DevOps Engineer Tech 4 | TS/SCI Onsite | Azure & CI/CD

Tech Ladies, Inc.; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k matching

Generous PTO

Paid holidays

Professional training opportunities

Pet insurance

Job summary

Castalia Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer Tech 4 to automate and optimize our DevOps toolchain, focusing on Azure infrastructure, IaC, and secure DoD-aligned practices. You will enhance CI/CD pipelines and enable AirGap cloud operations to deliver reliable software for government customers.

The role requires leadership experience, advanced Terraform/Bicep skills, and experience with security tooling like Nessus and Keycloak, with strong collaboration across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years leadership experience or equivalent.
• 8+ years demonstrated performance in related technology.
• Security+ Certification.
• Experience in a classified Azure Region or delivering software into an AirGapped network.
• Experience deploying Microsoft infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and operate Azure infrastructure using IaC (Bicep/Terraform).
• Build and maintain Azure Pipelines to automate provisioning of VMs, Key Vault, networking, and platform services.
• Enforce GitOps-based baselines for versioned, traceable configuration across environments.
• Create and maintain “golden image” pipelines using Packer for enterprise workloads.
• Ensure security compliance (CMKs, encryption, baselines) and IAM via AD/Entra ID and Keycloak.
• Operate and maintain secure enterprise environments per DoD security standards and vulnerability tools.
• Configure VMs to send telemetry and logs to Azure Log Analytics.
• Perform enterprise patching and update management with WSUS or equivalents.
• Coordinate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations and handoff readiness.
• Develop automation solutions using Bicep and/or Terraform to minimize manual intervention.
• Support container image movement and lifecycle management (Skopeo, Crane, Podman).
• Architect and develop, automate, deploy and manage AKS-based applications.

Skills

Leadership experience

DevOps

Air-gapped environments

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Bicep

Packer

AD/Entra ID

Keycloak

Nessus Security Center

WSUS

AKS

Confluence

Job description

Castalia Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer Tech 4 to automate and optimize our DevOps toolchain, focusing on Azure infrastructure, IaC, and secure DoD-aligned practices. You will enhance CI/CD pipelines and enable AirGap cloud operations to deliver reliable software for government customers.

The role requires leadership experience, advanced Terraform/Bicep skills, and experience with security tooling like Nessus and Keycloak, with strong collaboration across distributed teams.