Senior DevOps Engineer — TS/SCI Clearance

Visionist Inc; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual merit increases & performance‑基

4 weeks paid time off, 12 holidays, OT

4 weeks parental leave with $8k bonus

Job summary

Visionist Inc. is hiring a DevOps Engineer for a fully funded PRIME contract. The role supports a mission-critical software system with a 20+ person team, handling development, staging, and production tasks.

Hybrid work-from-home is available for two days per week, with a clear path for growth within a supportive leadership culture. The position requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, a technical bachelor’s degree (or 14+ years of systems engineering), and hands-on experience with Git,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Additional 4 years of experience may substitute degree)
• 14+ years of experience in systems engineering
• Experience with Git, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Linux, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Make/build automation
• Experience writing or modifying YAML-based CI/CD configurations
• Experience scripting with Bash, Python, or a similar language
• Experience with container image creation, tagging, registries, and container security concepts
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code concepts and Terraform workflows
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues independently and methodically

Responsibilities

• Maintain and modernize GitLab CI/CD environments, including configurations, runners, jobs, and pipelines
• Troubleshoot failed builds and deployments and improve pipeline reliability, efficiency, and standardization
• Maintain and modernize build systems and automate Docker image building, tagging, scanning, and publishing
• Maintain and improve Terraform configurations used to provision AWS infrastructure
• Automate container and software dependency vulnerability identification and support remediation efforts
• Develop scripts and automation to reduce repetitive operational tasks
• Troubleshoot issues across Linux, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure
• Maintain and administer Kubernetes/RKE2 development environments, including deployments, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting
• Maintain Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, configurations, and supporting automation
• Document processes, configurations, and operational procedures

Skills

Automation scripting

Troubleshooting

Linux server admin

SRE practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Make/build automation

YAML configurations

Bash

Python

Job description

Visionist Inc. is hiring a DevOps Engineer for a fully funded PRIME contract. The role supports a mission-critical software system with a 20+ person team, handling development, staging, and production tasks.

Hybrid work-from-home is available for two days per week, with a clear path for growth within a supportive leadership culture. The position requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, a technical bachelor’s degree (or 14+ years of systems engineering), and hands-on experience with Git,