Subject Matter Expert (SME) DevOps Engineer

Medium; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Redhorse Corporation seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to advance our deployment strategies and secure, scalable infrastructure supporting U.S. government missions. You will lead automated deployment solutions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software in complex environments.

You will shape CI/CD pipelines, enforce security best practices, and mentor engineers, while solving unusually complex problems and driving continuous delivery across multi-cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 10+ years of experience OR a Master’s degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Recognized expertise in DevOps engineering, specifically in designing and building automated deployment solutions.
• Demonstrated experience solving unusually complex technical problems with highly innovative solutions.
• Extensive experience with infrastructure as code, automated provisioning, and configuration management.
• Proven ability to work with considerable latitude in determining technical objectives and approaches.

Responsibilities

• Design and build deployment solutions for complex, customer-facing environments.
• Automate the operational aspects of all solutions via code to ensure high scalability and minimal manual intervention.
• Tackle unusually complex technical problems with innovative solutions for development, testing, and release activities.
• Drive practices and processes to speed up and automate the software development lifecycle, enabling continuous delivery.
• Build and test development tools and infrastructure for government missions.
• Convey technical requirements to developers to align with mission goals.
• Automate and improve release processes using state-of-the-art technologies.
• Provide high-level code review and analysis to ensure codebase integrity.
• Ensure systems are secure against evolving cybersecurity threats by embedding security throughout.

Skills

DevOps engineering

Automation

IaC

Security mindset

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Master's degree

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

Jira

AWS

Azure

Job description

About the Organization

Now is a great time to join Redhorse Corporation. We are a solution-driven company delivering data insights and technology solutions to customers with missions critical to U.S. national interests. We’re looking for thoughtful, skilled professionals who thrive as trusted partners building technology-agnostic solutions and want to apply their talents supporting customers with difficult and important mission sets.

About the Role

Redhorse transforms the way government uses data and technology. To support this mission, we are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer who will serve as a recognized authority within the company. In this role, you will tackle unusually complex technical problems and provide highly innovative solutions that drive our deployment strategies forward. You will have the autonomy to determine and pursue the courses of action necessary to obtain desired results, ensuring our infrastructure and release processes are the most efficient, secure, and resilient in the industry. Your work will directly enable the continuous delivery of high-impact software to our government partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a recognized authority for designing and building solutions to deploy applications in complex, customer-facing environments.
• Automate the operational aspects of all solutions via code to ensure high scalability and minimal manual intervention.
• Work on unusually complex technical problems, providing innovative solutions for internal development, testing, and release activities.
• Drive practices and processes intended to speed up and automate the software development lifecycle, enabling seamless continuous delivery.
• Build and set up new development tools and infrastructure required for sophisticated government missions.
• Analyze stakeholder needs and effectively convey technical requirements to developers to ensure alignment with mission goals.
• Continuously identify and implement ways to automate and improve release processes using state-of-the-art technologies.
• Provide high-level code review and analysis of results to ensure the integrity of the codebase.
• Ensure all systems are safe and secure against evolving cybersecurity threats by embedding security into every layer of the infrastructure.
• Identify critical technical problems and develop advanced software updates and "fixes" for complex system architectures.
• Manage large-scale infrastructure projects and processes from inception to completion.
• Build and test sophisticated automation tools for infrastructure provisioning and maintenance.
• Oversee and handle code deployments across all environments, maintaining configuration standards and system stability.
• Monitor system metrics and develop data-driven strategies to improve operational efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on advanced development and operations practices.

Required Experience/Clearance

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with 10+ years of experience OR a Master’s degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Recognized expertise in DevOps engineering, specifically in designing and building automated deployment solutions.
• Demonstrated experience solving unusually complex technical problems with highly innovative solutions.
• Extensive experience with infrastructure as code, automated provisioning, and configuration management.
• Proven ability to work with considerable latitude in determining technical objectives and approaches.

Desired Experience

• Advanced proficiency with GitLab for CI/CD and Jira for project and stakeholder management.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, or DataBricks) and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Deep knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Pulumi.
• Experience leading DevOps transformation initiatives at an enterprise scale.
• Familiarity with Spark or other large-scale data processing technologies.Prior experience in a consulting or advisory role for high-level government or defense agencies.

$190,000 - $220,000 a year

Redhorse's comprehensive benefits programs may be available to eligible employees, and some may be eligible for performance-based or other incentive compensation, where applicable. The salary range represents the anticipated base salary for successful candidates and actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, education, certifications, skills, security clearance level, geographic location, market conditions, and internal equity.

Redhorse Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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Redhorse Corporation shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Redhorse’s changing needs. This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate in Redhorse’s sole discretion.