Sr DevOps Engineer

Job Overview

Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for developing innovation solutions? Join our team! As a Senior Dev Ops Engineer, you will be a strategic leader responsible for overseeing and optimizing the organization’s Dev Ops processes. You will ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines and cloud infrastructure while mentoring the Dev Ops team and driving the adoption of industry best practices.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn‑key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, on‑premises, and hybrid environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new technologies, refining operational tooling, and establishing best‑practice documentation for deployment and release operations.
• Works as part of a larger Agile software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field.

• Ability to work on a computer for extended periods.
• Frequent communication with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to work in an office or hybrid environment.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Must be able to lift up to 10 lbs occasionally.
• Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions, leveraging cloud services, containerization, and orchestration tools to support scalable and secure environments.
• Mentor junior Dev Ops engineers, conduct code and process reviews, and promote best practices in Dev Ops methodologies to maintain high standards of performance and security.
• Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications and services, fostering a culture of collaboration and shared responsibility.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Dev Ops or related role.
• Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications.
• In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required.
• Software development experience, with at least one object‑oriented language such as Java, Python, C#, C++ or Go.
• Demonstrated implementation of microservices, container, and cloud‑native application development.
• Hands‑on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or Openshift and related container platform ecosystems.
• Experience working with multiple cloud vendors.
• Experience with managed Kubernetes services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as Git Hub and on‑prem Azure Dev Ops.
• Significant experience with Linux.
• Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines.
• Strong Agile experience working in Scrum and/or Kanban models.
• Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams.
• Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects involving both…