DevOps Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Illinois; On-site; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage cloud environments for complex IT modernization projects across government and commercial clients. You’ll optimize infrastructure, automate tasks, and help teams mature their DevOps practices in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with cloud architects to provision virtual networks, servers, and storage, and to automate builds, tests, and deployments using IaC, containers, and modern CI/CD

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Cloud engineering, DevOps, and software development.
• 5+ years of experience with Java, C++, Golang, or Python.
• 2+ years building automated CI/CD pipelines and monitoring.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field; TS/SCI with polygraph preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage cloud environments for projects.
• Provision virtual machines, networks, and storage for apps.
• Automate builds, tests, and deployments across environments.
• Collaborate with architects to mature DevOps and DevSecOps practices.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps tools

Scripting Bash/Python

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Security clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Jenkins

Job description

DevOps Engineer, Senior

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 an experienced 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 apply 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 further 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.

You Have

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud engineering, DevOps, and software development

• 5+ years of experience using Java, C++, Golang, or Python

• 5+ years of experience in the development of tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments

• 2+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness

• 2+ years of experience capturing infrastructure as code, including CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, or Kubernetes

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have

• Experience debugging existing code

• Experience identifying, troubleshooting, and solving cloud-based network and system issues

• Experience deploying, maintaining, and updating cloud Linux servers and Kubernetes clusters

• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions

• Experience provisioning computer networking and storage, and setting up servers which the platform runs, including virtual machines (VMs) or networks

• Experience creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative team environment

• Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions, involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Jenkins, or Azure and writing scripts using Bash and Python

• Experience with automated testing frameworks

• Master’s degree in Computer Science

• AWS, Azure, GCP, Security Engineering, or Cyber Engineering Certification

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

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 our 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 $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (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.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.