Senior DevOps Engineer

Two Six Technologies; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our cybersecurity technology team in Arlington, VA. The ideal candidate will use strong Python and bash scripting skills to proactively solve complex challenges by working through unfamiliar systems and environments.

This role requires experience in containerization and tools like Docker, along with solid understanding of CI/CD processes. Join us to advance innovative projects that contribute to a safer global future.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of technical coding experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience implementing DevOps practices.
• Experienced with troubleshooting at the Linux OS level.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and investigate issues in Linux environments.
• Explore and debug across multiple languages and frameworks.
• Trace problems from code to deployment environments.

Skills

Python scripting

Bash scripting

CI/CD tooling

Design Patterns

DevOps practices

Containerization

Version control

Agile methodologies

Collaboration tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Docker

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab Pipelines

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future.

Two Six Technologies is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to work within a cross-functional development team focused on advancing state‑of‑the‑art projects within the growing cybersecurity technology team in Arlington, VA.

Expectations as a Senior Engineer

• Proactive Problem Solving: Demonstrate a strong drive to independently identify challenges and propose effective, scalable solutions.
• Technical Acumen: Apply deep technical intuition and critical thinking when tackling complex or unfamiliar problems.
• Results‑Oriented: Prioritize metrics‑driven outcomes and consistently deliver work that creates measurable, meaningful impact.
• Documentation Excellence: Maintain a habit of thoroughly documenting code, system designs, and processes to ensure clarity and long‑term maintainability.
• Mentorship and Collaboration: Exhibit a passion for mentoring team members, fostering collaboration, and sharing knowledge to elevate the entire team.
• Determination: Willingness to stick with a project/task till completion while others on the team tackle different projects.

What you will Do

• Troubleshoot and investigate issues at the Linux operating system level, including services, logs, permissions, networking, packages, and runtime behavior.
• Explore, understand, and debug developer code across multiple languages and frameworks in order to determine how applications are built, configured, deployed, and executed.
• Trace problems across the full deployment path, from source code and build pipelines to containers, operating systems, infrastructure, and runtime environments.
• Work independently or in small groups through unfamiliar or quickly changing systems by reading documentation, inspecting code/configuration, testing assumptions, and narrowing down root causes.

What you will need (basic qualifications)

• Proficiency in Coding: Strong expertise in scripting languages, with a primary focus on Python and bash scripting.
• Design Patterns Expertise: Demonstrated ability to apply software design patterns to build robust, maintainable, and reusable code architectures.
• CI/CD and Tooling: Expert proficiency in CI/CD tooling and pipelines, with hands‑on experience using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab Pipelines.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field or comparable experience.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of technical coding experience.
• DevOps Experience: Minimum of 3 years of experience implementing and supporting DevOps practices in a production environment.
• Containerization Proficiency: Significant experience working with containerization technologies, particularly Docker.
• Modern Development Practices: Proficiency in modern software development practices, including version control (e.g., Git), CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies.
• Scalable Architecture Design: Proven experience designing and implementing scalable architectures in production environments.
• Collaboration Tools: Proficiency in using project management and collaboration tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Nice if you have

• Cloud Expertise: Experience with major cloud service providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Helm, EKS, and ArgoCD.
• Web Frameworks: Hands‑on experience with Python frameworks such as Django or FastAPI.
• Automation and Configuration Management: Experience with tools like Chef, Ansible, or Puppet to streamline infrastructure management.
• Virtualization Knowledge: General understanding and experience with virtualization technologies, such as VMware, Hyper‑V, or Xen.
• Infrastructure Best Practices: Knowledge of best practices for infrastructure security, reliability, and fault tolerance.
• Cybersecurity Awareness: Familiarity with cybersecurity systems and principles to safeguard infrastructure and applications.

Clearance Requirement

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI clearance.

Compensation and Benefits

Two Six Technologies is committed to providing competitive and comprehensive compensation packages that reflect the value we place on our employees and their contributions. We believe in rewarding skills, experience, and performance. Our offerings include but are not limited to medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, tuition assistance, and professional development.

The projected salary range listed for this position is annualized. This is a general guideline and not a guarantee of salary. Salary is one component of our total compensation package and the specific salary offered is determined by various factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, geographic location, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Two Six Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type and protective hair styles (e.g., braids, twists, locs and twists)), color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions and lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (40 and over), marital status, disability, genetic information, and protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information review the Two Six Technologies Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinity Action Policy and the EEO Poster.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of our employment process, please send an email to [e-mail]. Information provided will be kept confidential and used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

Additionally, please be advised that this business uses E‑Verify in its hiring practices.