DevOps Engineer

Elevate Technology Group; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-funded 401(k) contribution

Flexible benefits allowance

Up to 8 weeks PTO

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Elevate Technology Group seeks a DevOps Engineer to join its Fairfax, VA or Aurora, CO team. You will enhance cloud deployments, build CI/CD pipelines, and automate infrastructure in modern, scalable environments.

Key focus areas include Kubernetes, containers, and observability, with opportunities to influence architecture and deployment strategies across programs for US government-related projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and automation.
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to improve software delivery.
• Support deployment and automation in cloud-focused environments.
• Work with container technologies and orchestration platforms.
• Develop automation to reduce manual tasks and errors.
• Support monitoring, observability and performance optimisation.
• Assist teams with deployment strategies and infrastructure design.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

containerd

GitLab

Jenkins

CI/CD

Linux

Monitoring

Scripting

Troubleshooting

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

Elastic

Job description

### DevOps Engineer**Role:** DevOps Engineer **Location:** Fairfax, VA **Clearance:** Active Top Secret Clearance (Highly Qualified Uncleared Candidates Considered) **Compensation:** $130,000 - $215,000 Base Salary + 50% Additional Employer-Funded Compensation**Total Package Value: Up to $322,500****Benefits*** Employer-funded 401(k) contribution worth 25% of base salary* Flexible benefits allowance worth 25% of base salary (can be taken as benefits or additional compensation)* Up to 8 weeks PTO* Medical, Dental & Vision coverage* Life Insurance* 100% tuition reimbursement (Degrees, Certifications & Professional Development)* Flexible working hours* Long-term, mission-critical programs supporting the US Intelligence Community**The Opportunity**We're working with a highly respected technology organization supporting some of the most complex and security-sensitive environments in the US Government space.Due to continued program growth, they are looking to add a DevOps Engineer to their team in either Fairfax, VA or Aurora, CO. You'll play a key role supporting application deployment, automation and cloud infrastructure initiatives, helping development teams deliver solutions faster, more reliably and at greater scale.This position offers exposure to modern cloud-native technologies, container orchestration platforms and large-scale enterprise environments, making it an excellent opportunity for someone looking to work on cutting-edge infrastructure and deployment challenges.**What You'll Be Doing*** Supporting application migration and deployment within cloud-focused environments* Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to improve software delivery* Working with container technologies and orchestration platforms* Developing automation solutions to eliminate manual processes* Supporting monitoring, observability and performance optimisation initiatives* Assisting engineering teams with deployment strategies and infrastructure design* Managing storage, backup and recovery solutions* Helping maximise infrastructure efficiency and platform scalability**What We're Looking For*** Experience with container technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker or containerd* Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins or similar* Experience with Linux environments* Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana* Experience with scripting, software development or automation engineering* Experience building tools and processes to automate repetitive operational tasks* Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities**Desirable Experience*** Cloud-native infrastructure and architecture* Microservices design and deployment* OpenEBS, Gluster or similar storage technologies* Elastic or similar metrics and logging platforms* Agile software development environments* Experience supporting large-scale enterprise deployments**Clearance** Active Top Secret clearance is highly desirable, however highly qualified candidates without an active clearance will also be considered.If this sounds of interest, apply today!**Keywords** DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, SRE, Kubernetes, Docker, Containerd, GitLab, Jenkins, CI/CD, Linux Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Automation Engineer, Prometheus, Grafana, Elastic, Microservices, Cloud Native, Platform Engineering, Top Secret Clearance, Intelligence Community, Defense, Government Contracting.Location: Fairfax, Virginia | Salary: $130000 - $215000 per year | Job type: Permanent| Posted: 12/06/2026