Senior DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI with Poly + Cloud Automation

Tektora; Baltimore (MD); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tektora is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimize secure cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical Gov & Defense programs. You will drive IaC adoption using Terraform and CloudFormation, manage Kubernetes, and enhance CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Ideal candidates have active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and strong AWS, Docker, scripting (Python/Bash/Ruby) skills, plus experience automating deployments in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph is required.
• Extensive experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, VPC).
• Hands-on with container tech (Docker) and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash or Ruby.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Manage Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Collaborate with software teams to improve delivery and scalability.
• Drive DevOps best practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

DevOps practices

CI/CD

SRE mindset

Scripting

Tools

AWS

Docker

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Python

Bash

Job description

Tektora is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and optimize secure cloud infrastructure supporting mission-critical Gov & Defense programs. You will drive IaC adoption using Terraform and CloudFormation, manage Kubernetes, and enhance CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Ideal candidates have active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph and strong AWS, Docker, scripting (Python/Bash/Ruby) skills, plus experience automating deployments in enterprise environments.