Lead DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance)

Bitwise; Maryland; On-site; USD 267,000 - 314,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top salaries

Flexible PTO 3–5 weeks

11 federal holidays paid

Education assistance $5,250 annually

Spot bonuses for certifications

Job summary

Bitwise seeks a Lead DevOps Engineer in Maryland to oversee a small team and keep critical mission systems running securely. You will manage bare-metal and AWS deployments, Kubernetes, and data‑transformation workflows, partnering with 25+ software engineers to ensure uptime and reliability.

You will mentor two admins, drive automation, and champion observability, security, and SSP compliance on a mature, high‑impact project with real-world outcomes.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in DevOps or systems administration, or a technical BS plus 8+ years
• Strong Linux administration, especially RHEL9
• Hands-on containerization with Podman and Kubernetes for deployment and ops
• Proficiency with AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM)
• Expertise in automation and scripting: Ansible, Terraform, Packer, Bash, Python
• Knowledge of SSP compliance and processes
• Experience with observability tools (Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus)
• DB administration for Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, and graph DBs
• Elastic stack experience (Logstash, Filebeat)
• Experience with AWS tools like EKS, ECS, Lambdas, Secrets Manager
• GitLab CI/CD and general automation
• CNO experience
• Experience supporting multi-environment development and deployment

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor two system administrators and collaborate with 25+ software engineers
• Guide system design and setup with software teams and ensure robust architecture
• Maintain systems across EC2, bare metal, and cloud with AWS-based distributions
• Oversee migrations from on-prem to AWS cloud architecture and ensure SSP compliance
• Design observability strategies including monitoring, alerting, backups, and disaster recovery
• Maintain deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines in GitLab
• Perform database administration across Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, and graph DBs
• Maintain Linux kickstart images for RHEL9 environments

Skills

DevOps leadership

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Podman

AWS

CI/CD

GitLab

Scripting: Python/Bash

Ansible

Terraform/Packer

Observability: Prometheus/Grafana/Kiba

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Podman

Kubernetes

AWS

EC2

S3

VPC

IAM

GitLab

Ansible

Terraform

Packer

Bash

Python

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Redis

DGraph

Logstash/Filebeat

Kibana/Grafana/Prometheus

Job description

Bitwise seeks a Lead DevOps Engineer in Maryland to oversee a small team and keep critical mission systems running securely. You will manage bare-metal and AWS deployments, Kubernetes, and data‑transformation workflows, partnering with 25+ software engineers to ensure uptime and reliability.

You will mentor two admins, drive automation, and champion observability, security, and SSP compliance on a mature, high‑impact project with real-world outcomes.