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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

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