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Lead DevOps Engineer
$175K–$240K
Arlington, VA +3 · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
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; positions require employees to obtain national security clearances and comply with export control and other applicable laws.
About the job
Leads software teams in building and maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD tooling to deploy applications in operational, including classified, environments.
What you'll do
- Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for varied deployment environments; maintain infrastructure and tooling.
- Support cloud toolsets and CI/CD environments across classification levels, with attention to productivity, performance, security monitoring, and reliability.
- Coordinate with corporate IT and customer environments, coach team members on DevOps practices, and improve processes.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship and active U.S. Security Clearance with SCI Eligibility.
- BS in Computer Science or related field with at least 5 years of work experience.
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Gitlab), cloud platforms and provisioning tools, containers, Kubernetes management and deployment, 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 a related field.
- Experience with web-service stacks, Jira, GitOps tools, artifact repositories, code analysis tools, Terraform, Agile/SCRUM leadership, or current Security+ Certification.
Pay
USD $175,000 - $240,000 annual full-time salary
Tools
Gitlab, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Ansible, Chef, Docker, Podman
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