Staff DevOps Engineer (R6668)

Job Description:

What you'll do:

• Extend and mirror build and CI/CD capabilities into classified and air-gapped environments, keeping them aligned with unclassified development workflows.
• Design, stand up, and maintain on-premises physical build infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, and build clusters), including hardware selection, rack/install, provisioning, and lifecycle management.
• Architect and support multi-classification deployments, including controlled transfer of source, dependencies, artifacts, and containers across network boundaries.
• Work with Security, IT, and ISSM/ISSO teams to make sure build systems meet accreditation and compliance requirements (e.g., RMF, DISA STIGs, NIST 800-53/800-171).
• Be an expert on our software build and delivery process, from developer workstations to CI to deployment.
• Improve developer velocity by reducing build/test cycle time and removing pipeline bottlenecks.
• Work with Software Engineers to understand their requirements, propose designs, and implement solutions.
• Partner with developers to resolve build/test failures quickly and set best practices for integration.
• Integrate CI pipelines with HIL and simulation environments for automated validation.
• Implement monitoring, dashboards, and alerts for build system performance across local development, CI, and classified environments.
• Use agentic solutions to quickly identify the root cause of build failures and route the right feedback to the responsible Software Engineer.

Required qualifications:

• BS in CS, CE, EE, or related field with 7+ years of industry experience (or MS/PhD with 5+ years).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret clearance.
• Hands-on experience provisioning and administering physical servers and on-prem infrastructure.
• Understanding of and hands-on experience using AI tools (e.g., LLMs, coding assistants, agentic workflows) to improve engineering productivity and automate workflows.
• Strong understanding of dependency management, artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory, Nexus), and package managers (e.g., Conan, CPM, pip).
• Proficiency with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, cloud build clusters).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash).
• Hands-on experience integrating automated testing into CI pipelines.
• Demonstrated success improving developer productivity at scale.
• demonstrated track record of excellence as a primary contributor on projects, with the ability to work through development cycles, overcome obstacles, and deliver high-quality solutions in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab).
• Cloud operations experience (Azure, AWS, GCP), including government cloud regions (e.g., Azure Government, AWS GovCloud).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) and monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus).
• Background in robotics, autonomy, or aerospace systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building or operating CI/CD pipelines in classified or air-gapped environments.
• Experience with cross-domain solutions (CDS) and data transfer processes between networks of different classification levels.
• familiarity with RMF/ATO processes, STIG hardening, and secure software supply chain practices (SBOMs, artifact signing).