TS/SCI Junior Cloud & DevSecOps Engineer

Vega; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Vega Federal in Richardson, TX seeks a Junior Infrastructure Engineer to join the team and help build, automate, and maintain secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments. You will work with IaC, containerization, and automation tools, contributing to secure system architecture across cloud and on-premises deployments.

The role emphasizes hands-on growth in cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps practices, and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams in defense/geospatial environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science, Tech, Engineering, or Math (STEM).
• Less than 2 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Current CompTIA Security+ or CISSP certification.
• Exposure to Linux, IaC tools, containerization, and hybrid infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Support and maintain containerized environments leveraging Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and EKS Auto Mode.
• Configure, harden, and automate resources across cloud (AWS) and on-premises deployments.
• Write operational scripts and playbooks (Python, Bash, Chef, Ansible).
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to support secure system architecture.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting

Security & hardening

Infrastructure deployment

Cloud concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Vega Federal in Richardson, TX seeks a Junior Infrastructure Engineer to join the team and help build, automate, and maintain secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments. You will work with IaC, containerization, and automation tools, contributing to secure system architecture across cloud and on-premises deployments.

The role emphasizes hands-on growth in cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps practices, and collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams in defense/geospatial environments.