DevOps Engineer with Security Clearance

Shadowgate Partners is seeking a DevOps Engineer for our client, who for over 40 years has been a leading provider of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and specialized communications systems to the Intelligence Community, with deep expertise across strategic and tactical missions. This is a fully funded position with the client serving as prime on the contract, available for immediate start. This role is 100% onsite at the client's facility in Fairfax, VA.

The DevOps Engineer will work in a fast-paced environment to assist in migration and deployment of applications across both on-prem and cloud infrastructures. Support onboarding of new tenants and assist application developers with creating deployments, standing up common services, and recommending solutions for maximizing efficient use of hardware resources. Technical Requirements - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) and/or hardware/virtualization (HPE, VMware)

• Experience successfully navigating the Kubernetes landscape and familiarity with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) tools and software
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Terragrunt, etc.)
• Experience with configuration management automation (Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
• Experience with application deployment using CI/CD and Git workflows (pipelines utilizing GitLab, Jenkins, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 9, RPM-based)
• Experience/exposure with metrics tooling (Elastic, etc.)
• Experience working within a program of record supporting security requirements and system hardening
• Scripting (Python, Bash, etc.)

Desired Skills - Experience with storage provisioning (OpenEBS, S3, etc.) along with data backup and restore

• Microservices architecture and design
• Experience working in a collaborative, agile environment that supports rapidly changing requirements Educational Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Master's Degree preferred. Security Clearance TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph after starting in role. Experience Level Open to candidates of all levels (individual contributors). Salary Range $125,000–$215,000 Benefits Our Client offers an incredible benefits package including a 25% 401(k) company contribution, an additional 25% Individual Benefits Account (IBA) contribution covering health insurance premiums, 8 weeks of PTO, and 100% tuition and books reimbursement.