DevOps Engineer/Systems Administrator- 5 days onsite Reston, VA

DevOps Engineer/Systems Administrator

The DevOps Engineer / Systems Administrator (CKA required) designs, deploys, and maintains physical, virtual, and containerized environments to ensure secure, reliable system performance. The role supports infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, Linux administration, and engineering tooling, solving complex challenges independently while coordinating with senior technical staff when needed.

The company is located in Reston, VA and will be 5 days onsite a week.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Architect, deploy, and maintain physical, virtual, and containerized infrastructure
• Build automation for configuration management, integration, testing, and deployment
• Develop and operate CI/CD pipelines supporting repeatable and reliable releases
• Stand up fully automated build, test, deploy, and upgrade environments for disconnected networks
• Manage and support core development infrastructure including build servers, artifact repos, and collaboration tools
• Administer Linux systems with emphasis on Ubuntu and RHEL
• Operate enterprise container environments such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, and EKS
• Manage virtualization platforms including VMware and Proxmox
• Create documentation for designs, environments, builds, and operational procedures
• Mentor teammates and share best practices around automation, containerization, and DevOps workflows
• Deliver technical briefings to internal and external stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience:

• Hands-on experience with Docker and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm)
• Experience with OpenShift or AWS EKS preferred
• Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform required)
• Deploys and supports software systems spanning web, middleware, and database layers
• Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL preferred)
• Experience designing and deploying physical infrastructure (server installation, rack/stack)
• Familiarity administering developer toolchains: Jira, Confluence, Git, Slack, etc.
• Able to communicate clearly in writing, presentations, and documentation

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related discipline
  - OR 8+ years of equivalent professional experience
• Minimum 4 years in systems engineering, DevOps, or systems administration
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) - Required
• Experience with automated testing for web and microservices architectures
• Experience with AWS or Azure (AWS EKS strongly preferred)
• Experience with virtualization and automation tools (VMware, Proxmox, Vagrant, Puppet, etc.)
• Familiarity supporting developer platforms (Jira, TFS, GitHub, Slack)
• Cybersecurity exposure a plus
• Willingness to travel internationally as needed

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
This position doesn't provide sponsorship.