DevOps Engineer

BeVera Solutions; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BeVera Solutions, LLC is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support SciComp and bioinformatics environments. You will help with GitLab administration, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and workflow automation, enabling reliable, reproducible scientific work.

The role collaborates with bioinformatics, software, and infrastructure teams to improve security, automation, and deployment of scientific software in Linux/HPC settings. Contingent on contract award and funding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology or equivalent experience.
• Approximately 2 years of relevant professional, internship, research, or technical experience in DevOps, software engineering, bioinformatics, scientific computing, HPC, or systems/infrastructure engineering.
• Experience using Git or GitLab for source/version control.

Responsibilities

• Support administration of internal GitLab environments, including repositories, access, and change-management.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines for scientific and custom-developed applications.
• Support automated build, testing, security scanning, packaging, and deployment processes.
• Develop automation scripts using languages such as Python, Java, Perl, Ruby, Bash.
• Build, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using Docker or Singularity/Apptainer.
• Assist with deployment and management of scientific and bioinformatics applications in Linux/HPC environments.

Skills

DevOps

Software engineering

Bioinformatics

Scientific computing

High-performance computing

Systems engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology

Tools

GitLab

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Description

About BeVera Solutions, LLC

BeVera Solutions, LLC is a rapidly growing public health and professional services company that provides innovative solutions to federal and state agencies. Our team supports mission-critical programs through expertise in program management, communications, acquisition, data analytics, and public health initiatives. BeVera's CEO champions a people-first culture where every employee is valued. The company supports this commitment by offering competitive compensation and meaningful, impactful work assignments.

Recognized as one *of Atlanta's Best Places to Work (2024 & 2025 & 2026)* by the *Atlanta Business Chronicle,* BeVera fosters a culture of integrity, excellence, and collaboration.

Position Summary

BeVera Solutions, LLC is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support development operations within a scientific computing (SciComp) and bioinformatics environment. The DevOps Engineer will assist with GitLab administration, CI/CD pipeline development, containerization, workflow automation, scientific software deployment, and support of high-performance computing environments.

This position is well suited for a DevOps professional with experience in software development and automation who also has exposure to bioinformatics, high-performance computing (HPC), scientific computing, or data-intensive research environments.

The DevOps Engineer will work collaboratively with bioinformatics specialists, software developers, system administrators, and infrastructure teams to improve the reliability, security, automation, and reproducibility of scientific applications and computational workflows.

This position is contingent upon contract award, available funding, and applicable Government approval.

Key Responsibilities

• Support administration of internal GitLab environments, including repositories, source control, user access, issue tracking, branching, merge requests, and change-management activities.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines for scientific and custom-developed applications.
• Support automated build, testing, security scanning, packaging, and deployment processes.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using languages such as Python, Java, Perl, Ruby, Bash, or similar technologies.
• Build, deploy, and maintain containerized applications using Docker, Singularity/Apptainer, or comparable technologies.
• Assist with the deployment and management of scientific and bioinformatics applications in Linux and high-performance computing environments.
• Support installation, upgrade, configuration, testing, and dependency management for scientific software and application modules.
• Assist with integration of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), free/open-source (F/OSS), and internally developed software.
• Support scientific computing tools and applications such as MicrobeTrace, MicroReact, Nextstrain, Posit Connect, and similar platforms.
• Support deployment, configuration, testing, and maintenance of Nextflow workflows.
• Assist bioinformatics teams with modernization or conversion of legacy scientific pipelines to Nextflow or other standardized workflow-management platforms.
• Support implementation of nf-core or similar scientific workflow standards where applicable.
• Implement or support automated security and vulnerability scanning using tools such as Trivy, Snyk, or comparable technologies.
• Assist with container hardening, dependency management, and remediation of identified vulnerabilities.
• Develop automation to improve software installation, deployment, configuration, testing, and environment management.
• Troubleshoot application, container, pipeline, software-dependency, and deployment issues.
• Collaborate with DevOps, bioinformatics, HPC, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and system administration teams.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, deployment instructions, configuration documentation, and standard operating procedures.

NOTE: Position Contingent upon award of contract. This role is part of a pre-award candidate search for an upcoming federal government contract. Employment is contingent upon BeVera Solutions receiving the contract award, final Government approval, funding, and any applicable client or contract requirements.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or a related technical or scientific discipline; equivalent relevant education and experience may be considered.
• Approximately 2 years of relevant professional, internship, research, or technical experience in one or more of the following:
  • DevOps
  • Software engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Scientific computing
  • High-performance computing
  • Systems or infrastructure engineering
• Experience using Git or GitLab for source/version control.
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