Senior DevOps Engineer
TRIDENT SYSTEMS LLC•Sterling, VA
•Onsite
About The Position
Trident is seeking a highly capable Senior DevOps Engineer to support the development, automation, and modernization of software and embedded systems environments across mission-critical aerospace and defense programs. This role will drive CI/CD, infrastructure automation, system reliability, and DevOps process improvement across engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 6+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree (OR 4+ years with a master’s degree)
- Experience leading integration and production activities.
- Experience in supporting DevOps tools and associated pipeline environments such as Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, Zephyr, and Artifactory.
- Proficiency in Linux system administration and Git.
- Familiarity with automation strategies through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Ansible, Puppet, or Terraform.
- Scripting and/or coding skills (Java, Python, Bash, etc.).
Nice To Haves
- CompTIA Security+ certification.
- Experience creating product verification and validation plans.
- Experience with Azure services (VMs, Blob Storage, SQL dbs etc.)
- Experience working with Container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, etc.).
- Experience with on-premises to cloud migrations or IT transformations.
- Experience in system platform maintenance (STIGs, compile dependencies, etc.).
- Experience in database administration (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, etc.).
- Familiarity with Information Security frameworks/standards (CIS, NIST, RFC2196, etc.).
- Azure Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional.
- Ability to obtain a Security Clearance
Responsibilities
- Lead and support DevOps initiatives across software, embedded, and infrastructure environments.
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting embedded and cloud-based development workflows.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, deployment, and testing using Infrastructure as Code and scripting tools.
- Administer and optimize DevOps toolchains including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Support Linux and Windows development/test systems, Azure-based infrastructure, networking, authentication, patching, and monitoring solutions.
- Develop automated deployment strategies for virtualized, containerized, and embedded hardware environments.
- Collaborate with software, IT, security, and program teams to improve development, release, deployment, and compliance processes.
- Maintain engineering tool licensing, user access, backups, documentation, dashboards, and operational metrics.
- Support modernization efforts including application refactoring, cloud migration activities, and adoption of modern DevOps practices.
- Participate in Agile development activities including sprint planning, reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Basic life with AD&D
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
- Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- 401(k) (including company match)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
- Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
