Staff DevOps Engineer, HMS DevEx Solutions

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Washington

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Shield AI in United States seeks an experienced DevOps/DevEx Engineer to automate tooling, configure environments, and build CI/CD pipelines powering the HMS/Hivemind software lifecycle. You will automate workflows, optimize GitLab runners, secure registries, and integrate with Jira and Confluence while migrating legacy builds to reproducible Nix environments.

Your role emphasizes velocity, reproducibility, and security in distributed tooling and cloud testing environments, with opportunities to

Qualifications

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Practical experience building, maintaining, and scaling enterprise CI/CD systems, with deep expertise in GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner infrastructure.
Direct experience writing scripts (Bash, Python) and utilizing webhooks/APIs to automate and integrate engineering tools (such as Jira, Confluence, and GitLab).
Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and package managers (such as Conan, Poetry, or Nix).
Familiarity with deploying and managing application workloads in cloud environments (Azure Gov Cloud or AWS).
Experience with secure software development practices, secret management, and identity providers (Active Directory, Entra ID).
Solid Linux system administration, networking, and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. SECRET security clearance (U.S. citizenship required).

Responsibilities

Write, configure, and maintain robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines and runner environments for C++, Python, and Node.js software projects, ensuring fast compilation and test execution.
Build, test, and deploy automated tooling integrations, webhook dispatchers, and state-change scripts connecting GitLab, Jira, and Confluence to orchestrate release workflows.
Write custom Python or Bash extensions for our pi-gov harness, configuring secure, audited LLM routing rules and local container configurations.
Deploy, scale, and configure the Forge simulation and test orchestrator in Azure Gov Cloud, optimizing runner autoscaling and cloud compute consumption.
Maintain, configure, and secure Artifactory package registries, implementing secure container builds via BuildKit, secret injection, and Entra ID integration.
Partner with development teams to migrate legacy project build systems to reproducible Nix developer environments, writing default Nix derivations and flake configurations.
Troubleshoot pipeline failures, broken builds, registry access issues, and system-level configuration drift across development environments.