DevOps Engineer

SAIC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SAIC in Arlington, VA seeks a DevOps Engineer to join our team onsite at a customer location. The role emphasizes building internal DevOps tools, platforms, and automated pipelines using Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Python.

You will work in trunk-based GitLab workflows with SBOM, security scans, and IaC discipline; TS clearance required; three onsite days per week; strong scripting and Linux expertise expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of experience, or equivalent.
• Go-based CLI tools and API integrations to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• Strong background deploying and managing cloud resources (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with tools such as Terraform.
• Scripting language such as PowerShell or Python for pipeline and OS task automation.
• Proficient with Linux command line and shell scripting (Bash).
• Familiarity with Microsoft enterprise environments (Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS).
• Configuration management experience using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Docker containers.

Responsibilities

• Build internal DevOps tools, CLI utilities, and automation scripts.
• Platform Engineer building and running our internal developer platform (Azure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, pipelines and automation).
• GitLab for source control and pipelines; Terraform and Ansible as the primary automation language; Python for helpers/tests; Helm for Kubernetes deployments.
• Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Hyper-V sidecar.
• Trunk-based GitLab workflows, deterministic pipelines with built-in testing and security scans.
• Checksum/signature/SBOM-driven movement of artifacts, mirroring via reposync and Pulp, offline scanning and promotion for high-side environments.
• Secret hygiene by default, secrets management familiarity, and comfort with vulnerability/misconfig scanning in CI (SAST, IaC, secret detection, Semgrep/KICS, Trivy/pip-audit).

Skills

Go CLI tools

CI/CD pipelines

Linux command line

Scripting (PowerShell/Python)

Active TS clearance

Strong documentation habits

Education

Bachelor's degree + 5 years experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

GitLab

Kubernetes

Helm

Python

Bash

Docker

Job description

SAIC is seeking DevOps Engineer to join our team. The DevOps Engineer will work at the following SAIC location: Arlington, VA .

Note: This role is primarily onsite at our customer location. The selected candidate will be expected to work onsite a minimum of three (3) days per week. Onsite requirements are subject to change based on program needs.

Job Duties:

• Tool Development: Build internal DevOps tools, CLI utilities, and automation scripts.
• Platform Engineer building and running our internal developer platform (Azure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, pipelines and automation) for both connected and air-gapped environments.
• GitLab for source control and pipelines; Terraform and Ansible as the primary automation language; Python for helpers/tests; Helm for Kubernetes deployments.
• Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Hyper-V sidecar.
• Trunk-based GitLab workflows, deterministic pipelines with built-in testing and security scans, evidence (JUnit/SBOM/scan) attached to every change, no manual \"click-ops.\"
• Checksum/signature/SBOM-driven movement of artifacts, mirroring via reposync and Pulp, offline scanning and promotion for high-side environments.
• Secret hygiene by default, secrets management familiarity, and comfort with vulnerability/misconfig scanning in CI (SAST, IaC, secret detection, Semgrep/KICS, Trivy/pip-audit).

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelors degree and five (5) years experience; Additional work experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
• Go-based CLI tools and API integrations to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning.
• Strong background deploying and managing cloud resources (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with tools such as Terraform.
• Scripting language such as PowerShell or Python for pipeline and OS task automation.
• Proficient with Linux command line and shell scripting (Bash).
• Familiarity with Microsoft enterprise environments (Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS).
• Configuration management experience using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Docker containers.

Clearance Requirements:

• Active Top Secret clearance with eligible SCI; SCI access must have been debriefed within the last two (2) years.

Desired Skills:

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) experience, RHEL/Windows patching familiarity, and strong documentation habits for handoffs and audits.
• Experience utilizing Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.