Shield AI
Staff Engineer, HMS DevOps/DevEx (R6196)
Washington, D.C. · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and maintain DevOps and developer-experience automation, CI/CD pipelines, and secure cloud testing environments for Hivemind Solutions.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner environments for C++, Python, and Node.js projects; automate integrations among GitLab, Jira, and Confluence.
- Extend the pi-gov harness with secure, audited LLM routing configurations and deploy and scale Forge in Azure Gov Cloud.
- Secure Artifactory registries and support reproducible Nix developer environments, troubleshooting build and infrastructure issues.
What they ask for
- Practical experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems, with deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner infrastructure.
- Experience scripting in Bash or Python and using webhooks/APIs to automate and integrate engineering tools.
- Hands-on containerization experience and package-manager experience; familiarity with cloud workloads, secure development, secret management, identity providers, and Linux administration, networking, and troubleshooting.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
Tools
GitLab CI/CD, C++, Python, Node.js, Bash, Jira, Confluence, Azure Gov Cloud
AI focus
Write custom extensions for the pi-gov GenAI routing harness, configuring secure, audited LLM routing rules and local container configurations.
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