Senior DevOps Engineer, Observability and FinOps

## Senior Dev Ops Engineer, Observability and Fin Ops Reston , VA, USApply Now Find out how well you match with this jobJob :
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Job Title:

Senior Dev Ops Engineer, Observability and Fin Ops Job  Category:
Engineering Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

Up to 10%
Type of Travel:
Continental US Anticipated Posting End: 11/13/2026
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* The Opportunity:

** This engineer makes mission systems visible and their costs accountable, on networks that cannot call out to the internet. The role blends platform engineering (Kubernetes/Open Shift, infrastructure as code, CI/CD) with enough full stack development to build the dashboards, APIs, and small internal tools that operators and financial stakeholders use every day.  
** Responsibilities:
*** Deploy, configure, and operate the observability stack (for example Grafana Alloy, Mimir, Loki, and Tempo on Open Shift, or Elastic or Dynatrace where selected) on each network
* Instrument applications and infrastructure with Open Telemetry and Prometheus exporters; standardize labels, tags, and naming
* Build real-time mission status dashboards and service health views for operators, engineers, and leadership
* Implement cost visibility and allocation across AWS, Open Shift, and on-premises resources using tagging standards and showback or chargeback models
* Build cost and utilization dashboards that join billing exports with observability metrics (unit cost per mission application, per namespace, per program)
* Identify and execute optimization: rightsizing, idle resource cleanup, storage lifecycle policies, Reserved Instance and Savings Plan coverage analysis
* Automate infrastructure and stack deployment with Terraform, Ansible, and Helm or Operators; manage configuration through Git Ops (Argo CD or similar)
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Git Lab CI, Jenkins, or Tekton) including image scanning, signing, and promotion into air-gapped registries
* Package software and dependencies for offline transfer and cross-domain delivery
* Develop lightweight web apps, APIs, and Grafana plugins or panels for custom status views and cost reports
* Write data integration scripts (Python, Go) that pull from billing exports, CMDBs, and ticketing systems
* Document runbooks, architecture diagrams, and user guides; train operators and mentor junior engineers  
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* Qualifications:

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* Required:

** TS/SCI with polygraph
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.
* 3+ years deploying and operating at least one enterprise stack:
Grafana/Prometheus ecosystem, Elastic (ELK), Dynatrace, or Splunk
* Metrics, logs, and traces instrumentation; working knowledge of Open Telemetry or Prometheus exporters
* Built operational dashboards and alert rules used by real operators; understands SLI/SLO concepts
* 3+ years with Kubernetes in production;
Red Hat Open Shift strongly aligned
* 2+ years with AWS (EC2, S3, EKS, IAM, Cloud Watch, Cost and Usage Reports)
* Demonstrated experience analyzing cloud spend, applying tagging strategies, and delivering at least one cost optimization outcome
* Terraform and Ansible;
Helm charts or Operators
* Built and maintained pipelines in Git Lab CI, Jenkins, or equivalent;
Git workflows
* Proficient in Python or Go plus scripting (Bash); able to write and query SQL and PromQL or equivalent
* RHEL administration and troubleshooting
* Hardening to DISA STIGs; familiarity with RMF and NIST SP 800-53 controls
* Worked in air-gapped or disconnected networks, including offline package and image management  
* Desired*:
* Hands-on with Grafana Alloy, Mimir, Loki, and Tempo at scale
* Production time on two or more of…