DevOps Engineer - Colorado Springs, CO

Davidson Technologies, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Davidson Technologies, Inc. seeks a DevOps Engineer in Colorado Springs to design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for MSV‑TASD projects. The role focuses on containerization with Docker/Podman, automated testing, and secure, compliant deployments across on‑premises and intermediate environments.

Onsite work is required with limited remote options; doD Secret clearance is mandatory. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to optimize build, test, and delivery processes and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related experience OR a Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of related experience OR a PhD and 1 year of related experience.
• 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 (CI/CD).
• Experience deploying applications in containerized environments.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, or Jenkins.
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable software delivery.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, scaling, and management.
• Manage containerization technologies including Docker/Podman and rootless/rootful configs.
• Collaborate with development and test teams to improve build, integration, and deployment processes.
• Integrate automated testing and security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor system and pipeline performance to ensure 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

Automation scripting

Containerization

Security/compliance

Unix/Linux expertise

Collaboration with teams

Education

B.S./B.Sc. in STEM

M.S. in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Docker

Podman

Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub

SonarQube

Cucumber

Gherkin

Checkmarx

Coverity

Jira

Job description

Davidson is distinguished in the aerospace and missile defense industry, in part, because of its excellence in hiring exceptional experts, engineers and software developers dedicated to delivering advanced, intelligent technology solutions in defense of our nation.

Davidson is seeking a DevOps Engineer in Colorado Springs, CO. This position supports the Modeling and Simulation Vistas - Threat and Advanced Simulations Development (MSV‑TASD) program and will split time between Colorado Springs, CO. location and Schriever Space Force Base, CO.

This role requires candidates to be onsite daily, with limited remote/hybrid work available.

Key Responsibilities:

As a DevOps Engineer, you will work in a collaborative environment to understand system requirements and design, implement, and maintain DevOps solutions using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab Runner, Bamboo, Docker, Podman, SonarQube, Gherkin, Cucumber, and others to enable efficient, secure, and repeatable software development and delivery. You will leverage containerization technologies and secure credential and identity management solutions to support our distributed modeling and simulation environments.

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support frequent, reliable software delivery
• Automate infrastructure deployment, scaling, and management using configuration management and scripting tools
• Implement and manage containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman), including rootless vs. rootful configurations where appropriate
• Collaborate closely with development and test teams to improve build, integration, and deployment processes
• Integrate automated testing and quality/security tools (e.g., static analysis, code quality, coverage) into CI/CD pipelines
• Monitor system and pipeline performance and implement improvements to ensure reliability and availability
• Ensure security, compliance, and configuration baselines are implemented and maintained across environments
• Work with identity and credential management tools (e.g., credential managers, service accounts) to support secure automation and access control

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited institution and 5 years of related experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related experience
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs
• Experience with containerization and container runtime technologies (Docker, Podman, or similar)
• Experience with automated testing and software development pipelines/factories (e.g., unit, integration, or acceptance tests in CI/CD)
• Experience deploying applications in containerized environments
• Experience with CI/CD and related tools such as the Atlassian tool suite, Jira, GitHub, GitLab, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Coverity, or Jenkins
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux operating systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience with Linux administration, shell scripting, and operations in production-like environments
• Experience implementing and maintaining automated software testing and analysis within CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with hypervisors, virtualized medium- and high-trust environments (e.g., experience working with hypervisors on medium trust environments)
• Experience working with credential and identity management solutions (e.g., credential managers, service accounts, Keycloak or similar technologies) to securely manage non-interactive access
• Exposure to Kubernetes or infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) is a plus
• Experience developing software in a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environment
• Experience with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and tools such as Gherkin and Cucumber for automated acceptance testing

Clearance:

• Must have an Active DoD Secret Security Clearance