AIS (Applied Information Sciences)
Senior DevOps Engineer
Client Site (Confidential) - Austin, TX · Senior
No sponsorship$94k-$142kDetected 14 days ago
PythonBashPowerShellGitSQLElasticsearchAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDGitHub ActionsLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsRabbitMQCybersecurityIncident ResponseTest AutomationCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will collaborate with our clients to design, implement, maintain, and test various technical solutions using the latest technologies.
- You will support the design, implementation, and maintenance of enterprise-grade Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and containerized platform deployments in Azure Government environments.
- You will be responsible for creating and enhancing various automation processes, including build management, automated deployments, automated testing, and configuration management.
Responsibilities
- Support management of AKS clusters across dev/test/prod environments, assisting the team with day-to-day operations
- Build, scan, and harden Linux-based container images
- Perform container vulnerability scanning with Trivy and remediate CVEs for cyber approval processes
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitLab YAML syntax
- Support KEDA-based workload scaling patterns and event-driven architecture implementations
- Platform Support & Troubleshooting
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of IT/DevOps engineering experience
- Strong Bash scripting proficiency in Linux environments
- Familiarity with Kubernetes tooling: kubectl, Helm, Kustomize
- Experience with pipeline YAML syntax (Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar)
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform
- Experience with CI/CD concepts across multiple toolchains
- Scripting experience in Python
Nice to have
- Experience evaluating and implementing modern Kubernetes patterns (e.g., event-driven autoscaling, service mesh, GitOps) to replace legacy workloads
- Experience with Kubernetes-native observability tooling including logging, metrics, and tracing (e.g. Elastic/ELK Stack, Prometheus + Grafana, Azure Monitor / Container Insights)
- PowerShell and Python experience a plus
Skills
- Experience with cARMY Cloud or GOV Cloud.
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- Occasional onsite visits are in Washington, DC or Austin, TX, but mostly remote.
- Security Clearance:
- Secret or (Interim Secret required prior to starting)
Compensation
- At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member.The targeted base salary range for this role is $94,000-$142,000 per year.
Company info
- When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference.
- You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact.
- As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.
- Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements.
- A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Security Clearance:
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