Senior DevOps Specialist

VIA; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Parental leave

Flexible vacation

Remote work options

Office locations

Learning & development

Transit benefits

Team events

Job summary

VIA is seeking a Senior DevOps Specialist to lead deployment, security, and reliability of Web3 data and identity protection solutions. You will own key infrastructure components and guide automation and IaC across teams to meet stringent security requirements.

You will collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering leadership to align priorities, automate remediation, and improve monitoring and CI/CD tooling in a fast-growing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or related field.
• 5+ years in a DevOps/SRE or infrastructure engineering role in high-growth environments.
• Deep understanding of IT infrastructure, Unix/Linux, DNS, storage, firewalls, and data flows between systems.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform), Docker; monitoring via logs, Kibana, Grafana.
• Extensive AWS experience; Azure or GCP a bonus.
• Experience with security, compliance frameworks (CJIS, CMMC, SOC2).
• Python and shell scripting proficiency.
• Ability to prioritize across multiple development cycles and manage dependencies.
• Strong communication and stakeholder relationship skills.
• Nice-to-have: blockchain node deployment, Istio, IoT OT experience.

Responsibilities

• Shape and operate infrastructure and deployment systems.
• Drive reliability, observability, monitoring, and incident response.
• Champion security and compliance in automated pipelines and deployments.
• Partner with engineering leadership and product teams to prioritize and plan work.
• Identify and implement AI tools and agents to reduce manual bottlenecks across the DevOps lifecycle.

Skills

DevOps/SRE experience

Python & shell scripting

Stakeholder communication

Automation and IaC mindset

Ambiguity management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kibana

Grafana

Job description

VIA is making an impact, and so can you.

Headquartered in Boston, VIA provides mission-critical software for secure data exchange and trustworthy AI without compromising speed, simplicity, or resilience. Its military-grade architecture helps defense, public safety agencies, and humanitarian organizations use AI while maintaining control of sensitive, distributed data even in contested or offline environments.

Learn more: solvewithvia.com.

An impressive mission requires an equally impressive Senior DevOps Specialist

As a Senior DevOps Specialist, you will join VIA’s DevOps team to help drive the deployment, security, and reliability of our Web3 data and identity protection solutions. You won’t wait to be handed a problem. You’ll identify what matters, bring a clear point of view on how to address it, and lead work through to completion in close partnership with the rest of the DevOps team. You will take ownership of key components of VIA’s infrastructure while shaping the broader technical direction alongside your teammates, leveraging AI-driven automation and infrastructure-as-code to replace manual processes and ensure our platform meets rigorous security requirements.

In this role, you will:

• Help shape and operate infrastructure and deployment systems
  • Contribute to the design, build, and maintenance of the cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tooling that engineering teams rely on every day
• Drive reliability and observability
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices that keep systems healthy and surface issues before customers feel them
• Champion security and compliance
  • Partner with security and compliance teammates to ensure infrastructure aligns with VIA's security obligations (e.g., CJIS, CMMC, and SOC 2), embedding security controls into automated pipelines rather than bolting them on
• Partner across the engineering organization
  • Work closely with engineering leadership, Client Delivery Leads, and product teams to ensure infrastructure work is properly prioritized and accounted for during project planning and resource allocation
• Partner with the team to identify and implement AI tools and agents
  • Identify and implement AI tools and agents to eliminate manual bottlenecks across the DevOps lifecycle, including automated remediation, log anomaly detection, infrastructure-as-code generation and review, and compliance evidence collection

Requirements

What you will bring to this role:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related degree
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role, with demonstrated success in a high-growth technical environment
• Deep technical understanding of IT infrastructure integration, Unix/Linux, (e.g., DNS, storage systems, firewalls, etc.), TCP/UDP/IP behavior, and application data flows between systems - a must have
• High proficiency in application deployment (e.g., Kubernetes, IaC e.g. Terraform, Docker), configuration and monitoring (e.g., System logs, Kibana, Grafana, etc.)
• In-depth experience with AWS required; experience with Azure or GCP a bonus
• Experience managing network infrastructure, protocols, troubleshooting, and security (e.g., firewalls, security groups, OS/container hardening)
• Experience adhering to the standards of compliance frameworks (e.g. CJIS, CMMC, SOC2)
• Proficiency in Python and shell script languages
• Proven ability to independently manage priorities and plan effectively across multiple upcoming development cycles (sprints), anticipating future dependencies and resource needs
• Proven track record building strong stakeholder relationships, with excellent interpersonal and presentation skills to effectively communicate and influence
• Experience or interest in the following skills is also a plus:
• Deployment of blockchain nodes (e.g., experience with configuration of Ethereum miners)
• Application orchestration
• Service mesh technology (e.g., Istio)
• Managing IoT devices as part of an Operational Technology system

What does it take to be a successful VIAneer? Let’s break it down, our VIAneers are:

• Self-motivated and passionate about leaving everything they touch better than how they found it
• Firm believers that people should love what they do and are eager to build a culture that enables them to do their best work
• Creative problem solvers who respectfully challenge the status quo in the pursuit of excellence
• People who lead discussions with curiosity and value diverse perspectives
• Eager to explore new ideas, understand the power of feedback, and constantly seek opportunities to grow and develop their skills
• Strong team players who thrive in collaborative environments and celebrate the success of others

Benefits

What can VIA do for you?

VIA offers competitive benefits, flexible work options, and individualized mentoring and growth opportunities. Here are just a few of our VIAneers’ favorite perks:

• Compensation:
  • This role offers a salary range of $165,000-$195,000 USD per year
  • 401K plan with up to 5% employer contribution
• Health: A fully funded, top-tier health benefits plan, including vision and dental coverage, fully covered from day one, for your whole family
• Family Support: Up to 24 weeks paid parental leave, a 4-week paid ramp-back program, and a $10K family forming benefit (covering fertility treatments, adoption, and surrogacy)
• Time off: Flexible Vacation Policy with no set annual limit or accrual period, Summer Fridays, and an extended holiday period in December
• Remote work: Ability to enjoy the best of both worlds with flexibility to work from home as needed, as well as access to three well-located offices, designed for collaboration and stocked with everything you could need
  • Opportunities to work remotely from eligible locations for up to 2 months per year
• Growth: Individualized growth opportunities, including internal and external mentorship panels, custom goals and feedback sessions, and/or access to learning and development programs, including VIA’s unrivaled leadership program
  • A dedicated wellness advisor to help you navigate the programs and opportunities available at VIA
• Transit: Benefits to support commuting costs
• Connection: In-person events to foster team bonding and collaboration across different teams

Read more about our benefits and perks here.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.