Senior DevOps Engineer (Arlington, VA)

CoStar Group, Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous compensation and performance-based incentives

Comprehensive health coverage

401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions

Paid time off and tuition reimbursement

Job summary

CoStar Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer based in Arlington, VA. This role involves automating DevOps processes and deploying containerized applications. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with a strong background in cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

Join us in shaping the future of real estate data and analytics while enjoying generous compensation, extensive benefits, and support for professional growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing heavy-traffic web sites with a developer focus.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and production orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Automate and leverage DevOps principles for operational excellence.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Implement CI/CD using the latest DevOps tools.

Skills

DevOps principles

Continuous integration / continuous delivery

Kubernetes

AWS

Bash scripting

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college

Tools

Kubernetes observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Senior DevOps Engineer (Arlington, VA)

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate data and analytics. We are on a mission to digitize real estate worldwide, empowering people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve businesses and lives.

Responsibilities

• Own and pride in performance, impacting company success in a fast‑paced environment supporting multiple software products and brands.
• Automate and leverage DevOps principles, aiming for operational excellence with an infrastructure‑as‑code mindset.
• Implement continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) using the latest DevOps tools and innovative methods.
• Work effectively in a team as an individual contributor, comfortable in a development and operations role.
• Communicate and collaborate with IT and business teams.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Kubernetes and platforms such as EKS, AKS, GKE, or on‑prem Kubernetes.
• Support application deployments across cloud and on‑prem environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Diagnose and resolve infrastructure, deployment, and performance issues across distributed and microservices‑based systems.
• Apply critical thinking, problem‑solving, time‑management, and multitasking skills.
• Provide help to management, including hiring, onboarding, training, performance reviews, motivating team members, and reporting team performance.

Basic Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.
• 5+ years managing heavy‑traffic web sites with a developer focus.
• Solid sizing and estimation for small‑to‑medium tasks and projects.
• Infrastructure‑as‑code experience (CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar).
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring tools (APM, system vitals, synthetics, RUM).
• Heavy scripting support (PowerShell, Bash, Ruby, Groovy).
• SQL or NoSQL database experience.
• Configuring CDN for performance caching and global traffic management.
• Familiarity with infrastructure foundation components of large networks in AWS and on‑prem (system & network administration, DNS, hypervisors, containers, databases, multi‑datacenters).
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and production orchestration.
• Experience with application deployment strategies (rolling, blue‑green, canary) and production troubleshooting in containerized environments.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Programming experience in Java, C#, Python, NodeJS.
• Server‑less architecture methodologies.
• Familiarity with PCI compliance and remediation.
• Mobile application support (iOS, Android).
• Experience in REST API or microservices development.
• Agile methodologies and short‑sprint cycles.
• Experience with Kubernetes observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Experience managing Kubernetes deployments using Helm or similar package management.

Benefits

• Generous compensation and performance‑based incentives.
• Investment in professional and academic growth.
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and prescription drug coverage; life, legal, and supplementary insurance.
• Virtual and in‑person mental health counseling services.
• Commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off and tuition reimbursement.
• On‑site (or reimbursed) fitness center, yoga studio, Peloton, personal training, group exercise classes.
• Access to employee resource groups.
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, fresh fruit, and healthy snacks.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug‑free workplace and perform pre‑employment substance abuse testing.

CoStar Group is committed to diversity and equal opportunity and provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities. For questions, contact [e-mail].