DevOps Engineer - Senior

AnaVation • Washington, DC

64d • Onsite

About The Position

AnaVation is seeking a Sr DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, secure, and operate our DevSecOps platforms across multiple VPCs and enclaves—owning backups, patching, upgrades, developer workstations, monitoring, and overall security posture while deploying services on IaaS, administering Linux, and debugging cluster-based architectures in an agile, mission-driven environment.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Proven experience designing, deploying, testing, certifying, operating, and patching DevSecOps infrastructure tools.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve interoperability issues across operating systems, support libraries, components, and application dependencies.
• Track record serving as the primary O&M owner for multiple platform/tools.
• Hands-on experience deploying and configuring services on an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider (e.g., AWS/Azure).
• Strong Linux administration skills for dynamic websites/applications (system hardening, services, networking).
• Experience debugging and optimizing cluster-based/distributed architectures (containers/orchestration preferred).
• Proficiency automating tasks with scripting or basic programming (Bash, Python, or PowerShell).
• Practical experience installing, configuring, and managing open-source monitoring/alerting stacks (e.g., ELK/OpenSearch).
• A current Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and the ability to obtain a polygraph.
• Can be on-site 5 days a week.

Nice To Haves

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), configuration management (Ansible/Chef/Puppet).
• Cloud/IaaS experience (AWS/Azure), including networking, IAM, and cost/rightsizing awareness.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS Benchmarks) and secure baselining.
• Experience with artifact repositories, secrets management, and SBOM/signing (e.g., Cosign).
• Certifications (e.g., AWS/Azure associate-level, Security+, Linux+, CKA/CKAD) or equivalent proven work

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, test, certify, operate, and patch DevSecOps infrastructure tools.
• Address interoperability issues across operating systems, support libraries, components, and application dependencies.
• Serve as the primary O&M owner for multiple tools.
• Deploy and configure services using an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider.
• Configure and administer Linux-based servers for dynamic websites and applications.
• Debug and optimize cluster-based/distributed computing architectures.
• Automate tasks and solve problems using scripting or basic programming (e.g., Bash/Python/PowerShell).
• Install, configure, and manage open-source monitoring and alerting tools.

Benefits

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
• 100% company paid long-term and short term disability insurance
• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
• Competitive Pay
• Generous paid leave and holiday package
• Tuition and training reimbursement
• Life and AD&D Insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees