What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer - Skill Level 3 (TS/Poly) position at YETiSEARCH?
Our client, a well-established government services contractor, is seeking a DevOps Engineer – Skill Level 3 (TS/Poly) to support mission-critical, classified platforms in a highly secure environment. This is a direct-hire opportunity for a senior DevOps professional who brings deep experience across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and platform reliability.In this role, you will serve as a technical leader within an Agile environment, responsible for designing, deploying, automating, and maintaining complex production systems. You will help modernize and stabilize platform architectures, enable secure and rapid software delivery, and improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.This position is ideal for a DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer with a holistic view of service architecture, strong automation skills, and experience supporting large-scale, high-availability systems in classified environments.Location: Annapolis Junction, MDEmployment Type: Direct HireClearance Requirement: Active Top Secret with active Polygraph (required at time of hire)Telework: NoPriority: NormalCCA Accepted: NoSalary Range: $200,000 – $220,000Key ResponsibilitiesSupport the full development lifecycle of platform architecture, deployment, and debuggingDesign, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable, and secure delivery to productionDevelop and maintain configuration management and version control systems using Git, including branching and merging strategiesServe as a technical lead on an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremoniesAutomate release deployments across development, test, staging, QA, and production environmentsConfigure and manage infrastructure using Puppet, Ansible, Chef, or similar toolsSet up and manage continuous integration environments leveraging containerization, Kubernetes, and serverless technologiesArchitect and implement best practices for:Software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell)CI tools (Jenkins, Bamboo)Infrastructure automation (AWS, VMware)Manage and optimize AWS cloud and virtualized environments in PaaS architecturesAnalyze service stacks and recommend architectural, performance, and reliability improvementsImplement monitoring, performance optimization, and high-availability strategies aligned with SLA requirementsLeverage programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, Java, Go, C/C Support operational activities and production deployments as neededMaintain configuration, patching, and documentation using tools such as Jira and ConfluenceEnsure compliance with security best practices, networking protocols, and system hardening standardsRequirementsActive Top Secret clearance with an active PolygraphBachelor’s degree in Engineering (Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) or Computer ScienceMinimum 10 years of professional experience supporting DevOps, platform engineering, or system architecture efforts (excluding academic experience)Extensive experience working in Agile development environmentsStrong knowledge of Linux environments (RHEL 6/7/8, CentOS)Experience with Windows system administration, monitoring, resiliency, and performanceProven experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale architecturesAbility to read, understand, and troubleshoot application code to assist with root cause analysisExcellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally with developers, operations, security, and stakeholdersPreferred Technical ExperienceJenkins or Bamboo integrated with Docker and KubernetesSoftware Defined Networking (SDN) automationCaching technologies such as Redis, Memcache, ActiveMQ, APCDatabases and search platforms including:MySQL (clustering, replication, tuning)Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus)Familiarity with security practices, firewalls, PCI concepts, and secure system designExperience supporting large, complex distributed systemsBenefitsDirect-hire position with a stable government services contractorCompetitive compensation aligned with clearance level and expertiseLong-term program stability in a classified environmentOpportunity to work on enterprise-scale, mission-critical platformsHigh degree of technical ownership and influenceCollaborative Agile teams with senior engineers and stakeholdersWork supporting systems with direct national security impact
Salary : $155,000 - $175,000