DevOps Engineer - Chantilly, VA - TS/SCI Clearance Required

DevOps Engineer

needed for an opportunity with SOC’s client to work

in Chantilly, Virginia.

Active Top Secret/SCI Clearance is Required!

Position Overview

The

DevOps Engineer

is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining end-to-end platform infrastructure. This includes automating the deployment and configuration of operating systems, applications, and platform components across modern Kubernetes environments.

In this role, you will take ownership of the full technical stack—spanning networking infrastructure, identity management, container orchestration, storage layers, and core application services—to build resilient, scalable platform solutions.

Key Job Responsibilities

Full-Stack Ownership:

Architect, deploy, and maintain core stack infrastructure services, including DNS, IdM, OpenShift/Kubernetes, OAuth, DHCP, S3, NFS, and application stacks.

Platform Automation & Orchestration:

Automate the provisioning, deployment, and configuration of operating systems, platform components, and containerized workloads.

Troubleshooting & Problem Solving:

Analyze complex infrastructure challenges and engineer effective, long-term technical solutions across networking, system, and container layers.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner closely with enterprise architects, software developers, and project managers to deliver high-quality platform capabilities.

Continuous Modernization:

Adapt to shifting program priorities and drive professional development in emerging Platform Engineering practices and tools.

Qualifications & Competencies

Required Qualifications

Security Clearance:

Active

TS/SCI clearance

with the ability to maintain program access.

Kubernetes & Containers:

Hands-on experience deploying, managing, and monitoring

Kubernetes / OpenShift

clusters and containerized applications.

Application Containerization:

Proficient in containerizing applications using

Docker

or

Podman

.

Operating Systems & Networking:

Deep proficiency across multiple operating systems (

Linux, Windows

) and networking concepts (bonding, bridging, VLANs, firewalls, and packet troubleshooting).

Identity & Authentication:

Practical working knowledge of enterprise authentication protocols and providers (e.g.,

IdM, OIDC, Keycloak, Authentik

).

Scripting & Automation:

Knowledge of one or more scripting or programming languages:

Python, Go, or Bash

.

Physical Requirement:

Ability to lift up to 25 lbs in a physical lab environment as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

Storage Systems:

Familiarity with block, file, and object storage systems (NFS, S3, SAN/NAS).

Network & Kernel Observability:

Deep networking experience using

iptables, eBPF, tcpdump, and Wireshark

.

Disaster Recovery:

Experience managing, testing, and validating automated disaster recovery and backup procedures.

AI & LLM Integration:

Exposure to deploying, configuring, and utilizing local Large Language Models (LLMs).

Security Hardening:

Understanding of defense-in-depth security concepts, including encryption, token authentication, authorization mechanisms, and access controls.

Employment Pre-requisites

The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: Successful completion of a background investigation, and drug urinalysis.

SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability.

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations, which may have been provided by job boards. Actual pay is determined by an applicant’s experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

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Estimated Min Rate

: $52.50

Estimated Max Rate

: $75.00