Senior DevOps Engineer – TS/SCI Cloud & Automation Lead

Strategic Business Systems (SBS); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is seeking a motivated Sr DevOps/Linux Systems Engineer to support a cutting‑edge modeling and analytics framework for the U.S. Intelligence Community.

The role involves hands‑on engineering, hybrid Linux infrastructure management, and collaboration on DevOps direction within an agile team. Required active TS/SCI with Polygraph, strong Linux/AWS background, and experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automation tools.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.
• Experience administering Linux servers in hybrid on‑premise and cloud environments (AWS).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with database technologies (Postgres, Mongo).
• Experience with server configuration management or infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Puppet).
• Scripting experience (Bash, Python).
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of Agile development processes.
• CompTIA Security+ or IAT II certification.

Responsibilities

• Hands‑on engineering, operations, and maintenance of scalable IT infrastructure.
• Administration of Linux servers in a hybrid on‑premise and cloud environment; AWS experience preferred.
• Work with DevOps tools to support software teams across dev, test, and production environments.
• Coordinate with ISSO to ensure security standards are implemented in architecture.
• Assist external customers with development and troubleshooting of IT and software systems.
• Encourage and implement automated processes where possible.
• Identify and deploy cybersecurity measures through vulnerability assessments and risk management.
• Monitor and measure customer experience and KPIs.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux administration

CI/CD implementation

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Agile development

Security best practices

Tools

AWS (EC2, VPC, ELB, IAM, Autoscaling)

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

Strategic Business Systems, Inc. (SBS) is seeking a motivated Sr DevOps/Linux Systems Engineer to support a cutting‑edge modeling and analytics framework for the U.S. Intelligence Community.

The role involves hands‑on engineering, hybrid Linux infrastructure management, and collaboration on DevOps direction within an agile team. Required active TS/SCI with Polygraph, strong Linux/AWS background, and experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automation tools.