DevOps Engineer, Mid

Booz Allen Hamilton; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Mid-level DevOps Engineer in McLean, VA to design and implement cloud infrastructure. You will provision compute resources, manage server configuration, and help modernize IT for our clients. Strong automation and security focus are essential as you work with Kubernetes, Docker, and Ansible.

Join a team that values hands-on experimentation, collaboration with cloud architects, and delivering reliable, scalable systems for critical missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 3+ years of software development experience.
• 2+ years building and administering compute instances in cloud and on-premises for development, test, and production environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Experience with Ansible and CI/CD tooling.
• Knowledge of Linux administration and networking.
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Set up cloud environments and provision networks, storage, and VMs.
• Manage server configuration for modern cloud solutions.
• Collaborate with cloud architects and engineers to support client IT modernization.
• Develop and maintain automation playbooks and pipelines (Ansible, CI/CD).
• Ensure solutions are secure and compliant.

Skills

Linux administration

Networking

Security conscious

CI/CD

Automation scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Flux/Argo

Job description

DevOps Engineer, Mid The Opportunity: As a DevOps engineer, you know how to set up cloud environments and provision computer networking, storage, and virtual networks, ultimately how to “harness the cloud”. We’re looking for a DevOps infrastructure engineer like you to support our clients as they modernize their IT infrastructures and meet their most challenging missions. As a DevOps infrastructure engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll work closely with cloud architects and engineers to manage server configuration for modern cloud solutions. You’ll sharpen your skills within a DevOps framework to establish or provision virtual machines or networks and use cloud service providers to further your clients’ meaningful missions. With access to our internal innovative labs, there’s no better place to expand your skills and explore different ways of solving our clients’ challenges. Whether helping to develop, deploy, or manage IT infrastructures for crucial server and network components, here you’ll have the latest tech and brightest teammates at your fingertips. Join us. The world can’t wait.

• 3+ years of experience with software development
• 2+ years of experience building and administering compute instances and services in the cloud and on-premises for development, test, and production environments
• Experience with container orchestration and application containerization using Kubernetes and Docker
• Experience scripting, testing, and deploying new versions of cloud services and infrastructure, including design and management of automation playbooks such as Ansible
• Experience developing tools, services, processes, and workflows to ensure DevOps pipelines are available
• Knowledge of Linux administration and networking
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools used to build, evaluate, test, and deploy services, including Kubernetes-based distributions
• Ability to ensure solutions are security compliant
• Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience using AWS services such as EC2, S3, and EKS
• Experience using GitHub Actions
• Experience with GitOps tools such as Flux and Argo
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security (CKS)
• Certification Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about your total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $62,000.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

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