TS/SCI DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes & CI/CD Lead

Navstar Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care premiums paid

Flexible Spending Accounts

Generous PTO and federal holidays

Employer paid STD/LTD

Life Insurance

401K plan with employer match

Referral programs

Professional development assistance

Job summary

Navstar Inc. in Chantilly, VA is seeking a DevOps Engineer to oversee product delivery lifecycle improvements, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure hardening.

Responsibilities include managing a small DevOps team, patching and upgrading products, maintaining dev/test/prod environments, and ensuring security/compliance with TS/SCI requirements. Strong Kubernetes, Grafana, and Git/GitLab CI experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Experience with Grafana dashboards.
• Understanding of security controls and system administration.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices and SDLC.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and Git workflows.

Responsibilities

• Finds deficiencies in product delivery lifecycle and architecture and implements industry best practices to improve them.
• Oversees and inputs hiring for a small DevOps team to support operations.
• Inspects, patches, and upgrades products for reliable delivery to customer environments.
• Maintains development, testing, and production environments.
• Manages CI/CD pipelines to maximize efficiency.
• Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring.
• Tests system integrity and deployments, making improvements as needed.
• Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
• Works with CI/CD tools and source control (Git).
• Provides technical support and develops software for back-end systems.
• Stays current with industry trends and seeks improvements.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Kubernetes

Grafana

Security controls

System administration

Configuration management

Documentation skills

SDLC best practices

Independent/team work

On-call

Tools

Git

GitLab CI

Helm

GitOps

AWS

Job description

Navstar Inc. in Chantilly, VA is seeking a DevOps Engineer to oversee product delivery lifecycle improvements, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure hardening.

Responsibilities include managing a small DevOps team, patching and upgrading products, maintaining dev/test/prod environments, and ensuring security/compliance with TS/SCI requirements. Strong Kubernetes, Grafana, and Git/GitLab CI experience are expected.