keywords: DevOps Engineer with active Secret Clearance and expertise in cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), Terraform, Terragrunt, Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, Python automation, CI/CD pipelines, Git-based workflows, Linux administration, shell scripting, cloud-native deployments, container orchestration, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), infrastructure automation, cloud security, networking, IAM, security groups, production support, troubleshooting, performance optimization, monitoring, observability, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, GitOps, ArgoCD, Flux, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), compliance, governance, NIST, FedRAMP, DoD standards, system reliability, platform engineering, scalable infrastructure, DevSecOps, and classified government environments.