Senior DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI | Cloud, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Kaizen Lab Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rapid Strategy seeks a senior DevOps Engineer-III to lead infrastructure automation, CI/CD development, and system optimization. The role requires expertise in cloud platforms, container orchestration, and security practices, with mentorship responsibilities for junior engineers. The position is US-based and may require a TS/SCI clearance.

The ideal candidate will design scalable DevOps solutions, guide teams through incidents, and drive automation across the delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of DevOps engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• US citizenship and based in the United States per requirement.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for code integration and deployment.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code templates and automated workflows.
• Optimize cloud resources and manage Kubernetes/Docker orchestration.
• Enforce security best practices for DevOps workflows.
• Lead root-cause analysis and post-mortem reviews for incidents.
• Provide technical guidance to development and operations teams.

Skills

CI/CD automation

DevOps leadership

Mentoring

Scripting (Python, Shell, Ruby)

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Terraform

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Rapid Strategy seeks a senior DevOps Engineer-III to lead infrastructure automation, CI/CD development, and system optimization. The role requires expertise in cloud platforms, container orchestration, and security practices, with mentorship responsibilities for junior engineers. The position is US-based and may require a TS/SCI clearance.

The ideal candidate will design scalable DevOps solutions, guide teams through incidents, and drive automation across the delivery lifecycle.