DevOps Engineer, Onsite

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering laboratory for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting‑edge work in a broad array of areas.

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co‑workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions, including 9/80, 4/10, part‑time, and telecommuting
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance, and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance *

Are you looking for exciting and impactful work that contributes directly to security, peace, and freedom worldwide? We want someone passionate about working on an agile team and using their knowledge and expertise to deploy software systems that tackle the most complicated remote‑sensing challenges.

We are currently hiring a Dev Ops Engineer to operate, sustain, and innovate a complex Linux environment to build, integrate, and deploy sophisticated, real‑time decision‑making systems that support remote sensing, data acquisition, and analysis applications for National Security missions. Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite. Limited travel is required.

$87,400 – $168,800

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and experience.
• Experience with the following:
  • Dev Ops, CI/CD tools, and their practices in a Linux computing environment
  • Git source code management
  • Automating manual tasks and improving existing processes
  • Containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes)
  • Ability to obtain and maintain DOE Q clearance with SCI, which will require polygraph testing

• Experience in the following:
  • Linux System Programmer or Linux Distribution Package Maintainer
  • Linux systems administration that includes RHEL
  • Multi‑language build systems (C++, Java, Python)
  • Configuration management systems such as Ansible or Puppet
  • Knowledge of build generators and tools (CMake, Ninja, Maven) and their integration with CI/CD pipelines in Git Lab or Jenkins
  • Current Security+ or higher certification
  • Experience working on a dynamic, fast‑paced, multi‑disciplinary team
  • Active DOE/DOD clearance with SCI, with a recent polygraph test

The Systems Design and Architecture Department designs, evaluates, and develops complex, high‑performance software architectures for processing and exploitation of remote sensing information for high‑consequence national security missions. Our team invents, analyzes, and implements the frameworks, infrastructure, and algorithms that support real‑time extraction and classification of static and dynamic events from a variety of very challenging data streams from pathfinder remote sensing assets.

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of three (3) calendar days, including the posting date. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre‑employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law‑enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment must be able to obtain and maintain a DOE Q‑level security clearance and SCI access, both of which require U.S. citizenship. SCI access may also require a polygraph examination. If you hold more than one citizenship, your ability to obtain these levels of access may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual…