Infrastucture Engineer - TS/SCI with Polygraph

Description

The team builds and runs cloud infrastructure and DevOps platforms for a customer that works under US government security rules.

The role is onsite in Chantilly, Virginia, USA, and the posting asks for a Top Secret SCI clearance with a polygraph, which you must currently hold, and US citizenship.

The position is a Principal Software Engineer role in the Software Engineering job family, a regular position with a scheduled 40 hours per week and no travel required.

The posting calls the role an Infrastructure DevOps Lead position, leading the design and build of complex cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions as a hands-on technical leader.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile team that works on a Kanban board to deliver infrastructure and DevOps work.
• Stay hands-on as the technical lead for cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment strategy.
• Set technical direction using infrastructure as code.
• Work through security processes and accreditation steps with the customer so the system stays compliant.
• Harden AWS environments and architectures to meet strict security and operational requirements.
• Manage and mentor DevOps engineers and help build a collaborative team.
• Work with external stakeholders to define requirements and plan infrastructure deployment tasks.
• Partner with development teams to align infrastructure with application needs.
• Lead moves of workloads from on-premises hardware to AWS.
• Run container orchestration platforms, mainly Kubernetes, with EKS preferred.
• Build and operate CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery of applications and infrastructure.
• Scale COTS and GOTS applications for large enterprise use.
• Push continuous improvement and new ideas in infrastructure automation and deployment.
• Run architecture reviews and give constructive feedback to team members.
• Track industry trends and new technologies to improve what the team offers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or an equivalent mix of education, technical training, or work or military experience.
• At least eight years of current experience leading the building and rollout of complex infrastructure and DevOps solutions using Agile methods.
• Experience leading Agile teams on Kanban to deliver infrastructure solutions.
• Proven record of handling security processes and accreditation with customers in complex environments.
• Strong skill in setting technical direction with infrastructure as code tools and frameworks.
• Hands-on experience hardening AWS environments to meet customer security and compliance needs.
• Experience working with external stakeholders to define requirements and coordinate deployment tasks.
• Proven ability to work with development teams to find and build integrated solutions.
• Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, with EKS preferred.
• Experience leading cloud migrations from on-premises hardware to AWS.
• Subject matter expertise in Ansible and Terraform.
• Proficiency in Python and Bash, with extensive Linux system administration experience.
• Experience deploying and running CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and ArgoCD.
• Proven ability to take COTS and GOTS applications and deploy them at scale for large enterprises.
• Experience delivering software, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps solutions that meet client or intelligence community data handling, compliance, and security requirements.
• Skills in DevOps, Kubernetes, and Linux.
• Desired: experience managing and securing network enclaves in complex environments.
• Desired: experience deploying serverless solutions with AWS Lambda for automation and event-driven architectures.
• Desired: experience managing and scaling ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) clusters for logging and monitoring.
• Desired: experience with x.509 certificate management, PKI infrastructure, and certificate lifecycle automation.

Conditions

Onsite in Chantilly, Virginia, USA, with 40 scheduled hours per week and no travel required.

Top Secret SCI with polygraph must be currently held, and US citizenship is required.

The likely salary range is $140,250 to $189,750, based on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements, and the final pay could fall outside this range and is not guaranteed.

Identity verification uses biometrics and AI, requires being on camera during virtual interviews, and requires consent to collect and use biometric data.

Equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• 401(k) with pre and post-tax contributions up to IRS limits and a company match.
• Full flex work weeks where possible and paid time off including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
• An AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities.
• An internal mobility team to help with career goals.
• An award-winning, military-friendly culture of innovation.