DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

The DevOps Engineer (Mid) is responsible for building, maintaining, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment processes that support reliable and rapid software delivery. This role bridges development and operations, ensuring that code moves efficiently from development through testing to production environments.

The DevOps Engineer collaborates closely with software developers, QA teams, and system administrators to automate workflows, improve system reliability, and enforce infrastructure best practices. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across cloud platforms, scripting languages, and containerized environments.

This contract supports a government agency's capability to ingest, process, and analyze massive volumes of digital evidence into actionable intelligence. The program drives full lifecycle development, from building scalable applications and forensic tools to integrating enterprise services and maintaining hybrid cloud and classified infrastructure. The work ensures users can securely access, review, and collaborate on evidence in real time. This strengthens national security and investigative outcomes by combining advanced analytics, cloud technologies, and Agile delivery to give investigators faster, more reliable insight into complex digital evidence.

TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Build and manage containerized environments using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS.
• Monitor system health, application performance, and infrastructure metrics using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
• Implement and maintain logging, alerting, and incident response processes to ensure high availability and rapid issue resolution.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated testing, code quality scans, and security checks into deployment pipelines.
• Manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including compute, networking, storage, and IAM configurations.
• Write and maintain scripts (Bash, Python, PowerShell) to automate routine operational tasks.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Sensitive Compartmented Information access required.
• 2-5 years of developer experience.
• Experience supporting DevOps or infrastructure engineering in enterprise environments
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud architectures
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools and configuration management practices
• Knowledge of cybersecurity best practices, including identity management, encryption, and system hardening
• Experience working in Agile development environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible).
• Working knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS/EKS).
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Python, or PowerShell).
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, or ELK).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, DNS, load balancing, and firewall configuration.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer, CKA, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert) are a plus.
• Experience in government or DoD environments is desirable.

Qualifications

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Clarksburg, WV
• Type of environment: Onsite Office
• Noise level: Medium
• Work schedule: Schedule is day shift Monday – Friday.
• Amount of Travel: Less than 10%

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

• U.S Citizenship Required
• Top Secret Clearance

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TekSynap is a drug-free workplace. We reserve the right to conduct drug testing in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. All employees and candidates may be subject to drug screening if deemed necessary to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TekSynap is a drug-free workplace. We reserve the right to conduct drug testing in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. All employees and candidates may be subject to drug screening if deemed necessary to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.