Senior DevOps Engineer – Onsite TS/SCI, AWS GovCloud

Zachary Piper Solutions; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join a leading government contractor supporting mission-critical programs in the Intelligence Community. The role focuses on administering and optimizing secure cloud infrastructure across AWS GovCloud and C2S environments.

This onsite position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and offers opportunities to design CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and ensure high availability and security across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 4–15+ years of cloud/DevOps experience depending on education.
• Hands-on AWS GovCloud and/or C2S experience.
• Strong CI/CD and automation experience.
• Extensive Linux admin within enterprise environments.
• Solid networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls).
• Experience troubleshooting complex distributed systems.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph required.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize cloud infrastructure in AWS GovCloud and C2S.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines for deployments and provisioning.
• Maintain Linux servers and supporting infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, networking, and cloud issues.
• Monitor system health and scalability; improve reliability.
• Integrate new technologies with minimal risk to operations.
• Perform patching, capacity planning, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Collaborate with software, cybersecurity, network, and admin teams.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code and automation scripts.
• Communicate status and risks; escalate critical issues.

Skills

AWS GovCloud

CI/CD pipelines

Linux admin

Networking basics

Scripting/automation

Troubleshooting

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related

Tools

Red Hat / RHEL

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join a leading government contractor supporting mission-critical programs in the Intelligence Community. The role focuses on administering and optimizing secure cloud infrastructure across AWS GovCloud and C2S environments.

This onsite position requires an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph and offers opportunities to design CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and ensure high availability and security across complex systems.