Senior DevOps Engineer (Active TS/SCI Clearance)

StriveworksArlington, VA
$185,000 - $230,000Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you are where the platform meets the mission. Our systems stay online and reliable in the field because of what you build, automate, and maintain. Working across teams, you’ll define what needs to be built; you’ll then deploy it and keep it running across commercial, unclassified, CUI, and classified DOD networks. When there’s a problem without an owner, you take responsibility for it. New technologies are yours to explore, and the engineers behind you will learn from watching you work.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of direct, hands-on experience in Python and/or Golang programming, or other general purpose programming languages
  • Microservices deployment in Kubernetes
  • Diagnosing and resolving issues within containerized environments
  • Helm Chart and Kustomizations development/deployment
  • Automation and IaC
  • Cloud infrastructure
  • Managing and troubleshooting Linux systems
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance and US citizenship, as well as eligibility and willingness to undergo a Counterintelligence (CI) Scope Polygraph if required

Nice To Haves

  • Familiarity with DOD networking, tools, infrastructure, security requirements, and policies
  • Proficiency with US federal information system security policies, including STIGs, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC, and ICD 503
  • Experience with software deployments to on-premises and cloud-based unclassified, CUI, and classified networks within the DOD
  • Experience with DevSecOps/DevOps and CI/CD for the administration and deployment of GPU-enabled servers
  • Experience deploying or maintaining CNCF projects
  • Experience with NAS and SAN technologies
  • Experience working in a SCIF
  • Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native applications and services in DDIL environments

Responsibilities

  • Build, automate, and maintain systems to ensure they stay online and reliable in the field.
  • Define what needs to be built.
  • Deploy and maintain systems across commercial, unclassified, CUI, and classified DOD networks.
  • Take responsibility for problems without an owner.
  • Explore new technologies.

Benefits

  • Medical/dental/vision insurance
  • Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
  • HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
  • 401(k) plan
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave
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