Sr. DevOps Engineer – Federal Customer (Active TS-SCI Security Clearance required)

Dell Technologies Inc.; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell Technologies Inc. is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer for a Federal Customer project in Chantilly, VA. This on-site role requires TS/SCI clearance and involves designing, deploying, maintaining, and securing a scalable infrastructure, including Kubernetes-based stacks and related services.

You will work with cross-functional teams to automate deployment, improve security posture, and ensure reliable operations across the stack (DNS, IdM, OAuth, NFS, S3, etc.).

Qualifications

• Experience deploying, managing, and monitoring Kubernetes environments.
• Experience containerizing applications via Docker/Podman.
• Programming experience in Python, Go, or Rust.
• Expertise securing Kubernetes environments (RBAC, PSP/Admission control).

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex problems and engineer effective solutions.
• Design, deploy, maintain, and secure platform infrastructure.
• Automate deployment and configuration of OS, applications, and platform components (Kubernetes stack).
• Collaborate with teams to uphold security and reliability standards.

Skills

Networking basics

Unix/Linux

Scripting (Python Go Bash)

Containerization (Docker Kubernetes)

Security fundamentals

RBAC/PSP/Admission control

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Sr. DevOps Engineer – Federal Customer(On-site 5 days per week, Chantilly, VA – TS/SCI Required)If you enjoy working with new technologies, enterprise-leading equipment, and have a passion for building and maintaining information technology (IT) infrastructures, we would like to speak to you. This position will play a key role in supporting next-generation infrastructure to drive innovation.You will join a diverse team of DevOps Engineers to design, deploy, maintain, and secure platform infrastructure. You will collaborate with people inside and outside the organization to deliver the highest standards for building, deploying, and securing infrastructure.The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the infrastructure. This includes automating the deployment and configuration of operating systems, applications, and platform components associated with Kubernetes. As a DevOps Engineer, you are responsible for the entire stack (DNS, IdM, OCP, OAUTH, DHCP, S3, NFS, Application Stack, and more).

Key Job Responsibilities

Senior DevOps Engineers demonstrate the ability to analyze complex problems and engineer effective solutions.

• Understanding of networking concepts, including bonding, bridging, VLANs, firewalls, and troubleshooting
• Solid understanding of multiple operating systems (Linux, BSD, UNIX)
• Knowledge of one or more scripting languages: Python, Go, Bash
• Expertise in containerization platforms like Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Strong foundational knowledge of security concepts, including encryption, authentication, authorization, and access controls
• Ability to collaborate with cro

Required Qualifications

• Experience deploying, managing, and monitoring Kubernetes and the containerized applications running within
• Working knowledge of authentication protocols and methodologies (IdM, OIDC, KeyCloak, Authentik)
• Experience containerizing applications via Docker / Podman
• Strong background in one or more programming languages (Python, Go, Rust).
• Expertise in securing Kubernetes environments, including RBAC, Pod Security Policies/Admission Contr