Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS, CI/CD, TS/SCI w/ Poly

the-swift-group; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Swift, a Reston/Herndon-based services and solutions company, seeks a seasoned DevOps Engineer to join our Herndon team. You will deploy and sustain multi-team AWS infrastructure, automate with CloudFormation and Ansible, and manage GitHub scripts and Jenkins pipelines.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of DevOps experience, strong Linux, IaC, and security clearance (TS/SCI with Polygraph) and a Bachelor’s or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant DevOps experience.
• Experience managing ELBs and auto-scale groups with AWS EC2.
• Experience setting up alarms, dashboards, and alerts with AWS CloudWatch.
• Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3.
• Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation using YAML templates.
• Strong Linux troubleshoots skills.
• Bash scripting experience.
• Ability to set up, build, and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Ansible for server automation.
• Strong knowledge of git and version control for IaC in GitHub.
• Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure for multiple development teams.
• Automate deployments using CloudFormation and Ansible.
• Manage scripts and templates in GitHub with Git version control.
• Set up and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Actively monitor servers and infrastructure for issues and security controls.

Skills

AWS Infra Management

Auto-Scaling

CloudWatch

S3 Permissions

CloudFormation YAML

Linux Troubleshooting

Bash Scripting

Jenkins CI/CD

Ansible

Git/GitHub

Security Clearance TS/SCI

Strong CI/CD Practices

Education

Bachelor's Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Ansible

CloudFormation

AWS CLI

Job description

Swift, a Reston/Herndon-based services and solutions company, seeks a seasoned DevOps Engineer to join our Herndon team. You will deploy and sustain multi-team AWS infrastructure, automate with CloudFormation and Ansible, and manage GitHub scripts and Jenkins pipelines.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years of DevOps experience, strong Linux, IaC, and security clearance (TS/SCI with Polygraph) and a Bachelor’s or equivalent experience.