DevOps Engineer

SAIC is seeking *DevOps Engineer* to join our team. The *DevOps Engineer* will work at the following SAIC location: *Arlington, VA*. *Note:* This role is primarily onsite at our customer location. The selected candidate will be expected to work onsite a minimum of three (3) days per week. Onsite requirements are subject to change based on program needs. *Job Duties:* * Tool Development: Build internal DevOps tools, CLI utilities, and automation scripts. * Platform Engineer building and running our internal developer platform (Azure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, pipelines and automation) for both connected and air-gapped environments. * GitLab for source control and pipelines; Terraform and Ansible as the primary automation language; Python for helpers/tests; Helm for Kubernetes deployments. * Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Hyper-V sidecar. * Trunk-based GitLab workflows, deterministic pipelines with built-in testing and security scans, evidence (JUnit/SBOM/scan) attached to every change, no manual “click-ops.” * Checksum/signature/SBOM-driven movement of artifacts, mirroring via reposync and Pulp, offline scanning and promotion for high-side environments. * Secret hygiene by default, secrets management familiarity, and comfort with vulnerability/misconfig scanning in CI (SAST, IaC, secret detection, Semgrep/KICS, Trivy/pip-audit). *Required Education and Experience:* * Bachelors degree and five (5) years experience; Additional work experience can be considered in lieu of degree. * Go-based CLI tools and API integrations to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning. * Strong background deploying and managing cloud resources (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, etc). * Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with tools such as Terraform. * Scripting language such as PowerShell or Python for pipeline and OS task automation. * Proficient with Linux command line and shell scripting (Bash). * Familiarity with Microsoft enterprise environments (Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS). * Configuration management experience using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef. * Experience with CI/CD pipelines. * Experience using Docker containers. *Clearance Requirements:* * Active Top Secret clearance with eligible SCI; SCI access must have been debriefed within the last two (2) years. *Desired Skills:* * Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) experience, RHEL/Windows patching familiarity, and strong documentation habits for handoffs and audits. * Experience utilizing Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.