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Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer) TS/SCI with CI Poly

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Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer) TS/SCI with CI Poly

SHLD, Inc.

Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer) TS/SCI with CI Poly

Skills

DockerPythonJavaDevOpsMicroservicesAmazon EC2JenkinsSeleniumAWSElasticsearchLinuxKubernetesProcess Improvement

6 months ago

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Contract type:

Permanent

Location:

Herndon, VA 20170, USA

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

8 August 2026

What they need


Job Description: Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer)

The selected candidate will integrate a variety of software components in a secure container architecture working with cross functional teams to debug critical issues. Candidate will also support the migration of containerized workflows from platforms such as Docker Swarm, Kubernetes (vanilla or managed) to OCP.

Only Candidates with a TS/SCI CI Poly Clearance will be considered Job Duties Include

  • Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines
  • Write/modify Jenkins-based groovy scripts
  • Write/update CloudFormation scripts
  • Troubleshoot pipeline issues across Jenkins and AWS Environments (Linux EC2, RDS, Cloudformation, Elasticsearch Service, etc...)
  • Document key features for developer use
  • Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks)
  • Help with automate the transition from our release 1 'installation' mindset to the release n+1 upgrade mindset
  • Integrate tools into the pipeline
  • Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary.
  • Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the Architecture
  • Debugging integration issues
  • Helping identify issues in the deployment (i.e. potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database)
  • Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) the AWS services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary
  • DevOps Tool Integration
  • Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc...)

Required

  • A Bachelor's degree and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement
  • Experience working with Linux environments
  • Knowledge of scripting languages, such as Bash and Python
  • Experience with OCP or similar container environment
  • Understanding and willingness to work in a DevSecOps-oriented environment with an Infrastructure as Code mindset
  • DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security + CE, CISSP, etc.)
  • TS/ SCI Clearance, CI poly

Desired

  • Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, preferably Java
  • Experience with developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting cloud-based software solutions
  • Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines

Shld, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

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