Senior DevOps Lead: Kubernetes & CI/CD (Top Secret/SCI)

General Atomics Intelligence; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

GA-Intelligence in Charlottesville, VA seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead deployment, maintenance, and security across multi-environment productions for government customers. You will mentor a small DevOps team and optimize CI/CD pipelines and hardening practices.

Qualified candidates have a strong background in Kubernetes, Grafana monitoring, and cloud management, with TS/SCI clearance preferred. This role requires on-call availability and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
• Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
• Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
• Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Able to work on-call hours as required.

Responsibilities

• Under general direction, identifies deficiencies in product delivery lifecycle and implements industry best practices.
• Oversees hiring of a small DevOps team to assist operation and maintenance of products.
• Inspects, patches, and upgrades existing products for reliable delivery to customer environments.
• Maintains development, testing, and production environments.
• Manages CI/CD pipelines to maximize efficiency.
• Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
• Tests system integrity and implemented designs, improving processes as needed.
• Manages deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
• Works with CI/CD tools and source control (Git).
• Provides technical support and develops software for back-end systems.
• Stays current with industry trends and sources new improvements.

Skills

Kubernetes (K8s)

Grafana

Security controls

OS administration

Configuration management

SDLC practices

Communication skills

On-call readiness

Git / GitLab CI

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Git

Kubernetes

Job description

GA-Intelligence in Charlottesville, VA seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead deployment, maintenance, and security across multi-environment productions for government customers. You will mentor a small DevOps team and optimize CI/CD pipelines and hardening practices.

Qualified candidates have a strong background in Kubernetes, Grafana monitoring, and cloud management, with TS/SCI clearance preferred. This role requires on-call availability and collaboration across teams.