Senior DevOps Engineer/Technical Services Manager

About the role

FTI is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with an interest in leadership to join a highly collaborative, cross-functional engineering environment. The candidate will work closely with Engineering Managers, Technical Services Managers, and teammates across the broader space portfolio. This role is not isolated; success comes from teamwork, communication, and active engagement across multiple technical disciplines. FTI provides mission‑tailored, technology‑enabled services that enhance decision‑making for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Federal Government, supporting those who safeguard the nation by delivering advanced technology, expert services, and a culture grounded in the 4Cs: Core Values (ethics, morals, integrity, honesty, sincerity), Commitment, Compassion, and Charity. The position is based in Colorado Springs, CO (candidates must be in, or willing to relocate to, Colorado Springs). Approximately 90% of the role focuses on hands‑on DevOps engineering activities, with the remaining 10% supporting team coordination, coaching, culture, and collaboration across a unified engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to improve process automation, automate existing and new processes, maintain and deploy cloud infrastructure, and support the Agile software development lifecycle build process.
• Apply Python and Ansible experience to networking technologies, including routing and switching, and manage heterogeneous environments.
• Support the full lifecycle of software systems, including development, testing, and deployment.
• Develop automation solutions using Ansible Automation Platform and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Use automation tools to reduce security compliance errors and vulnerabilities and improve GitLab security reporting.
• Integrate automation solutions with internal back‑end infrastructure systems.
• Perform root cause analysis for security‑related issues in development environments.
• Investigate and resolve security, technical, and other potential CI/CD issues.
• Identify technical problems and develop software updates and fixes.
• Assist with establishing, maintaining, and enforcing container standards.
• Apply industry best practices to incorporate security within a Software Factory.
• Analyze GitLab security scans and work with development teams to resolve identified issues.
• Manage repositories and maintain collaborative version control.
• Support cloud computing environments, including AWS, GovCloud, or similar platforms.
• Coordinate staffing across the space portfolio to match engineers with project needs and relevant technical skills.
• Conduct regular one‑on‑one meetings focused on coaching, career development, well‑being, and role clarity.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback to support employee growth and address challenges early.
• Promote a unified team culture built on trust, inclusion, accountability, transparency, and psychological safety.
• Monitor team workload, morale, and team objectives.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Program Leads, and other Technical Services Managers to support shared priorities and upcoming staffing demands.
• Reinforce cross‑team communication to ensure engineers have support, connection