DevOps Engineer

Cubic Corporation; Ashburn (GA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic Corporation is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. You will collaborate with software engineers to refine CI/CD pipelines, IaC, observability, and security practices to ensure reliability and compliance.

The role is a full-time, hybrid position based in Ashburn, VA, requiring 0–10% travel. You will apply best practices in automation, configuration management, and security to support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field, or 3+ years with a Master’s degree, or equivalent experience.
• On-Prem Infrastructure & Linux: Experience with VMware ESXi, PXE, Kickstart, Linux (RHEL & Ubuntu), and system hardening.
• Cloud Platforms & IaC: Strong AWS knowledge, Terraform/CloudFormation, Ansible/Chef, scalable, secure, cost-conscious designs.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain secure, automated infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Implement and manage configuration management to ensure consistency.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and artifact repositories for on-prem and cloud.
• Apply security best practices, compliance standards and audit logging.
• Build observability solutions (monitoring, logging, alerting) for on-prem and cloud systems.
• Foster a security-first DevSecOps culture with automation for speed and scale.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues across environments.

Skills

DevOps

Scripting

Security

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

VMware ESXi

PXE boot

Kickstart

RHEL

Ubuntu

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Chef

AWS EC2

AWS ECS

AWS EKS

AWS RDS

AWS S3

AWS IAM

Route 53

VPC

CodePipeline

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

CloudWatch

Graylog

Job description

Business Unit:

Cubic Defense

Company Details:

When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com.

Job Details:

Are you a skilled DevOps Engineer with a passion for building secure, scalable, automated infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments? You’ll join an integrated Software Solutions Team, collaborating closely with software engineers and other DevOps professionals to design, implement and refine the CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, observability solutions and security practices that keep mission-critical applications reliable, secure and scalable. If you enjoy solving complex problems with a focus on quality, efficiency and innovation, come build with us.

This is a full-time, hybrid position based in Ashburn, VA, with minimal travel (0–10%).

Essential Functions:

• Design, deploy and maintain secure, automated infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, including provisioning systems for rapid deployments across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Implement and manage configuration management solutions to ensure consistency across servers and applications.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and artifact repositories for both on-prem and cloud environments.
• Apply security best practices, compliance standards and system hardening across environments, including access management and audit logging to ensure accountability for all data flows.
• Build observability solutions (monitoring, logging, alerting) for both on-prem and cloud systems.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to foster a security-first DevSecOps culture, using automation to improve consistency, speed and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, deployment and provisioning issues across development, staging and production environments.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field, or 3+ years with a Master’s degree, or equivalent experience.
• On-Prem Infrastructure & Linux: Experience managing virtualization platforms such as VMware ESXi, automating OS provisioning using PXE boot and Kickstart, strong Linux administration (RHEL & Ubuntu) and applying system hardening through patching, updates and dependency management.
• Cloud Platforms & Infrastructure as Code: Strong understanding of AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, Route 53, VPC networking and Security Hub, with hands-on experience using Terraform and/or CloudFormation and Ansible or Chef, and designing for scalability, security, cost optimization, resilience and disaster recovery.
• CI/CD & Automation: Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners; proficient in scripting and automation using Python, Bash and lambdas; able to manage artifact repositories such as Nexus and S3, including artifact lifecycle management and setting up mirrors in restricted environments.
• Monitoring / Logging / Alerting: Experience designing and operating observability stacks (e.g. Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, CloudWatch, Graylog), including building dashboards, centralized log management and configuring alerting systems for proactive issue detection and response.
• Security & Access Control: Strong grasp of least-privilege principles, identity management and audit logging.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience operating in GovCloud or regulated environments (e.g. defense).
• Exposure to AI/ML pipelines and experience using AI-assisted tooling to accelerate automation and operations.
• Certifications (e.g. AWS DevOps Engineer / Solutions Architect, CompTIA Security+, CISSP or equivalent).
• Strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration abilities.

Cubic Pay Range:

$96,000.00 - $172,000.00 + benefits.

The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Worker Type:

Employee

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic under applicable law.