TS SCI w/ CI Poly Cleared Sr Devops Engineer

Our client, a leader in the HCM space, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a long-term contract with a strong likelihood of extension. This individual will work a hybrid schedule out of Reston, VA and will be responsible for deploying, securing, and maintaining the core developer infrastructure that supports federal cloud environments. The Senior DevOps Engineer will partner with cloud engineering and security teams to automate infrastructure deployments, manage enterprise development toolchains, and ensure all environments meet federal security and compliance standards.

Responsibilities

deploying, securing, and maintaining the core developer infrastructure that supports federal cloud environments; partnering with cloud engineering and security teams; automating infrastructure deployments; managing enterprise development toolchains; ensuring all environments meet federal security and compliance standards

Requirements

5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Platform Engineering; Strong experience with Terraform and Terragrunt for Infrastructure as Code (IaC); Hands-on experience with Ansible for configuration management, automation, and Linux administration; Experience supporting AWS cloud environments, including IAM, networking, encryption, and storage services; Experience deploying and administering Kubernetes environments and containerized applications; Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI or Jenkins; Strong Linux administration experience (RHEL, Amazon Linux, or similar); Experience implementing STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, FIPS, or other federal security standards; Experience supporting enterprise developer tools such as Git-based source control, artifact repositories, or vulnerability scanning platforms; Strong scripting experience using Python; Managing GitHub Enterprise; Running J-Frog Reificatory Server/X ray; TS SCI w/ CI Poly clearance and US Citizenship required; US based resources eligible for work in the US or US Citizens traveling abroad

Nice to have

Experience supporting Government Cloud, DoD, or Intelligence Community environments; Experience working in air-gapped or highly secure cloud environments; Experience with NGINX or other reverse proxy technologies; Experience with observability tools such as Splunk, Prometheus, or Grafana; Familiarity with Helm, container orchestration, and Kubernetes security best practices; Experience implementing secure software supply chain or vulnerability remediation workflows; Security certifications such as Security+, CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, or similar

Benefits

excellent benefits and compensation packages