Senior DevOps Engineer — TS/SCI Secure Cloud & CI/CD

twosixtechnologies; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Two Six Technologies in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own end-to-end automation of delivery pipelines, ensuring secure, reliable deployment from cloud-native to bare metal. You will work with developers, testers, product owners, and customers, use Terraform and Ansible for provisioning, and apply Docker, Nomad, Vault, Kubernetes to production environments.

This role requires TS/SCI clearance, 5–7 years of DevOps/SRE experience, and travel 10–15%.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or related roles delivering products.
• Strong Linux (RHEL/Debian) and shell scripting skills.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible.
• Hands-on experience with container and orchestration tools (Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes).
• Proficient in Python and Bash scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Own CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and optimization for secure product delivery.
• Harden environments (bare metal, on-prem, cloud) and ensure secure-by-default configurations.
• Collaborate with engineering to maintain operability of system components.
• Provision environments with Terraform and Ansible to ensure consistent, hardened deployments.
• Provide feedback to improve deployability and system stability.

Skills

Python

Bash

Linux

Cloud AWS

Networking & security

Security clearance TS/SCI

SRE/DevOps

CI/CD concepts

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Nomad

Vault

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab Pipelines

Job description

Two Six Technologies in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to own end-to-end automation of delivery pipelines, ensuring secure, reliable deployment from cloud-native to bare metal. You will work with developers, testers, product owners, and customers, use Terraform and Ansible for provisioning, and apply Docker, Nomad, Vault, Kubernetes to production environments.

This role requires TS/SCI clearance, 5–7 years of DevOps/SRE experience, and travel 10–15%.