DevOps Engineer (6842) (Up to $25k Sign-on)

MetroStar•Reston, VA

About The Position

The DevOps Engineer designs, operates, and improves shared cloud and DevOps platform services used by multiple customer mission teams. The role supports Linux-based environments, AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and load balancing, containerized services using Docker or Podman, and CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or GitLab. It provides reliable, secure, and reusable platform capabilities while customer teams retain ownership of their application-specific pipelines, releases, and delivery processes. The engineer builds and sustains shared platform services, supports AWS infrastructure and container workloads, configures and troubleshoots CI/CD tools, and develops automation and reusable technical solutions. The role also integrates platform tooling with source control, artifact repositories, identity and access services, security tools, monitoring, logging, and ticketing systems as applicable. Several openings are available at Levels 1–3, corresponding to 4–7, 8–9, and 10 or more years of experience.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly, or ability to obtain CI Poly.
4–10+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, platform operations, cloud infrastructure, or infrastructure engineering.
Experience administering and troubleshooting Linux-based systems in production or mission environments.
Experience supporting AWS infrastructure, such as EC2, S3, RDS, Security Groups, and load balancing.
Experience building, running, troubleshooting, or supporting containerized workloads with Docker and/or Podman.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch with GitLab and/or Jenkins.
Experience with Git-based source-control workflows.
Ability to automate infrastructure and processes using Bash and/or Python.
Ability to work independently and communicate with stakeholders across a global enterprise and cross-functional teams to drive project completion.

Responsibilities

Engineer, administer, automate, and sustain shared platform services that support multiple customer teams.
Build, maintain, and troubleshoot shared Linux-based cloud and DevOps services used by customer mission teams.
Provision, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize AWS infrastructure and services, including EC2, S3, RDS, and Elastic Load Balancing capabilities.
Support the operation of containerized services and workloads.
Configure, administer, integrate, and troubleshoot CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins and/or GitLab.
Develop and maintain automation scripts, configuration patterns, deployment procedures, and reusable technical solutions to improve platform reliability and repeatability.
Integrate shared platform tooling with source control, artifact repositories, authentication/authorization services, security tooling, monitoring, logging, and ticketing systems as applicable.
Work independently and communicate with stakeholders across a global enterprise and cross-functional teams to drive project completion.