DevOps Engineer

NewGen

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • TS/SCI CI Poly Clearance required
  • IC Green Badge required
  • 3+ years in DevSecOps or Site Reliability Engineering in cloud environment (AWS preferred)
  • Hands-on CI/CD pipeline management experience (GitLab CI preferred)
  • Proficiency with containerized deployments (ECS, Docker)
  • Experience with AWS infrastructure services (e.g., Lambda, RDS)
  • Familiarity with change management and security accreditation processes in a DoD/IC environment

Responsibilities

  • Manage multiple application deployments, including code updates and troubleshooting
  • Oversee the Change Management process for production deployments, coordinating with stakeholders
  • Maintain security and compliance documentation and policies
  • Operate and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure management

Benefits

  • Working on-site at secure facilities in Virginia
  • Opportunity to work in a national security environment
  • Long-term engagement until July 2027
  • Exposure to advanced technologies in cloud and DevSecOps
  • Collaborative environment with stakeholders in defense and intelligence sectors
Full Job Description
This opportunity is anticipated to start at the beginning of August, ending at the end of July 2027. Candidates must be willing to work in SCIF at Herndon or Springfield, VA up to 100% of each week.

Responsibilities
  • Manage application deployments across multiple environments - including deploying code updates, troubleshooting deployment failures, and executing environment-specific configurations
  • Own the Change Management (CHG) process for production deployments - prepare and submit change requests, shepherd them through ISO, TESR, and Outage Board approval gates, and coordinate deployment windows with stakeholders
  • Maintain security and compliance posture - manage XACTA documentation, ensure TESR approval requirements are met, enforce enterprise log retention policies (NSS requirements)
  • Operate and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure - manage GitLab CI configurations

Requirements
  • TS/SCI CI Poly Clearance
  • IC Green Badge
  • 3+ years of experience in DevSecOps or Site Reliability Engineering in a cloud environment (AWS preferred)
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline management (GitLab CI preferred)
  • Proficiency with containerized deployments - ECS, Docker, and container orchestration
  • Experience with AWS infrastructure services - Lambda, RDS, VPC, CloudWatch, SSM Parameter Store, S3
  • Familiarity with change management and security accreditation processes in a DoD/IC environment (CHG submissions, RMF, XACTA)
  • Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and rollback procedures
Desired Skills
  • Active customer accounts are preferred, but will ultimately require SBU, COE
  • Experience with EKS (Kubernetes) migrations or hybrid ECS/EKS environments
  • Familiarity with Springfield, VA customer enterprise requirements for National Security Systems (NSS), including log retention and compliance standards
  • Experience with MCP server deployment
  • Node.js / TypeScript ecosystem familiarity (Lambda runtimes, dependency management, layer packaging)
  • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security Specialty)


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