GCyber is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer/Architect to support a high visibility customer in Washington, DC. The Senior DevOps Engineer/Architect, you will be responsible for designing, building, and managing a modern infrastructure environment — including containerizing legacy applications, automating code delivery pipelines, and ensuring the reliability and security of production systems.
As the Senior DevOps Engineer/Architect, you will:
As the Senior DevOps Engineer/Architect, you will:
- Architect containerization strategies for legacy applications and define migration paths to Kubernetes-based environments
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, Rancher, and Helm for automated build, test, and deployment workflows
- Build and manage container infrastructure using Docker and Kubernetes across on-premises and cloud environments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks using Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
- Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack
- Enforce access management and security best practices including IAM, SSH, VPN, and S3 bucket policies
- Lead incident response efforts, conduct post-mortems, and drive systemic improvements
- Establish and document architectural standards, deployment patterns, and SLOs/SLIs for platform reliability
- Manage documentation and project tracking in Jira and Confluence
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance
- DoD 8570 IAT II / Security+ certification (or equivalent)
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering
- Demonstrated experience in an architect or senior technical lead capacity
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm in production environments
- Proficiency with CI/CD tooling: GitLab, Jenkins, and Rancher
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, and/or Shell
- Experience deploying and managing on-premises/data center infrastructure
- Solid understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, load balancers, and firewalls
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)