Skylight

Senior/Staff DevOps Engineer (U.S. Air Force)

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19 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+

Base Salary

$150k - $203k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, SBOM generation, and automated testing.
  • Migrate the first application to a DoD software factory and assess pipeline options for the broader portfolio.
  • Create and maintain infrastructure as code and standardize deployment processes.
  • Configure monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance capabilities.
  • Work with security engineers to produce evidence for continuous authorization.
  • Apply security and privacy best practices and help defend against common vulnerabilities.
  • Pair with and coach government engineers and incoming military developers on modern engineering practices.

Requirements

  • Understand modern software development concepts and collaborate closely with software engineers.
  • Manage interconnected cloud-centric systems while ensuring availability, reliability, and resiliency.
  • Enable continuous delivery through CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning.
  • Know how to build secure, compliant applications and address common vulnerabilities.
  • Have experience with infrastructure monitoring, metrics, alerting, logging, auditability, and compliance.
  • Have experience with infrastructure as code and standardized deployment processes.
  • Have experience working in a government or regulated environment with formal security authorization such as an ATO.
  • Have experience working on cross-functional teams using iterative delivery.
  • Preferred experience includes DoD software factories such as Cloud One, MDaaS, or Platform One; on-premises systems or on-premises-to-cloud migrations; GitLab CI; Checkmarx or similar static code scanning; SBOM generation; continuous ATO; RMF; eMASS; inherited controls; and technology delivery in government or regulated environments.
  • U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain a Common Access Card and any required special access, and successfully complete a company background check.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work within the United States, excluding U.S. territories, with occasional travel to Montgomery, Alabama, and other U.S. Air Force bases.
  • Full-time, exempt employment targeting a November 30, 2026 start date pending contract award.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and AD&D insurance.
  • Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, and health savings account.
  • Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching up to 10% of salary with no vesting period.
  • Flexible paid time off generally around 25 days per year plus 11 paid federal holidays.
  • Up to 12 weeks of paid leave for eligible new birth, adoption, or foster parents.
  • Performance rewards, annual bonuses, spot bonuses, stock options, business development and sales bonuses, and referral bonuses.
  • Annual professional development, technology purchase, and company merchandise allowances.

Tech Stack

GitLab CI/CD

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