Senior DevOps Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & Security

Accelera Solutions; Charleston, Washington (SC, District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Accelera Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and core services in an on-site role based in Charleston, SC or the DC metro area. The position requires TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and a strong focus on automation, security, and scalable deployments.

You will implement IaC with Terraform/Ansible, manage Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, and drive CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with software teams to optimize delivery and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as engineering or mathematics.
• Typical experience: 10 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• Experience with Agile/DevOps/DevSecOps in professional or academic settings.
• Hands‑on experience building and operating AWS infrastructure (compute, networking, storage, IAM).
• Experience deploying Kubernetes workloads including service networking and persistent storage.
• Experience with Ansible automation and infrastructure as code.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and integrating security testing into delivery workflows.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Scripting in Python or Bash and Git/version-controlled infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build, automate, and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting development, integration, testing, and deployments.
• Develop infrastructure as code and Ansible automation for repeatable deployments.
• Deploy and operate containerized apps using Kubernetes and OpenShift; address scalability, networking, and storage.
• Create CI/CD pipelines that automate builds, tests, security checks, and deployments.
• Configure and maintain the DevOps toolchain including registries, repositories, and environments.
• Integrate automated security testing into workflows and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Support AWS GovCloud deployments and IL5 requirements.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting for reliability and capacity planning.
• Document configurations and procedures; support developers in using the delivery environment.

Skills

DevOps

AWS

Kubernetes

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or mathematics

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Git

OpenShift

Job description

Accelera Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and core services in an on-site role based in Charleston, SC or the DC metro area. The position requires TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and a strong focus on automation, security, and scalable deployments.

You will implement IaC with Terraform/Ansible, manage Kubernetes/OpenShift environments, and drive CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with software teams to optimize delivery and