DevOps Engineer | TS/SCI Clearance | Hybrid 2 Day Remote

Visionist Inc; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Merit increases

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Medical benefits

401(k) matching

Lifestyle bonus

Disability insurance

Job summary

Visionist Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer with Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance and polygraph for a fully funded PRIME contract. The role focuses on modernizing automation across the DevOps toolchain, supporting GitLab CI/CD in AWS and Kubernetes environments, and taking increasing ownership of automation tasks.

You will troubleshoot builds, enhance pipelines, and maintain container images, Terraform configurations, and Helm/Kubernetes deployments in a hybrid work setup with 2 days remote.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
• 14 years of experience in systems engineering
• Experience with Git, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Linux, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Make/build automation
• Experience writing or modifying YAML-based CI/CD configurations
• Experience scripting with Bash, Python, or a similar language
• Experience with container image creation, tagging, registries, and container security concepts
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code concepts and Terraform workflows
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues independently and methodically

Responsibilities

• Maintain and modernise GitLab CI/CD environments, including configurations, runners, jobs, and pipelines
• Troubleshoot failed builds and deployments and improve pipeline reliability, efficiency, and standardisation
• Maintain and modernise build systems and automate Docker image building, tagging, scanning, and publishing
• Maintain and improve Terraform configurations used to provision AWS infrastructure
• Automate container and software dependency vulnerability identification and support remediation efforts
• Develop scripts and automation to reduce repetitive operational tasks
• Troubleshoot issues across Linux, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure
• Maintain and administer Kubernetes/RKE2 development environments, including deployments, upgrades, monitoring & troubleshooting
• Maintain Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, configurations, and supporting automation
• Document processes, configurations, and operational procedures

Skills

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Make/build automation

YAML CI/CD configurations

Bash

Python

Container security

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Git

Job description

Visionist Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer with Active Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance and polygraph for a fully funded PRIME contract. The role focuses on modernizing automation across the DevOps toolchain, supporting GitLab CI/CD in AWS and Kubernetes environments, and taking increasing ownership of automation tasks.

You will troubleshoot builds, enhance pipelines, and maintain container images, Terraform configurations, and Helm/Kubernetes deployments in a hybrid work setup with 2 days remote.