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Lead DevOps Engineer

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1 month ago
San Diego, CA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$175k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure and tooling for deploying software into operational environments.
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines across multiple deployment environments and classification levels.
  • Support cloud toolsets and configure, maintain, and monitor Kubernetes clusters and pod configurations.
  • Improve developer productivity, application performance, security monitoring, alerting, reliability, and compliance with Department of Defense standards.
  • Coordinate with corporate IT and customer environments to maintain reliable team infrastructure toolsets.
  • Coach team members on DevOps practices, lead engineering teams, and improve development processes.

Requirements

  • U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. security clearance with SCI eligibility.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field and at least 5 years of work experience.
  • Experience with GitLab and CI/CD pipeline automation; AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; Ansible or Chef; Docker or Podman; and Kubernetes management solutions such as EKS or Rancher.
  • Experience deploying and monitoring Kubernetes clusters and pod configurations, with basic Linux system administration knowledge.
  • Knowledge of Python, Linux Shell, and cybersecurity fundamentals.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences and work independently and collaboratively.
  • Preferred qualifications include an active Top Secret clearance, an advanced degree, experience with web-service stacks, Jira, GitOps tools, artifact repositories, code analysis tools, and Agile/Scrum team leadership.
  • Current Security+ certification is preferred.
  • Must be located in or willing to relocate to San Diego, Denver, Arlington, or Boston.

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangement with remote work permitted when facilities are not required.
  • Expected on-site work 2–3 days per week at STR or U.S. Government facilities, including access to classified operational networks.
  • Full-time position with work locations near Boston, Arlington, Dayton, Melbourne, and Carlsbad.

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSAzureChefDockerGoogle CloudKubernetesLinuxPythonRancherSonarQubeTerraform

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