Posted 8 days ago
DevOps Engineer
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Builds, maintains and secures CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure for federal systems, administering Linux/Windows servers, OpenShift environments, configuration management and monitoring. Leads platform standards, hardening and mentoring at the SME level.
About this role
TISTA Science and Technology is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our growing team.
At TISTA, you’ll do meaningful, mission‑driven work that improves lives alongside teammates you trust and leaders who are transparent and supportive. We invest in your learning and internal mobility so you can build a career that keeps advancing. We’re proud to serve and hire Veterans, and we put people first in everything we do.
TISTA associates enjoy above Industry Healthcare Benefits, Remote Working Options, Paid Time Off, Training/Certification opportunities, Healthcare Savings Account & Flexible Savings Account, Paid Life Insurance, Short-term & Long-term Disability, 401K Match, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Military Leave, and much more!
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins) and artifact promotion controls.
- Administer Linux/Windows servers, OpenShift projects and non-production environments.
- Run configuration management, maintain the product configuration management plan, and manage branching, tagging and versioning.
- Administer Jira, Confluence and GitHub for the program.
- Support application monitoring and alerting, patching and after-hours deployment windows.
- SME: design platform standards, lead hardening and vulnerability-scan remediation, and mentor others.
Qualifications
- Mid / Level II / “Journeyman”: 2+ years in systems administration or DevOps.
- Mid / Level II / “Journeyman”: 5+ years, including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
- SME: 10+ years, including 5+ years leading DevOps on federal systems (Senior / Level III).
- Linux/Windows administration; GitHub Actions, GitLab or Jenkins.
Desired Skills
- OpenShift and Ansible.
- Configuration management plans, branching and versioning.
- Jira, Confluence and GitHub administration.
- Application monitoring, patching and after-hours deployment windows.
Education
- Bachelor's degree.
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator or Engineer; Red Hat Ansible or OpenShift; AWS or Azure DevOps Engineer.
- Tools track: Atlassian Jira Administrator; Security+ preferred.
Clearance:
- Must be able to obtain a Tier 2 / Moderate Risk Public Trust and a VA PIV credential.
Location:
- Remote, USA.
Pay Range:
- The suggested pay for this position ranges from $95,546 to $115,875.
- The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
- Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as bonuses.
- TISTA associates are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits plan! More information can be found here: https://tistatech.com/working-at-tista/
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