DevOps / Platform Engineer (Jenkins, Kubernetes) - 50% telework with Security Clearance

If you're the person who makes the pipeline fast, the deploys boring, and the environments reproducible, we want to talk to you. Linchpin Software is a small, growing company, and we're hiring a DevOps / Platform Engineer in Chantilly, VA (50% telework). You'll design, build, and improve Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines on containers and Kubernetes, and keep the core systems and networks underneath them healthy. Our pipelines deliver applications and machine learning solutions into on-prem, hybrid, and air-gapped environments, so reliability and security matter. Here's what we care about, and we hire for it:

• Be helpful. Answer the question, share what you know, and leave things better than you found them.
• Take care of the customer. Our customers have hard missions. We listen, follow through, and make their day easier.
• Be a good teammate. Review the code, jump in on the tough bug, cover for each other, and celebrate the wins together. We also build software differently. Our engineers use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, GitLab Duo) every day to design, code, test, and debug faster.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins
• Containerize applications and run them on Kubernetes
• Automate testing and deployment across multiple environments
• Support ML workflows and GPU-backed AI infrastructure
• Manage infrastructure as code and configuration management
• Keep core systems and networks reliable, secure, and observable
• Troubleshoot complex software, infrastructure, and deployment issues Required:
• Active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)
• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Designing and supporting enterprise CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Scripting and automation in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar
• Cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, and configuration management
• Agile and DevOps practices
• Clear communication and a genuine willingness to help customers and teammates Preferred:
• DevSecOps and secure software delivery
• MLOps platforms or AI/ML infrastructure
• Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• Git, GitLab, GitHub, or Bitbucket
• Monitoring, logging, and observability tools
• Linux systems and core networking (routing, switching, firewalls)
• Air-gapped or cross-domain environments
• AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, or Jenkins certifications The Honest Details:
• Location: Chantilly, VA, 50% telework. You'll be on site about half the time, and we mean it.
• Pay: $130,000 - $230,000, based on experience and what you bring.
• Clearance: active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance required. We can't sponsor one for this role.

What You'll Gain

• Ownership of the delivery platform a growing AI program runs on
• Modern tooling across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments
• A small team where your work is seen and your opinion counts
• Competitive compensation and benefits If you like building platforms that make developers faster and you want a team that has your back, apply. A real person on our team reads every application.