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Senior DevOps Engineer (Cloud & Automation) with Security Clearance

Linchpin SoftwareChantilly, VA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 23, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers significant impact by automating and securing critical systems across the full technology stack, with ample opportunity for career growth and hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools. You'll thrive here if you're a seasoned engineer passionate about infrastructure as code and eager to build highly reliable, repeatable, and secure systems within a collaborative team environment, all while benefiting from a competitive salary of $140,000 - $180,000. Apply now to join Linchpin Software and shape the future of their mission-critical programs.

Quick Overview

Salary
$140k - $180k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Employee
Work mode
On Site
Location
Chantilly, VA, United States
Posted
Yesterday
DockerAWSAnsibleBashCloudFormationGitLab CIJenkinsKubernetesPythonTerraform

Job Description

Automate everything. Linchpin Software is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer who treats infrastructure as code and automation as a default. You'll work across the whole stack: data pipelines, application systems, security, and enterprise platforms. You'll make all of it more reliable, repeatable, and secure. Our engineers use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, GitLab Duo) to move faster and cut toil. If you like leaving systems better than you found them, you'll fit right in.

What You'll Do

  • Build and maintain cloud infrastructure entirely as code
  • Design and improve CI/CD pipelines for application and data workloads
  • Automate deployment, configuration, patching, and operations tasks
  • Support data pipelines and application systems in production
  • Build security and compliance into infrastructure and pipelines
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across enterprise systems Required:
  • Active Top Secret clearance
  • 8+ years of DevOps, cloud, or systems engineering experience
  • Hands-on Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar)
  • Experience with AWS or another major cloud platform
  • Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
  • Ability to work full-time, on-site in Chantilly, VA Preferred:
  • Docker and Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent)
  • GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar pipeline tooling
  • Experience with data pipelines and enterprise systems (search, databases, middleware)
  • Security hardening and DevSecOps practices
  • Linux / RHEL administration What You'll Gain:
  • Broad ownership across cloud, data, application, and security systems
  • A team that values automation over manual work
  • Hands-on experience with AI-accelerated engineering
  • A stable, long-term mission program Compensation: $140,000 – $180,000, plus competitive benefits.

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