Sr. DevOps Engineer (DevSecOps)

TL;DR

Sr. DevOps Engineer (DevSecOps): Build, secure, automate, and operate mission systems across Red Hat Linux, virtualization, containers, and CI/CD environments with an accent on infrastructure reliability, platform automation, and security compliance. Focus on designing hardened pipelines, troubleshooting complex systems across the stack, and supporting scalable classified mission environments.

Location: Herndon, Virginia, United States; US citizenship, an active TS/SCI clearance, and an active CI polygraph are required.

Company

Mission-focused engineering and cleared technical support services are provided to national security customers across software, systems administration, and DevSecOps.

What you will do

• Modernize and operate infrastructure-dependent mission systems in classified environments.
• Design, maintain, and improve build, integration, testing, deployment, and operational pipelines.
• Administer and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including provisioning, patching, hardening, networking, performance tuning, and security.
• Develop automation and configuration management with Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Bash, and Python.
• Support CI/CD and developer platforms, virtualization, Kubernetes, Rancher, containers, storage, and enterprise infrastructure.
• Integrate access management, encryption, vulnerability remediation, configuration control, and secure deployment practices while collaborating with infrastructure, software, cybersecurity, and mission teams.

Requirements

• 7–10 years of experience in Linux administration, DevOps, DevSecOps, infrastructure engineering, or platform operations.
• Strong hands-on Red Hat Linux administration experience, including RHEL provisioning, Kickstart, Satellite, RPM packages, patching, tuning, networking, hardening, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Bash, Python, automation and configuration management tools, CI/CD platforms, Git, Bitbucket, Artifactory, Jira, and pipeline automation.
• Experience with VMware ESXi, vCenter, Rancher, Kubernetes, containers, or comparable platform technologies.
• US citizenship, an active TS/SCI clearance, and an active CI polygraph are required.
• Security+ or CISSP certification is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with secure software factories, hardened pipelines, mission applications, STIGs, RMF, vulnerability remediation, and access controls.
• Experience with Docker, Podman, Helm, AWS GovCloud, hybrid cloud, Terraform, Packer, or infrastructure as code.
• Experience working in Agile environments using Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on technical ownership with direct customer visibility and an opportunity to help establish a new Virginia program.
• Company-funded 401(k) profit sharing equal to 25% of base pay, vested from the first day of employment.
• Company-paid healthcare premiums with an HSA contribution.
• Annual performance bonuses and 250 hours of PTO, with up to 40 hours available for carryover.
• Company-sponsored events for employees and families, plus certification and tuition reimbursement.