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Lead DevOps Engineer
$175K–$240K
San Diego, CA +3 · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, CA
Arlington, Virginia, United States
San Diego, California, United States
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- At least 5 years of work experience.
- Education
- BS in Computer Science or related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
About the job
Leads software teams in building and maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD tooling for deploying applications across operational environments, including classified networks.
What you'll do
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for varied deployment environments and maintain infrastructure and tooling.
- Support cloud toolsets and CI/CD environments across classification levels, including performance, security monitoring, alerting, and DoD compliance.
- Coach team members on DevOps practices and improve engineering processes while coordinating with customer environments and corporate IT.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizen with active U.S. Security Clearance and SCI Eligibility.
- BS in Computer Science or related field.
- Experience with CI/CD, cloud platforms, automated provisioning, containerization, Kubernetes, Linux administration, Python, Linux Shell, and cybersecurity fundamentals.
- Located in San Diego, Denver, Arlington, or Boston, or willing to relocate.
Nice to have
- Active Top Secret clearance; advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Experience with web-service stacks, Jira, GitOps, artifact repositories, code analysis tools, Terraform, Agile/SCRUM team leadership, or current Security+ certification.
Pay
USD $175,000 - $240,000 (base salary)
Tools
Gitlab, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Ansible, Chef, Docker, Podman
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