DevOps Engineer 5

M.C. Dean, Inc; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional training programs

Tuition reimbursement

Collaborative work environment

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a DevOps Engineer to enhance security solutions for critical infrastructure. This role requires extensive experience in systems engineering, automation frameworks like Terraform, and a strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree and an active TS/SCI clearance. The successful candidate will collaborate across teams to optimize cloud environments and automate deployment processes, ensuring reliable and scalable technology infrastructure. Join us to be part of a mission-driven organization focused on impactful engineering.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering and support functions.
• Advanced knowledge of IaC and DevOps.
• Working knowledge of MS Windows and Active Directory.

Responsibilities

• Research and evaluate technology options.
• Collaborate with teams to improve automation practices.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Automation frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)

Microsoft Azure and cloud services

Problem-solving skills

Time management and organization skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Atlassian Jira

Azure DevOps

Git

AWS Glue

Visual Studio

Job description

Overview

M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business Unit. As part of (SES) Strategic Business Unit you will be part of a team that designs, engineers, integrates, operates and maintains electronic security services inclusive of intrusion detection, access control, biometric authentication, video surveillance, audio visual, IT systems, perimeter defense and command and control systems for federal, local and commercial customers across high-growth markets.

Responsibilities

• Research available technology options and their respective functional, performance, security, and interoperability characteristics; test and evaluate technology components.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to resolve issues, document processes, and continuously improve automation practices, contributing to the overall efficiency, reliability, and scalability of the customer’s technology infrastructure.
• Work with third‑party tools to manage scripts and automate and monitor deployment workflows, enhancing system reliability and scalability.
• Proactively monitor the health of deployments, identify and resolve issues, and redeploy after remediation.
• Work with system architects and lead engineer to maintain and improve the architecture and design of the infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions, including source code repository (Git), deployment pipelines, and related components.
• Design, develop, and maintain technology‑specific, configurable, and reusable automation modules for network and systems infrastructure, data storage, messaging, and cybersecurity components and services.
• Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure configuration code for new and existing enterprise IT solutions.
• Design and implement continuous integration (CI)/continuous deployment (CD) pipelines, maintain and optimize cloud environments, and ensure efficient configuration management.
• Plan, evaluate, and execute capacity optimization, updates, upgrades and other lifecycle activities associated with the solution; troubleshoot functional and performance problems.
• Create and maintain detailed and accurate system documentation, including design and configuration plans, design diagrams, task‑oriented procedures, operations and maintenance plans, etc.
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain data flow pipelines to integrate applications and federate data among our customer’s systems.

Qualifications

Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information; ACTIVE TS/SCI w/ Poly clearance REQUIRED

Key Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a Related Engineering Discipline
• Certification:
  • Compliance with DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II or higher required, must be able to obtain within six months of hire.
  • Microsoft Certified Professional / Systems Engineer certification is strongly desired.
• Experience:
  • 10+ years of progressive experience performing comparable systems engineering, implementation, and support functions. Advanced knowledge of IaC and DevOps architectures, processes, and best practices.
  • Advanced knowledge and extensive experience with automation frameworks (e.g., Terraform, Ansible), libraries, development tools (e.g., Visual Studio), source code management systems (e.g., Git), build servers, artifact repositories, and related components.
  • Working knowledge and administration experience with application lifecycle management systems, such as Atlassian Jira (and related components), Azure DevOps, GitLab, etc.
  • Working knowledge of MS Windows platform and services, including Active Directory / EntraID, Group Policy Objects (GPO), virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), application deployment frameworks and components, networking, and storage services, and their associated cybersecurity characteristics, logging, monitoring, and auditing capabilities.
  • Working knowledge and hands‑on experience with MS Azure and cloud services and technologies, including compute, database, storage, network virtualization, and security services.
  • Working understanding of data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading (ETL) techniques and tools such as Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Apache NiFi/CFM, etc.
  • Working understanding of network infrastructure, concepts of operation, and protocols such as TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, Syslog, etc.
  • Demonstrated time management and organization skills while working in a fast‑paced, multidiscipline team environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Strong communication (oral and written) skills.
  • Proficiency with workflow and lifecycle management systems (e.g. Atlassian Jira).

What we offer

• A collaborative team inspired by the way engineering and innovation enhance customer outcomes, improve lives, and change the world for the better. We are driven by our core values of agility, expertise, and trust.
• An opportunity to lead and build a business with the support of an industry‑leading firm that has been in business for 75 years.
• Investment in your skills and expertise through a combination of professional and technical training programs, including leadership training and tuition reimbursement.
• Open and transparent communication with senior leadership as well as local office management.

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.