Lead DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance)

Bitwise

Maryland

On-site

USD 267,000 - 314,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

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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.

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