Senior DevOps Engineer

Clarivate Analytics; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarivate Analytics is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the PISA DevOps team in Alexandria, VA. You will lead CI/CD, cloud, and container orchestration efforts while guiding security and AI workflow initiatives.

This hybrid role requires 5+ years in DevOps, strong scripting skills, and active clearance eligibility. You'll collaborate across multiple products in the Derwent patent analytics portfolio and engage with global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, software engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years managing systems in a large-scale production environment.
• 5+ years developing/maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins or equivalent.
• 5+ years supporting Cloud Computing services, preferably AWS.
• 5+ years deploying, managing and scaling containerized apps with Kubernetes.
• 5+ years using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.
• 5+ years Python/Bash or similar scripting experience.
• 5+ years GitHub Copilot or building AI agent/workflows.
• US Citizenship or Green Card with Public Trust or ability to obtain one.
• AWS/Kubernetes certifications, Datadog or similar observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Product Roadmap: design deployments and enhancements while maintaining existing systems.
• Pipeline Engineering: manage CI/CD tools and infrastructure.
• Developer Support: gather build requirements and provide status updates.
• Observability & Monitoring: implement logging, metrics and alerts with Datadog and CloudWatch.
• Security & Compliance: address vulnerabilities and support ISO-27001/SOC2.
• AI Integration: design AI agent services and workflow automation.
• Infrastructure as Code: manage Terraform and source control with GitHub.
• DevOps Practices: maintain docs and runbooks for cross-team sharing.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud computing (AWS)

Kubernetes

Terraform

Python

Bash

GitHub Copilot / AI agents

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Datadog

Databases (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL)

Java / C++

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, software engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Job description

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our PISA DevOps team in Alexandria, VA. This is an amazing opportunity to work on several growing products in the Clarivate Intellectual Property Group. We would love to speak with you if you have experience in providing technical guidance by promoting excellence for Cloud and DevOps practices!

About You – Requirements for Experience, Education, Skills, and Accomplishments

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, IT, software engineering, or a related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• At least 5+ years managing systems in a large-scale production environment.
• At least 5+ years of experience in developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, utilizing GitHub Actions, Jenkins or equivalent tools.
• At least 5+ years of experience supporting Cloud Computing based services, preferably AWS.
• At least 5+ years of experience in deploying, managing, and scaling containerized applications using Kubernetes or similar tool.
• At least 5+ years of experience in managing and provisioning Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• At least 5+ years of relevant professional software development/scripting experience using Python, Bash or similar language.
• At least 5 years of proven experience implementing GitHub Copilot or building workflows with AI agents, LLM APIs.
• Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder with an active Public Trust Clearance or the ability to obtain one.
• It would be great if you also had . . .
• Proven experience with AWS services (EC2, EKS, ECS, EMR, EBS, RDS, CloudFront, etc.) OR with other similar cloud platform services.
• AWS Cloud Certification and/or Kubernetes Certification, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, GitHub Actions Certification.
• Experience with Datadog or similar monitoring observability tool.
• Ability to support database servers like MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• Cloud Security experience to include vulnerability detection and remediation, access hardening, and automated security scanning and dependency management in GitHub workflows.
• Software Engineering experience in a higher-level language such as Java or C++.
• Ability to create project plans, budgets, presentations, and documentation involving different products and teams.

What will you be doing in this role?

• Product Roadmap - Solutioning new deployments and product enhancements while maintaining existing systems to include functionality, performance and security.
• Pipeline Engineering - Orchestrating and overseeing the implementation and maintenance of tools and infrastructure critical to the CI/CD pipeline.
• Developer Support - Interact with the software development organization, gathering build requirements, providing status updates, and delivering DevOps assigned tasks.
• Observability & Monitoring - Monitor/measure the efficacy of the automation infrastructure and implement logging, metrics and alerting systems using tools like Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, GitHub metrics, etc.
• Security & Compliance - Reduce security vulnerabilities across assigned systems and support required compliance certifications, ISO-27001, SOC2 Type I & II.
• AI Integration - Design, implement and optimize AI agentic services, leverage GitHub Copilot and pursue workflow automation enhancements.
• Infrastructure as Code - Manage and provision services using Terraform and support the creation and maintenance of source control systems using GitHub.
• DevOps Practices - Maintain consistent documentation, runbooks for all assigned tasks and ensure seamless cross-team knowledge sharing.

Product you will be developing and supporting

Derwent Patent Search and Derwent Patent Analytics are powerful tools designed to streamline the patent research process. By leveraging advanced search capabilities and comprehensive analytics, DPS and DPA enables intellectual property professionals to efficiently uncover critical patent information, monitor industry trends, and make informed decisions. These innovative platforms support the entire lifecycle of patent management, from initial search to strategic analysis, ensuring users stay ahead in the competitive landscape of intellectual property.

About The Team

This is a great opportunity to become part of the wider PISA DevOps team with engineers worldwide, US, EU, Australia and India. You'll have the chance to work on impactful global initiatives and different projects, contributing to a team that values collaboration and innovation. We value deep technical expertise, strong ownership, and thoughtful collaboration across time zones and cultures.

Hours of Work

This is a permanent full-time position, with core engagement hours within US EST time zone. This is a hybrid position, you will be expected to work from our Alexandria, VA office 2 days every week and must live within a reasonable commutable distance to the office. We can also consider our Philadelphia, PA office

At Clarivate, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons with respect to hiring, compensation, promotion, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. We comply with applicable laws and regulations governing non-discrimination in all locations.

Clarivate is a global leader in trusted and transformative intelligence. We bring together enriched data, insights, analytics and workflow solutions, grounded in deep domain expertise across the spectrum of knowledge, research and innovation. Whether it's providing insights to transform the water industry or accelerating the delivery of a critical vaccine, our aim is to fuel the world's greatest breakthroughs by harnessing the power of human ingenuity.

For more information, please visit clarivate.com