Systems Engineer – Expert (DevOps Focus)

Evans & Chambers Technology; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Evans & Chambers Technology seeks an Expert Systems Engineer (DevOps) to support a large-scale ICAM program in a 24/7/365 environment. You will design and implement automation, CI/CD, and IaC across AWS and containerized platforms.

Join a hybrid National Capital Region team requiring TS/SCI with Polygraph and 11–15 years of experience, collaborating in Agile/Scrum while ensuring secure, resilient IT operations.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• BA/BS and 11-15 years of experience
• Expertise with Jenkins, GitHub, Rundeck, Nexus
• AWS scripting and CLI experience
• JIRA and Confluence experience

Responsibilities

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Automate infrastructure and deployment functions
• Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Support containerization and orchestration initiatives
• Administer AWS services (CloudFormation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC)
• Perform Linux system administration and privileged access duties
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum environments

Skills

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Education

BA/BS

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Rundeck

Nexus

AWS CLI

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Evans & Chambers partners with the US national defense community to create fully integrated, resilient, and innovative digital solutions that enable them to make smart decisions in real-time. We work with our customers on everything from conquering their data to improving and safeguarding IT infrastructure. Our ultimate goal? To enhance our nation's ability to identify, address, and act – no matter what challenges arise.

Evans & Chambers Technology (EC)

Location: National Capital Region - Hybrid

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Required

EC is seeking an Expert Systems Engineer (DevOps) to support a large-scale technical development program delivering modern ICAM solutions. This role spans architecture, engineering, automation, and operational sustainment in a 24/7/365 environment. Participation in an on-call rotation (approximately one week every two months) is required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Automate infrastructure and deployment functions
• Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Support containerization and orchestration initiatives
• Administer AWS services (CloudFormation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC)
• Perform Linux system administration and privileged access duties
• Collaborate in Agile/Scrum environments

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• BA/BS and 11-15 years of experience
• Expertise with Jenkins, GitHub, Rundeck, Nexus
• AWS scripting and CLI experience
• JIRA and Confluence experience

Desired Qualifications

• Elastic stack experience
• AWS Certification
• CKAD or container-related certifications

All employment opportunities are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status or any other basis protected by law.