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DevOps Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton

Chantilly, VAFull-time$78–176K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$78–176K/yr
Location
Chantilly, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

DoD 8570 Level II Certification, requiredTS/SCI clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Senior DevOps Engineer will develop, manage, and secure container platforms that meet client needs and use cloud capabilities. The role involves developing container management software, improving client environments with container software, and supporting strategy and design while ensuring standards throughout containerization. The engineer will recommend resources for secure container adoption and support development of critical cloud platforms.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AWS Cloud, requiredContainerization, requiredKubernetes, requiredRancher, requiredEKS, requiredHelm, requiredArgoCD, requiredFlux, requiredAutomation Tools, requiredAnsible, requiredTerraform, requiredTerragrunt, requiredInfrastructure as Code, requiredCI/CD, requiredContainer Networking, requiredContainer Monitoring, requiredContainer Storage, requiredContainer Security, requiredVulnerability Assessment, requiredJava, nice to havePython, nice to havePrometheus, nice to haveGrafana, nice to haveElasticSearch, nice to haveKibana, nice to haveFluentD, nice to haveCloud Environment Management, nice to haveAzure, nice to haveCI/CD Pipeline Migration, nice to haveJenkins, nice to haveGit, nice to haveTeamCity, nice to haveSystem Integration, nice to haveJSON, nice to haveREST, nice to haveXML, nice to haveBash, nice to havePowerShell, nice to haveGroovy, nice to haveRuby, nice to have

Qualifications

7+ Years AWS Experience, required5+ Years Containerization Experience, required4+ Years DevOps Tools Experience, requiredTS/SCI Clearance With Polygraph, requiredBachelor's Degree, requiredDoD 8570 Level II Certification, requiredKubernetes Certification, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

DevOps Engineer, SeniorThe Opportunity: Everyone is trying to “harness the cloud,” but not everyone knows how. As a DevOps engineer, you’re eager to develop, manage, and secure a container platform that meets your client’s needs and takes advantage of cloud capabilities. We need you to develop container management software to solve some of our clients’ toughest challenges.

As a senior platform DevOps engineer at Booz Allen, you can use your technical skills to affect mission-forward change. On our team, you’ll hone your skills using the latest cloud technologies as you look for ways to improve your client’s environment with current container software to ensure seamless orchestration. Using your DevOps platform experience, you’ll support your team as you inform strategy and design while ensuring standards are met throughout the containerization process.

You’ll recommend resources that will help your client manage and securely adopt containers. Additionally, you’ll continue to strengthen your DevOps skills while supporting the development of critical cloud platforms.

Work with us to use cloud platform technology for good.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

  • 7+ years of experience in an AWS cloud environment

  • 5+ years of experience with containerization, building images and orchestrating deployments in Kubernetes and Rancher or EKS

  • 4+ years of experience managing tools deployed with Helm using ArgoCD or Flux, including writing custom Helm charts, and with automation tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, Terragrunt or IaC tool suite

  • Experience developing custom applications and supporting them in a production environment

  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code environments, including activities around the automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, or monitoring and testing such as CI/CD

  • Knowledge of container networking, monitoring, and storage solutions

  • Knowledge of container security technologies and evaluating and mitigating or resolving vulnerability findings

  • TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

  • Bachelor's degree

  • Active DoD 8570 Level II Compliant Certification

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience developing in Java or Python

  • Experience with Prometheus, Grafana or ElasticSearch, Kibana, and FluentD

  • Experience with the design, deployment, and management of Cloud environments, including AWS or Azure

  • Experience using or migrating CI/CD pipeline solutions or tools, including Jenkins, Git, or TeamCity

  • Experience with system integration using a variety of protocols, including JSON, REST, and XML

  • Experience with scripting in Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby, and leveraging JSON, YAML, or XML for configuration

  • Knowledge of cloud and virtualization-based technologies, including Docker, Azure, AWS, or VMware

  • Knowledge of Linux or UNIX administration and automation

  • Knowledge of foundational system administration principles

  • Kubernetes Certification

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,436 open DevOps Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$78–176K/yr
  • Virginia median$112–190K/yr179 salary ranges
  • US median$118–185K/yr1,804 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $127K, is 15% below the Virginia median midpoint ($150K) — in the middle half of DevOps Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 222 open DevOps Engineer jobs in Virginia and 2,436 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience; DevOps Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,144 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 775 of the 2,436 open DevOps Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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