DevOps Engineer

Grvty•San Antonio, VA

16d•$103,690 - $160,605

About The Position

GRVTY is hiring DevOps Engineers for multiple openings supporting secure, mission-focused cloud, edge, and container environments. The role helps automate infrastructure and deployment workflows, maintain operational reliability, and collaborate with engineers and customer stakeholders. Duties and technical depth vary by opening and may include AWS and Kubernetes administration, CI/CD and infrastructure automation, on-premises or portable edge deployment, system monitoring and troubleshooting, and technical leadership. Work may be full-time at a customer site in Fort Meade, Maryland; San Antonio, Texas; or Fort Belvoir, Virginia, or hybrid from GRVTY’s offices in Columbia, Maryland, or San Antonio, Texas. Onsite frequency, travel, and scheduling depend on the opening and customer requirements. Some positions may require five days per week at a customer site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens with an active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher. Depending on the opening, an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI, or an active TS/SCI clearance, may be required. Required experience and education vary by opening and leadership scope. General openings require at least five years of relevant experience with a related bachelor’s degree, three years with a related master’s degree, or nine years with a high-school diploma or equivalent. Openings with more extensive technical leadership require at least nine years with a related bachelor’s degree, seven years with a related master’s degree, or 13 years with a high-school diploma or equivalent. Designated openings may require a DoD 8140/8570-compliant certification such as Security+ at hire or within a specified period after hire. GRVTY offers competitive pay, benefits, and professional growth opportunities. The stated pay range is $103,690–$160,605. The benefits package supports employee and family well-being, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

Requirements

Active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher and U.S. citizenship.
Depending on the opening, an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI, or an active TS/SCI clearance.
General openings: at least five years of relevant experience with a related bachelor’s degree, three years with a related master’s degree, or nine years with a high-school diploma or equivalent.
Openings with more extensive technical leadership: at least nine years of relevant experience with a related bachelor’s degree, seven years with a related master’s degree, or 13 years with a high-school diploma or equivalent.
Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration, Linux administration and troubleshooting, and cloud deployment.
Experience with AWS services such as EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, or Lambda, together with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent infrastructure and configuration tools.
Ability to write automation using Python, Bash, or Go; familiarity with Git, Flux, or comparable delivery tooling.
Strong independent problem-solving and communication skills, and ability to work with Agile delivery teams.
Ability to meet onsite and travel requirements, which may include five days per week at a customer site.
For designated openings, a DoD 8140/8570-compliant certification such as Security+ may be required at start or within a specified period after hire.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Big Data Platforms, data lakes, or distributed-data workloads.
Experience with Hadoop, Accumulo, Ceph, Spark, NiFi, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or comparable services.
Hands-on experience with Helm, Flux, K9s, AWS CLI, and AWS services such as SNS, SQS, or Diode.
Experience with container and operating-system security hardening.
Experience supporting hybrid cloud and edge mission environments.
Experience designing performance improvements for high-availability systems.

Responsibilities

Develop, deploy, and maintain secure AWS infrastructure, including Kubernetes environments and managed container workloads.
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and configuration-management processes.
Deploy and support on-premises or portable edge infrastructure, depending on the opening.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application, cluster, and supporting-system performance, availability, and scalability.
Work with application teams to integrate services into repeatable deployment and release processes.
Use Python, Bash, or Go to automate operations, deployments, and recurring administrative tasks.
Maintain documentation, participate in Agile delivery, and improve operational security and reliability.
For openings with technical leadership responsibilities, mentor teammates, guide troubleshooting, and coordinate engineering work.
Depending on the opening, administer EKS, container builds, Kubernetes orchestration, AWS networking and storage, and deployment automation.
Depending on the opening, deploy portable or non-cloud environments, support operating-system provisioning, and troubleshoot edge connectivity.
Depending on the opening, own monitoring, incident troubleshooting, scaling, GitOps workflows, and repeatable CI/CD release processes.
Depending on the opening, provide technical guidance, mentoring, complex troubleshooting leadership, and coordination across customer and engineering teams.