DevOps Engineer 5

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

Benefits offered by this job

Professional and technical training

Tuition reimbursement

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

A leading technology solutions firm in Virginia is seeking a DevOps Engineer. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Computer Science and over 10 years of relevant experience, including expertise in automation tools like Terraform and Ansible. An active TS/SCI with Poly clearance is required. Responsibilities include managing deployment workflows, collaborating with teams, and optimizing cloud environments. Competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of systems engineering experience and advanced knowledge of IaC.
• Proficiency with automation frameworks and development tools.
• Experience with MS Azure and cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Research technology options and evaluate components.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams.
• Manage scripts and automate deployment workflows.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Visual Studio

Git

Azure DevOps

ETL techniques

TCP/IP

problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure Data Factory

AWS Glue

Apache NiFi

Job description

About M.C. Dean

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.

Position Summary

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Security and Electronic Systems (SES) business unit. As part of the SES Strategic Business Unit, you will be part of a team that designs, engineers, integrates, operates and maintains electronic security services including 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 technology options and evaluate components.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to resolve issues, document processes, and improve automation practices.
• Manage scripts and automate deployment workflows with third‑party tools.
• Monitor deployment health, identify issues, and redeploy after remediation.
• Work with system architects to maintain and improve IaC architecture and design.
• Design, develop, and maintain reusable automation modules for network, systems, data storage, messaging, and cybersecurity components.
• Write and maintain infrastructure configuration code for new and existing enterprise IT solutions.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines, optimize cloud environments, and ensure efficient configuration management.
• Plan, evaluate, and execute capacity optimization, updates, upgrades, and lifecycle activities.
• Create and maintain detailed system documentation, including design, configuration plans, diagrams, procedures, operations, and maintenance plans.
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain data flow pipelines to integrate applications and federate data among customer systems.

Qualifications

Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants must be U.S. citizens and subject to a government security investigation; ACTIVE TS/SCI with Poly clearance required.

Key Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related engineering discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years of systems engineering, implementation, and support; advanced knowledge of IaC, DevOps architectures, and best practices.
• Proficiency with automation frameworks (Terraform, Ansible), development tools (Visual Studio), source code management (Git), build servers, artifact repositories, and related components.
• Experience with application lifecycle management systems such as Atlassian Jira, Azure DevOps, GitLab.
• Working knowledge of MS Windows platform and services (Active Directory, GPO, VDI, application deployment, networking, storage, cybersecurity).
• Experience with MS Azure and cloud services, including compute, database, storage, network virtualization, and security services.
• Understanding of ETL techniques and tools (Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, Apache NiFi, etc.).
• Understanding of network infrastructure, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, Syslog.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, communication (oral and written), and time‑management skills.

What We Offer

• A collaborative team inspired by engineering innovation to enhance customer outcomes.
• Opportunity to lead and build a business with support from an industry‑leading firm with 75 years of history.
• Investment in your skills through professional and technical training, leadership training, and tuition reimbursement.
• Open and transparent communication with senior leadership and 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.
• Finger dexterity for manipulating objects with fingers.
• Listen to and understand information presented verbally.
• Communicate information in speaking.
• Read and understand information presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems.
• Identify and understand speech of another person.