DevOps Engineer

Cubic Digital Intelligence; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 172,000; Full time

Job summary

Cubic in Ashburn, VA is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and optimize secure, scalable infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will partner with software engineers to build CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and observability while upholding security practices and efficient operations.

The role is full‑time and hybrid, based in Ashburn with limited travel. A strong background in Linux, AWS, automation scripting and security is required to ensure reliable

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps with a Computer Science degree or 3+ years with a Master’s.
• Experience with on-prem and cloud infrastructure, Linux, security hardening.
• Strong CI/CD, IaC, observability and cloud services (AWS) expertise.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain secure, automated infrastructure across on-prem and cloud.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines and artifact repositories.
• Apply security best practices and access controls; ensure audit logging.
• Develop observability stacks and dashboards for proactive monitoring.
• Collaborate to foster a security-first DevSecOps culture.
• Troubleshoot deployment and provisioning issues across environments.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Python scripting

Linux admin

Security practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Chef

Nexus

GitHub Actions

CodePipeline

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

CloudWatch

Job description

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.

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.

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.