DevSecOps Engineer Associate

About the role

SAIC is seeking a detail‑oriented Linux Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer to work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI, supporting the government customer. The position offers potential for remote work (ORA_ON_SITE) and involves up to 10% travel.

Responsibilities

• Apply strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, and technical communication skills to support mission, operational, engineering, research, and administrative activities.
• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux‑based systems in command‑line‑only environments.
• Support established system operations and development environments.
• Assist with continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) workflows.
• Collaborate with government personnel, subject‑matter experts, developers, engineers, and cross‑functional teams to assess technical issues, evaluate solution options, identify risks and dependencies, and communicate recommendations clearly.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, technical documentation, and concise status updates.
• Ensure systems and supporting environments are properly maintained, well documented, and delivered on schedule in accordance with established processes.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree (four‑year) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field; or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to administer, troubleshoot, and maintain Linux systems; able to work effectively and independently in command‑line‑only environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools; able to support build, test, deployment, validation, rollback, and release‑management workflows.
• Working knowledge of general cloud concepts, including compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, virtualization, containers, availability, scalability, monitoring, and shared‑responsibility principles.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to assess technical issues, evaluate multiple solution options, identify risks and dependencies, and communicate recommendations clearly.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and concise status updates.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with collaborative and technical‑workflow tools such as SharePoint, Teams, Confluence, Git‑based repositories, ticketing systems, or similar platforms.

Schedule

Full‑Time