DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI clearance - Chantilly, VA

PGTEK•Chantilly, VA

6h•$155,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

PGTEK is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support a federal customer in Chantilly, Virginia. The role designs, deploys, maintains, and secures enterprise IT infrastructure for mission-critical workloads. The engineer works with a multidisciplinary team across the infrastructure stack, including operating systems, networking, identity management and authentication services, Kubernetes and OpenShift, storage, and application platforms. The work includes infrastructure automation, containerized application support, platform service maintenance, and ensuring infrastructure reliability, security, and scalability. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance and onsite work five days per week in Chantilly, VA. The engineer will administer Linux and other operating systems; deploy and operate Kubernetes and container platforms; support networking, identity, storage, and application services; and develop automation and operational documentation. The role involves troubleshooting issues across multiple infrastructure layers and collaborating with architects, developers, platform and network engineers, security teams, and project management. The posting also describes preferred experience in storage, disaster recovery, locally hosted AI workloads, and advanced networking diagnostics. PGTEK describes itself as a consulting organization that helps clients meet business and technology objectives. It invests in employees’ professional and business certifications and describes its employees as central to the company.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to maintain program access.
Ability to work onsite five days per week in Chantilly, Virginia.
Proficiency administering multiple operating systems, including Linux and Windows; experience supporting Linux is central to the role.
Strong understanding of operating system configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure and platform services.
Understanding of networking concepts including bonding, bridging, VLANs, firewalls, and network troubleshooting.
Ability to analyze complex technical issues across operating systems, networking, and infrastructure components.
Experience deploying, managing, and monitoring Kubernetes environments and supporting containerized applications running within them.
Hands-on experience containerizing applications using Docker and/or Podman; familiarity with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift environments.
Ability to troubleshoot container workloads and associated infrastructure services.
Working knowledge of authentication protocols and methodologies and experience with one or more of IdM, OIDC, Keycloak, or Authentik.
Understanding of authentication, authorization, encryption, and access control principles, and ability to troubleshoot related infrastructure issues.
Knowledge of one or more scripting or programming languages, including Python, Go, or Bash, and ability to develop scripts for infrastructure administration, configuration, deployment, and troubleshooting.
Understanding of automation principles and repeatable infrastructure processes, with ability to identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional engineering teams.
Strong communication and technical documentation skills.
Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and priorities and commitment to continued learning and professional development.
Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience administering file, block, and object storage technologies; familiarity with NFS and S3-compatible storage; and understanding of storage provisioning, integration, and troubleshooting.
Experience supporting storage services within Kubernetes and enterprise infrastructure environments.
Experience managing, implementing, and validating disaster recovery processes; familiarity with infrastructure backup, recovery, and restoration; and understanding of availability, resiliency, and recovery requirements.
Experience deploying and utilizing locally hosted Large Language Models (LLMs), familiarity with local AI workload infrastructure requirements, or experience supporting containerized AI applications and related platform services.
Experience with Linux networking and advanced troubleshooting tools; familiarity with iptables and eBPF; and experience using tcpdump and Wireshark for network diagnostics and packet analysis.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, configure, maintain, and secure enterprise IT infrastructure supporting mission-critical workloads.
Support infrastructure services and platforms including DNS, Identity Management (IdM), OpenShift Container Platform, OAuth, DHCP, S3, NFS, and application services.
Automate deployment and configuration of operating systems, applications, infrastructure services, and platform components.
Support infrastructure lifecycle activities, including provisioning, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
Analyze complex infrastructure problems and develop effective, sustainable technical solutions.
Collaborate with architects, developers, platform engineers, and project management teams to deliver reliable infrastructure capabilities.
Support infrastructure scalability, availability, security, and operational performance, and adapt to changing technical requirements and program priorities.
Deploy, configure, manage, and monitor Kubernetes environments and containerized applications.
Support Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, and Podman platforms; automate platform component deployment and maintenance; and troubleshoot clusters and container workloads.
Containerize applications and support their deployment and lifecycle management across containerized environments.
Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux-based infrastructure and support Linux, Windows, BSD, and UNIX environments.
Perform system configuration, software installation, patching, upgrades, and operational maintenance while supporting performance, availability, and security requirements.
Develop and maintain automation scripts to simplify system administration and infrastructure operations, and ensure configurations follow established standards and security requirements.
Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network infrastructure, including bonding, bridging, VLANs, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, and connectivity between clusters, applications, storage, and enterprise services.
Support enterprise identity management, authentication, authorization, and access control; configure and troubleshoot related infrastructure and technologies such as IdM, OIDC, Keycloak, and Authentik.
Apply security best practices involving encryption, authentication, authorization, and access controls; maintain compliance with security policies, infrastructure standards, and program requirements.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, operating system configuration, application deployment, and platform maintenance; improve operational repeatability and efficiency.
Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration procedures, and operational runbooks, and support continuous improvement of platform engineering practices.
Support file, block, and object storage; NFS and S3-compatible storage; storage provisioning and integration; and application infrastructure deployment, configuration, and maintenance.
Work with engineering, architecture, development, networking, security, and project management teams; communicate technical issues, proposed solutions, and infrastructure changes; and manage competing priorities.
Support infrastructure deployment, sustainment, and operational troubleshooting.
Support disaster recovery testing and infrastructure validation if needed, as part of the preferred qualification area.

Benefits

Comprehensive PPO medical coverage with access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) option.
Vision plan.
Dental insurance, with the base dental plan option paid for by PGTEK.
Life insurance premiums covered.
Short- and long-term disability insurance premiums covered.
Critical illness insurance premiums covered.
Matching 401(k) plan.
Discount on pet insurance through ASPCA Pet Insurance.
Employee Assistance Program at no cost to all employees.
Generous PTO and holidays.
Education Assistance Program available after 12 months of employment.
Resources to complete professional and business certifications.