Mission-Critical DevOps Engineer - CI/CD & Security

IGNITE; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ignite, an employee-owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our System Administration Support Team supporting WPAFB.

You will design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enhance automation, and ensure secure, reliable software releases across Windows server environments while coordinating with system administrators, developers, platform engineers, and cybersecurity professionals.

Qualifications

• Must hold an active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Hands-on experience implementing security within CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, or similar tools.
• Ability to script and automate (Python, Bash, Go) and develop security checks in CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain Windows servers and network systems.
• Develop and document technical processes and procedures.
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Enhance automation and deployment efficiency while ensuring security of releases.
• Collaborate with developers, sysadmins, and cybersecurity staff to secure CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

ArgoCD

CI/CD automation

Python

Bash

Go

Security assessments

Zero Trust

OpenTelemetry

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Podman

CRI-O

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK stack

AWS

Azure

Git

Kubernetes

Job description

Ignite, an employee-owned SDVOSB headquartered in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our System Administration Support Team supporting WPAFB.

You will design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines, enhance automation, and ensure secure, reliable software releases across Windows server environments while coordinating with system administrators, developers, platform engineers, and cybersecurity professionals.