DevSecOps Engineer Associate

Job ID: 2616945
Location: Newport, RI, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-17
Category: Software
Subcategory: DevSecOps
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: Interim_Secret
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking a detail-oriented Linux Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer to work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center alongside the government customer.
As a Linux Systems Administrator / DevOps Engineer, you will apply strong Linux administration, troubleshooting, and technical communication skills to support mission, operational, engineering, research, and administrative activities. You will administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux-based systems in command-line-only environments; support established system operations and development environments; and assist with continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) workflows.
You will collaborate with government personnel, subject-matter experts, developers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to assess technical issues, evaluate solution options, identify risks and dependencies, and communicate recommendations clearly. You will develop and maintain standard operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, technical documentation, and concise status updates that support reliable, repeatable, and mission-relevant operations. Your expertise will help ensure systems and supporting environments are properly maintained, well documented, and delivered on schedule in accordance with established processes.
Qualifications
Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship.
• Active DoW Secret clearance or higher.
• Bachelor's degree (four-year) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field; or an equivalent combination of relevant education, training, certifications, and professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to administer, troubleshoot, and maintain Linux systems. Must be able to work effectively and independently in command-line-only environments.
• Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment (CI/CD) concepts and tools; able to support build, test, deployment, validation, rollback, and release-management workflows.
• Working knowledge of general cloud concepts, including compute, storage, networking, identity and access management, virtualization, containers, availability, scalability, monitoring, and shared-responsibility principles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess technical issues, evaluate multiple solution options, identify risks and dependencies, and communicate recommendations clearly.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation, standard operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and concise status updates.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with collaborative and technical-workflow tools such as SharePoint, Teams, Confluence, Git-based repositories, ticketing systems, or similar platforms.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .