Senior HPC DevOps Engineer - Onsite, TS/SCI

Peraton Labs; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO) for vacation

Company paid holidays

Job summary

Peraton Labs is looking for a Senior HPC DevOps Engineer to manage the automation and operations of an HPC/AI compute cluster in College Park, Maryland. The role requires expertise in Linux systems and DevOps principles, with specific emphasis on Ansible automation and incident management. Candidates must have a strong background in clustered compute environments and a TS/SCI security clearance. The position offers a competitive salary between $146,000 and $234,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in relevant fields.
• 7+ years in Linux systems/SRE/DevOps.
• 3+ years with Ansible automation.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage automation workflows.
• Enforce desired state across cluster services.
• Build and maintain automated node bootstrap workflows.
• Implement rolling maintenance and patch automation.
• Ensure automation emits auditable logs.
• Automate responses to common incidents.
• Keep operational documentation versioned alongside automation.

Skills

Linux systems

Ansible automation

Git workflow

HPC operations

Incident response

Container tooling

Education

BS in Computer Science, IT, or related field

Tools

SELinux

SSH

Job description

Peraton Labs is looking for a Senior HPC DevOps Engineer to manage the automation and operations of an HPC/AI compute cluster in College Park, Maryland. The role requires expertise in Linux systems and DevOps principles, with specific emphasis on Ansible automation and incident management. Candidates must have a strong background in clustered compute environments and a TS/SCI security clearance. The position offers a competitive salary between $146,000 and $234,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and retirement plans.