Development Operations Engineer

We have an outstanding Contract position for aDevelopment Operations Engineerto join a leading Company located in theLaurel, MDsurrounding area.

Pay Rate: $50.00 - $150.00

US Citizenship is required.

Candidate must possess an Active Top Secret Security Clearance.

We are seeking a Development Operations Engineer to help automate and improve software development workflows supporting advanced research and operational systems. Our work spans offline cloud, on-premises, and government computing environments where efficient software delivery and infrastructure automation are critical to mission success. We need someone who enjoys solving deployment challenges, improving development pipelines, and enabling engineering teams to build software faster and more reliably.

Job Responsibilities:

• You will develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting software delivery and software quality best practices.

• You will automate infrastructure deployment using Infrastructure as Code tools.

• You will support Docker environments for project teams.

• You will improve system monitoring, deployment automation, and operational efficiency.

Basic Hiring Criteria:

• Possess a Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, a related field, or a combination of equivalent experience, education, and certifications.

• Have 3+ years building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Have experience with GitLab, GitHub Actions, or similar automation platforms.

• Have experience with Docker and Linux system administration.

• Have experience automating deployments through scripting or Infrastructure as Code.

• Are able to obtain a Final Top Secret level security clearance by your start date.

Desired Qualifications:

• Possess a Master's in Computer Science or related field.

• Have 5+ years supporting enterprise DevOps environments.

• Have experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Helm, or Kubernetes administration.

• Have experience with AWS or hybrid cloud environments.

Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act

• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance