TS/SCI Geospatial CI/CD & Platform Automation Engineer

NV5; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NV5, a global technology solutions and consulting firm, seeks a DevOps professional in the Northern Virginia area (Springfield and/or Vienna) with active TS/SCI clearance to design and maintain high-speed CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include architecting Docker environments, managing Python packaging for ArcGIS APIs, and implementing secure, everything-as-code release processes across cloud and on-prem stacks.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship with active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, DevOps, or related technical field.
• 1+ year of relevant experience in DevOps, CI/CD, or platform automation.
• Hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, or similar).
• Experience with YAML-based pipeline configurations and infrastructure definitions.
• Exposure to automation and scripting (Python and/or JavaScript preferred).
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, AWS CDK, Terraform or similar IaC frameworks.
• Familiarity with Linux environments and containerized workflows.
• Ability to write and optimize Docker files and support container-based deployments.
• Understanding of artifact management, dependency management, and secure build practices.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure), especially compute services and storage services (e.g., S3, Blob storage).

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high-speed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps for cloud-native workflows and Jenkins for complex, cross-platform on-premises build automation.
• Architect and optimize Docker environments to ensure consistent, isolated, and reproducible build/test runners across the entire development lifecycle.
• Work with the team to help lead the design of the next-generation Python package creation process; manage complex Conda recipes and environments to ensure seamless distribution of the ArcGIS API and its dependencies.
• Build and manage the underlying build infrastructure (runners, nodes, and registries) using automated provisioning to ensure high availability and scalability of the release system.
• Implement automated security gatekeeping, including the generation of SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials), vulnerability scanning, and license compliance for all Python and Rust artifacts.
• Work with the team to help design and implement monitoring frameworks to track build performance; assist in automated load and performance testing of the Python stack to identify regressions before release.
• Identify and eliminate manual bottlenecks by transitioning legacy workflows into modern, “everything-as-code” processes.
• Oversee the lifecycle of third-party dependencies, ensuring that the supply chain is secure, from source code to the final distributed package.

Skills

CI/CD design

Python scripting

Linux familiarity

Cloud & IaC concepts

Security-conscious development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, DevOps, or related technical field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Docker

Ansible

AWS CDK

Terraform

Kubernetes

Conda

Job description

NV5, a global technology solutions and consulting firm, seeks a DevOps professional in the Northern Virginia area (Springfield and/or Vienna) with active TS/SCI clearance to design and maintain high-speed CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities include architecting Docker environments, managing Python packaging for ArcGIS APIs, and implementing secure, everything-as-code release processes across cloud and on-prem stacks.