TS/SCI DevOps Engineer — Hybrid (Poly)

Visionist Inc; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employee‑owned company

Competitive retirement contribution (5

4 weeks paid time off + 12 holidays

Parental leave

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Annual lifestyle bonus

Annual merit increases & bonuses

Life insurance & disability

Job summary

Visionist Inc. is seeking a hands‑on DevOps Engineer on our PRIME contract to modernize infrastructure and automation across the DevOps toolchain. You will support GitLab CI/CD, AWS, containers, and a Kubernetes/RKE2 cluster. The role offers hybrid work from home up to two days weekly.

Required: TS/SCI with polygraph; 14 years’ systems engineering experience; expertise in GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and scripting. Competitive compensation and full benefits provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 14 years of experience in systems engineering.
• Experience with Git, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Linux, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Make/build automation.
• Experience writing or modifying YAML-based CI/CD configurations.
• Scripting with Bash or Python.
• Container image creation, tagging, registries and security concepts.
• IaC concepts and Terraform workflows.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and modernize GitLab CI/CD environments, including configurations, runners, jobs, and pipelines.
• Troubleshoot failed builds and deployments and improve pipeline reliability and efficiency.
• Maintain and modernize build systems and automate Docker image building, tagging, scanning, and publishing.
• Maintain and improve Terraform configurations used to provision AWS infrastructure.
• Automate container and software dependency vulnerability identification and remediation.
• Develop scripts to reduce repetitive operational tasks.
• Troubleshoot issues across Linux, containers, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and administer Kubernetes/RKE2 development environments, deployments, upgrades, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Maintain Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, configurations, and supporting automation.
• Document processes, configurations, and operational procedures.

Skills

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Make/build automation

Bash

Python

YAML configurations

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Git

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Make

Python

Bash

YAML

Job description

Visionist Inc. is seeking a hands‑on DevOps Engineer on our PRIME contract to modernize infrastructure and automation across the DevOps toolchain. You will support GitLab CI/CD, AWS, containers, and a Kubernetes/RKE2 cluster. The role offers hybrid work from home up to two days weekly.

Required: TS/SCI with polygraph; 14 years’ systems engineering experience; expertise in GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and scripting. Competitive compensation and full benefits provided.