Junior DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance (Poly)

Search Results; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

FSA

PTO & Holidays

STD/LTD

Life Insurance

401K with match

Referral programs

Professional development

Job summary

Navstar seeks a DevOps professional with an active TS/SCI clearance to lead CI/CD, patching, and environment hardening for mission-critical products. You will oversee a small DevOps team, improve delivery lifecycle, and ensure secure, reliable operations across development, testing, and production.

Required: Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering, Kubernetes, Grafana, CM tools, OS administration, and strong security controls; excellent communication and ability to work independently or in a

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering or related field with 2+ years of related experience.
• Experience with deployment technologies, Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
• Understanding of user access practices and security controls.
• Understanding of system administration across OS environments.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and inputs hiring of a small DevOps team for operations and maintenance.
• Maintains and patches existing products to improve reliability in customer environments.
• Manages CI/CD pipelines to maximize efficiency.
• Maintains development, testing, and production environments.
• Works with CI/CD tools and source control (git).
• Provides technical support and develops software for back-end systems.
• Stays current with industry trends and seeks improvements.

Skills

Kubernetes

Grafana

Security controls

OS administration

Configuration management

On-call readiness

Team leadership

CI/CD practices

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

GitLab CI

Helm

GitOps

Git

Job description

Navstar seeks a DevOps professional with an active TS/SCI clearance to lead CI/CD, patching, and environment hardening for mission-critical products. You will oversee a small DevOps team, improve delivery lifecycle, and ensure secure, reliable operations across development, testing, and production.

Required: Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering, Kubernetes, Grafana, CM tools, OS administration, and strong security controls; excellent communication and ability to work independently or in a