What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior DevOps Engineer position at SAIC?
Job ID 2511312-3481
Location RALEIGH, NC, US
Date Posted 2026-01-05
Category Software
Subcategory DevSecOps
Schedule Full-time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work Yes
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong AWS background to help support our federal clients. The individual should have proven knowledge to design, develop, and implement an automated DevOps pipeline capable of supporting high-performing software solutions.
Work Location Hybrid with the following locations (2 days onsite and 3 days remote)
Leesburg VA, Kansas City, MO, Cincinnati, OH, Raleigh-Cary, NC
Responsibilities
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Location RALEIGH, NC, US
Date Posted 2026-01-05
Category Software
Subcategory DevSecOps
Schedule Full-time
Shift Day Job
Travel No
Minimum Clearance Required None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Public Trust
Potential for Remote Work Yes
Description
SAIC is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong AWS background to help support our federal clients. The individual should have proven knowledge to design, develop, and implement an automated DevOps pipeline capable of supporting high-performing software solutions.
Work Location Hybrid with the following locations (2 days onsite and 3 days remote)
Leesburg VA, Kansas City, MO, Cincinnati, OH, Raleigh-Cary, NC
Responsibilities
- Automate the provisioning of AWS environments, building infrastructure from the ground up with Terraform & deploying applications using public cloud infrastructure.
- Design and develop automation workflows, performing unit tests and conducting reviews to ensure work is rigorously designed, elegantly coded, and effectively tuned for platform performance and resiliency while constantly assessing the overall quality of delivered components.
- Develop automation tools, CI/CD pipelines, scripts, or software for maintaining each platform and enabling user self-service capabilities.
- Provide technical direction on CI/CD pipeline management, automation, and development.
- Communicate technical information to stakeholders, collaborate with leadership, vendors, and other engineering teams, and solve complex business problems together.
Required
- BS and 5 years of experience in Software Development and DevOps/DevSecOps Engineering. (4 years experience in lieu of degree)
- Clearance Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
- Cloud Expertise 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Native technologies (e.g., Lambda, Glue, Step Functions) and cloud-based build/deployment pipelines.
- Key Technical Skills Proficiency in Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins/Cloudbees, Python, Terraform, Puppet, Splunk, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
- Soft Skills Strong verbal and written communication, exceptional work ethic, ability to perform under pressure, and a commitment to achieving goals efficiently.
- Preferred Experience Enterprise/Shared Service DevOps team experience, implementing IDP (e.g., Kratix, Argo CD), and working with the USDA or other federal agencies.