Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Location: Washington, DC; hybrid with 3 days per week on-site. Active Secret clearance or higher is required.

Salary: USD 150,000–175,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides data fusion, data analytics, software engineering, information technology, and electromagnetic spectrum management solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of State, and national security community.

What you will do

• Lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of Azure infrastructure for unclassified and classified spectrum management systems.
• Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code and maintain container platforms using Terraform, Bicep or ARM templates, Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
• Build Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for automated builds, testing, security scanning, deployments, approvals, and artifact management.
• Implement secure networking, identity and access controls, secrets management, configuration baselines, monitoring, centralized logging, alerts, backups, recovery, and rollback procedures.
• Support secure software delivery in restricted environments and troubleshoot infrastructure, application, and production issues.
• Maintain architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and operational runbooks; brief government stakeholders and help junior engineers develop their skills.

Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance or higher.
• Current CompTIA Security+ certification, or ability to obtain it within 30 days of hire.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and 5+ years of relevant DevOps or cloud engineering experience, or 8+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating infrastructure in Azure Commercial and Azure Government.
• Experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and delivering software or infrastructure in classified or similarly restricted federal environments.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates, or comparable tools; practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Strong scripting skills with Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with Git-based version control, branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and reviewing or guiding junior engineers.
• Working knowledge of Linux administration, cloud networking, identity and access management, and secrets management, plus the ability to troubleshoot across infrastructure and application layers and communicate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with Azure Government Secret environments and federal system modernization programs, including production transitions.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-53, RMF, ATO processes, and STIG implementation.
• Experience with Nessus, SonarQube, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Aqua Security, or comparable security tools.
• Experience with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Experience supporting SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, data engineering, or machine learning platforms such as Databricks and Apache Spark.
• Relevant Microsoft Azure administration, DevOps, or security certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with competitive salary and benefits.
• 401(k) matching; PPO and HDHP medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Education reimbursement, complimentary life insurance, generous PTO, and holiday leave.
• On-site office gym access and a commuter benefits plan.