Senior DevOps Engineer - Azure Gov, Secret Clearance

Expression Networks; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Education reimbursement

Life insurance

Generous PTO

Job summary

Expression Networks in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead secure cloud infrastructure and automation for the NTIA FSDS program. You will design, build, and maintain production-ready pipelines across Azure Commercial, Government, and Secret environments, partnering with engineers, admins, and security personnel.

You will own infrastructure code through deployment, drive automation, and document practices for the team.

Qualifications

• Active Secret security clearance or higher.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and five or more years of DevOps/cloud engineering experience, or eight or more years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating Azure infrastructure.
• Experience building and maintaining Azure DevOps YAML pipelines.
• Experience delivering software or infrastructure in classified or restricted federal environments.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates).
• Practical experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Experience with Git-based version control and code reviews.
• Knowledge of Linux administration, cloud networking, IAM, and secrets management.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure infrastructure for unclassified and classified systems.
• Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or ARM templates.
• Configure and maintain container platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
• Implement secure networking, identity and access controls, secrets management, and environment configuration.
• Improve infrastructure consistency, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency across environments.
• Build and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines for builds, tests, security scans, and deployments.
• Integrate security checks into delivery workflows and enforce repeatable release processes.
• Support deployments in restricted environments with connectivity and tooling constraints.
• Collaborate with development teams to resolve deployment issues and promote DevOps practices.

Skills

Azure Cloud

DevOps

Scripting

Git

Security

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

ARM templates

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Azure DevOps

Job description

Expression Networks in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead secure cloud infrastructure and automation for the NTIA FSDS program. You will design, build, and maintain production-ready pipelines across Azure Commercial, Government, and Secret environments, partnering with engineers, admins, and security personnel.

You will own infrastructure code through deployment, drive automation, and document practices for the team.