DevOps Engineer - CI/CD, Docker, Secret Clearance (Onsite)

Davidson Technologies, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Davidson Technologies, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join the MSV-TASD program. This onsite role splits time between Colorado Springs and Schriever Space Force Base, with limited remote/hybrid work.

You will design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, manage containers with Docker/Podman, and ensure security and compliance across environments while collaborating with development and test teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years related experience, or advanced degree with less experience, or PhD with 1 year.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs.
• Experience with containerization and container runtimes (Docker/Podman).
• Experience with automated testing and software development pipelines/factories in CI/CD.
• Experience deploying applications in containerized environments.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Coverity, or Jenkins.
• Hands-on Linux/Unix administration and shell scripting experience.
• Experience with automated testing and analysis within CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with hypervisors and virtualized environments.
• Experience with credential management solutions (service accounts, Keycloak or similar).
• Nice-to-have: Kubernetes or IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience in MBSE environment and BDD with Gherkin/Cucumber is plus.
• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support frequent, reliable software delivery.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, scaling, and management using configuration tools.
• Implement and manage containerization technologies (Docker, Podman) with rootless/rootful setups.
• Collaborate with development and test teams to improve build, integration, and deployment processes.
• Integrate automated testing and quality/security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor system and pipeline performance and improve reliability and availability.
• Ensure security, compliance, and configuration baselines across environments.
• Work with credential management tools to support secure automation and access control.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Unix/Linux

Shell scripting

Security/compliance

Credential management

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Docker

Podman

Jira

GitHub / GitLab

SonarQube

Checkmarx

Coverity

Jenkins

Job description

Davidson Technologies, Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join the MSV-TASD program. This onsite role splits time between Colorado Springs and Schriever Space Force Base, with limited remote/hybrid work.

You will design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, manage containers with Docker/Podman, and ensure security and compliance across environments while collaborating with development and test teams.