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Chantilly, VA Herndon, VA McLean, VA
Top Secret/SCI Polygraph
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Job Description
Overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in building, automating, and maintaining scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, with a passion for improving system reliability and performance.
What will you do?
Do you have what it takes?
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in building, automating, and maintaining scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, with a passion for improving system reliability and performance.
What will you do?
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable application deployments
- Build and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
- Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to streamline release processes
- Implement and maintain containerization and orchestration solutions (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Troubleshoot system issues across environments and implement solutions to prevent recurrence
- Ensure compliance with security best practices and organizational policies
- Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of cloud environments
Do you have what it takes?
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related roles
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, or Go)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Experience with containerization tools (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates)
- Experience with version control systems (Git)
- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems
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