Job Details

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI upwards)

Location: Washington, D.C.

Type: Hybrid

MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE OR HIGHER (CI / FS POLY)

My client, a industry leading software company supporting global security, defense, and commercial sectors is seeking a range of cleared sytems, cloud, platform, software and devops engineers (Top Secret upwards) to work on several new programs. As long as you have a Top secret clearance or higher (SCI / CI / FS), you can start work straight away.

All applicants must be happy with being cleared up to a FS / FULL SCOPE level, you can work from day 1 whilst they put you throught this.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operate and maintain production systems, including monitoring, configuration management, and system upgrades
• Automate operational workflows using infrastructure-as-code and scripting tools
• Deploy new applications and assist with infrastructure migrations and updates
• Troubleshoot complex system and infrastructure issues across the stack
• Contribute to CI/CD processes, release pipelines, and rollback mechanisms
• Support containerized services, cloud provisioning, and version control
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation (typically 1 week per month)

Technologies You'll Work With:

• Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC), hybrid cloud/on-prem environments
• Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS
• DevOps Tools: Puppet, Ansible, Terraform (or similar), Jenkins
• Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
• Databases: Postgres, Oracle, Cassandra, Elasticsearch
• Languages: Python, Bash, Java

What You Bring:

• Strong experience in DevOps and systems engineering roles
• Hands-on expertise in automating deployments and infrastructure provisioning
• Proficient in scripting (Python, Bash) and using configuration management tools
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (especially AWS) and containerized environments
• Solid understanding of monitoring, alerting, and production support practices
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, problem-solving approach

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI clearance

Benefits:

• Salaries $125k - $275k +/- D.o.E
• PTO: 20 Days + Public Holidays + Sick
• 401K - Match to 5%
• 100% Healthcare, Dental, Vision + Low cost family additions
• Upgrade clearance - All the way up to FS polygraph (can work from day 1 whilst this is being put through)
• and lots more!