Senior DevOps Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure & Core Services

REQUIRES AN ACTIVE/EXISTING TS/SCI WITH CI POLYGRAPH

Location: Charleston SC (Preferred) or Washington DC

DAn Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design automate deploy and maintain secure cloud infrastructure supporting mission applications and enterprise services.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code CI/CD automation and cloud security within government environments.

• Design build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.

• Develop Infrastructure as Code and Ansible automation for consistent deployments.

• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated builds testing security checks and deployments.

• Integrate automated security testing and vulnerability remediation into development workflows.

• Support AWS GovCloud and DoD Impact Level 5 environments.

• Implement centralized logging monitoring and alerting.

• Manage platform access controls secrets management and certificate handling.

• Troubleshoot Linux cloud networking storage and container orchestration issues.

• Automate patching deployment validation rollback and recovery processes.

• Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology Mathematics or a related field.

• Typically 10 years of professional software engineering experience.

• Previous Intelligence Community experience.

• Hands-on AWS infrastructure experience including networking compute storage and IAM.

• Experience managing Kubernetes environments.

• Experience with Ansible Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.

• Experience scripting with Python Bash or similar languages.

• Experience with Git and version-controlled infrastructure.

• Experience with Agile DevOps or DevSecOps practices.

• Agile Developer or Certified Scrum Developer certification.

• Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

• DoD 8140/8570 IAM Level II or III qualifications.

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift.

• AWS GovCloud and DoD IL5 experience.

• Terraform AWS CloudFormation and reusable Ansible automation.

• Automated application security testing and container image scanning.

• Experience supporting stateful services databases and recovery procedures.

• AWS Kubernetes Red Hat or infrastructure automation certifications.

This is a full-time on-site position at a government facility. Charleston SC is preferred; highly qualified candidates in the National Capital Region will also be considered.

Salary Range Disclaimer:The posted salary range represents the good-faith minimum and maximum compensation DAn Solutions expects to pay for this position. The position may be filled at different Labor Category (LCAT) levels depending on the selected candidates qualifications and applicable contract requirements. Final compensation within the posted range will be determined based on the applicable LCAT and factors including education relevant experience certifications and other required qualifications

Required Experience:

Senior IC