Senior DevOps Engineer

Our client is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a newly awarded Intelligence Community program focused on building and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical systems. This position offers an opportunity to help design, deploy, and scale a modern Zero Trust architecture from the ground up while working within highly secure AWS environments. The ideal candidate has strong experience with AWS, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps principles. This role is 100% onsite in a secure government environment located in either Herndon, Virginia or Charleston, South Carolina.

Responsibilities Build, automate, and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting development, integration, testing, and production environments. Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions and Ansible automation for repeatable deployments and configuration management. Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated software delivery and security testing. Integrate security scanning and vulnerability remediation into development workflows. Support AWS GovCloud environments and Department of Defense IL5 requirements. Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational automation. Configure access controls, secrets management, and certificate management solutions. Troubleshoot Linux systems, cloud networking, storage, and container platforms. Automate patching, deployment validation, rollback, and disaster recovery processes. Collaborate with software engineers to improve reliability, scalability, and deployment velocity. Document operational procedures, deployment configurations, and platform architecture.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical discipline. 10+ years of professional software engineering, cloud engineering, or DevOps experience. Active TS/SCI security clearance. Current CI Polygraph or willingness to obtain one. Prior experience supporting Intelligence Community programs. Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure. Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes environments. Experience with Red Hat OpenShift. Strong experience with Ansible and infrastructure automation. Experience developing and managing CI/CD pipelines. Strong Linux administration skills. Experience scripting with Python, Bash, or similar languages. Experience using Git and version-controlled infrastructure. Agile Developer Certification or Certified Scrum Developer Certification., Master’s degree in a related technical field. AWS GovCloud experience. Terraform or CloudFormation experience. CISSP, CISM, CAP, or CGRC certification. AWS, Kubernetes, or Red Hat certifications. Experience supporting DoD IL5 cloud environments. Experience integrating automated security testing into CI/CD pipelines. Experience with enterprise secrets management and certificate automation. Experience supporting databases or other stateful applications in containerized environments.

Why Join? Support a brand-new Intelligence Community program. Build and scale cloud infrastructure from the ground up. Work on a mission-focused Zero Trust architecture initiative. Utilize modern technologies including AWS, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Ansible, and DevSecOps toolsets. Long-term program with strong growth potential. Direct impact supporting national security and mission-critical operations.