Sr. DevOps Engineer (6842) (Up to $25k Sign-on)
MetroStar · Reston, VA · 6 days ago
On-siteEngineering$170k–$260k/yrFull-time
About the role
As a Sr. DevOps Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in designing, operating, and improving shared cloud and DevOps platform services used by multiple customer mission teams. This role supports Linux-based environments, AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, and load balancing, containerized services using Docker or Podman, and CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or GitLab. This role provides reliable, secure, and reusable platform capabilities while customer teams retain ownership of their application-specific pipelines, releases, and delivery processes.
Responsibilities
- Engineer, administer, automate, and sustain shared platform services that support multiple customer teams.
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot shared Linux-based cloud and DevOps services used by multiple customer mission teams.
- Provision, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize AWS infrastructure and services, including EC2, S3, RDS, and Elastic Load Balancing capabilities.
- Support the operation of containerized services and workloads.
- Configure, administer, integrate, and troubleshoot CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins and/or GitLab.
- Develop and maintain automation scripts, configuration patterns, deployment procedures, and reusable technical solutions to improve platform reliability and repeatability.
- Integrate shared platform tooling with source control, artifact repositories, authentication/authorization services, security tooling, monitoring, logging, and ticketing systems as applicable.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI with CI Poly (or ability to obtain CI Poly).
- 4‑10+ years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, platform operations, cloud infrastructure, or infrastructure engineering.
- Experience administering and troubleshooting Linux‑based systems in production or mission environments.
- Experience supporting AWS infrastructure (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Security Groups, and Load Balancing).
- Experience building, running, troubleshooting, or supporting containerized workloads with Docker and/or Podman.
- Experience with building CI/CD pipelines from scratch with Gitlab and/or Jenkins.
- Experience with Git‑based source‑control workflows.
- Ability to automate infrastructure and processes using Bash and/or Python.
- Ability to work independently and communicate with stakeholders across a global enterprise and cross‑functional teams to drive project completion.
- Role openings: Level 1 (4‑7 years), Level 2 (8‑9 years), Level 3 (10+ years).
Pay
Salary range: $170,000 – $260,000. Additional compensation may include performance‑based bonuses, company‑paid training and/or certifications, and referral bonuses.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
- Parental leave and dependent care
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
- Employee assistance and wellness programs