Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud-Native CI/CD & SecOps

US132 Guidehouse Digital, LLC; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery across multiple applications. You will automate infrastructure, manage cloud-native environments, and collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams.

Minimum six years in the industry and two+ years in a DevOps role are required, with experience in Java stacks, CI/CD, and cloud platforms. On-site role in Tysons, VA with up to 10% travel and eligibility for public trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems Management, or related field, or FOUR (4) years of equivalent professional experience.
• US Citizenship required; must be able to obtain a Public Trust government clearance.
• Six (6) years of industry experience.
• Two (2+) years as a DevOps Engineer.
• Experience working in a DevOps environment supporting multiple teams/applications.
• Proficiency in deploying and troubleshooting Java-based application stacks (NGINX, Apache HTTPD, JAVA JDK, Apache Tomcat, PostgreSQL).
• Strong understanding of application network configurations (Reverse Proxy, TLS Certificates, DNS, Load Balancers, Routers, Firewalls).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton, GitLab, Harness preferred).
• Hands‑on experience deploying applications to Google Cloud and/or Kubernetes (OpenShift, GKE, or EKS).
• Proficient with infrastructure and deployment automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, YAML, ArgoCD, HELM).
• Skilled in Git source control (Git, GitLab, Bitbucket), including branching and merge requests.
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 8+).
• Familiarity with Windows Server (2016+).
• Experience with DataDog, Splunk, Google Logging and monitoring or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Support build, test, deployment, and monitoring tools in a cloud-hosted infrastructure.
• Assist with software releases, infrastructure management, inventory, installations, configurations, and connectivity.
• Monitor and optimize system performance using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk and ELK Stack.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to improve deployment workflows and system reliability.
• Ensure security best practices are integrated into pipelines and infrastructure (DevSecOps).
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development and production environments.
• Maintain and modernize legacy systems using cloud-native services and automation.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Cloud Build and Harness.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes, OpenShift, or GKE, and Cloud Run(Knative)

Skills

2+ years DevOps experience

6+ years industry experience

DevOps environment

Java stack

NGINX

Apache HTTPD

PostgreSQL

Apache Tomcat

Reverse proxy

TLS certificates

DNS

Load balancers

Firewalls

Jenkins

Tekton

GitLab

Harness

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

OpenShift

GKE

EKS

Terraform

Ansible

ArgoCD

HELM

Git

GitLab

Bitbucket

RHEL 8+

Windows Server 2016+

Datadog

Splunk

Google Logging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

YAML

ArgoCD

HELM

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery across multiple applications. You will automate infrastructure, manage cloud-native environments, and collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams.

Minimum six years in the industry and two+ years in a DevOps role are required, with experience in Java stacks, CI/CD, and cloud platforms. On-site role in Tysons, VA with up to 10% travel and eligibility for public trust clearance.