This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

Verisign is hiring a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to help lead a team responsible for building, managing, maintaining, and scaling the Linux infrastructure on which our mission-critical services depend. We value engineering professionals who are equipped with great technical skills and attitudes that motivate those around them. We seek individuals with a sense of purpose and for whom detail and craftsmanship are of their essence; individuals that are curious, demonstrate initiative, and love solving problems.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee deployments of solutions that combine Open Source components, COTS (commercial off the shelf) components, and custom developed components
• Deploy, configure, and maintain services in production, QA and development environments, on various platforms
• Possess advanced development of deployment automation including Ansible
• Development of automation and configuration management solutions using tools such as Jenkins
• Securing automated deployments using tools such as Hashicorp Vault
• Securing infrastructure with micro-segmentation tools such as Guardicore
• Documentation of processes, procedures, and configurations
• Coordination with other technical staff to implement systems and software
• Performance of operations support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
• Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans
• Provide critical technical leadership in the areas of operational process and change management, and mentor less experienced engineers
• Participate in a 24x7 on call rotation

Our ideal candidate will have a unique blend of impeccable technical skills and a desire to work as part of a team to grow themselves and those around them. The team deploys engineers and operates enabling infrastructure in support of mission critical customer applications. The candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 10+ years of experience developing and operating mission-critical systems
• Excellent understanding of Linux configuration and administration
• Strong experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
• Strong automation experience - not just developing automation, but knowing why we automate and what to automate
• Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues
• Strong understanding of network protocols and security
• Experience developing mature solutions for monitoring and reporting using tools like Grafana and Splunk
• Familiarity with development tools such as Github, Jira, and Confluence

Desired Skills, Experience, and Attributes:

• Deployment automation experience using tools such as Ansible
• Experience using Jenkins in a continuous delivery and integration environment
• Experience with Virtualization platforms in a production environment such as oVirt and VMWare
• Experience with HTTP proxies such as Squid
• Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux
• Experience with CMDB and ITIL platforms such as ServiceNow
• Experience with RedHat Identity Manager and/or FreeIPA
• Experience with Linux authentication via Active Directory
• Experience administrating Linux and Unix systems in a large-scale environment
• Experience working with teams using Scrum a plus

The pay range is $164,300 - $222,300.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

We are looking for a Production Operations Engineer to help lead our team responsible for building, managing, maintaining and scaling operational infrastructure on which our mission-critical services are deployed or depend.  We prize engineering professionals who are equipped with great technical skills and attitudes that motivate those around them.  We seek individuals with a sense of purpose and for whom detail and craftsmanship are of their essence; individuals that are curious, demonstrate initiative, and love solving problems.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in technical designs for software solutions that combine Open-Source components, COTS (commercial off the shelf) components, and custom developed components
• Installation, configuration and maintenance of production, QA and development environments in which Verisign applications are deployed; environments include servers, operating systems, OpenStack, and automation tools
• Development of deployment automation tools including Ansible
• Development of enabling infrastructure using Terraform
• Coordination with other technical staff to implement systems and software
• Performance of occasional operations support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
• Documentation of processes, procedures, configurations, and deployment plans
• Provide critical technical leadership in the areas of operational process and change management, and mentor less experienced engineers
• Regularly reporting progress to management
• Participate in a 24x7 on call rotation

Our ideal candidate will have a unique blend of impeccable technical skills and a desire to work as part of a team to grow themselves and those around them.  The team deploys engineers and operates enabling infrastructure in support of mission critical customer applications.  

The candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 8+ years of experience developing and operating mission-critical systems
• Excellent understanding of Linux configuration and administration
• Strong automation experience - Not just developing automation, but knowing why we automate and what to automate
• Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – able to clearly and succinctly describe complex issues
• Familiarity with networking protocols and systems

Desired Skills, Experience, and Attributes:

• Experience with RedHat Identity Manager and/or FreeIPA
• Experience with ServiceNow
• Experience with a high-level scripting language such as Python
• Experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux and/or FreeBSD
• Experience with network troubleshooting using such tools as ping, traceroute and dig
• Deployment automation experience using tools such as Ansible
• Experience working with teams using Kanban and/or Scrum a plus
• Experience with Docker or Kubernetes in a production environment
• Experience with OpenStack in a production environment
• Experience administrating Unix systems in a large-scale environment
• Experience using Jenkins in a continuous delivery and integration environment

The pay range is $135,800 - $183,800. 

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our rapidly growing AIS team in Reston, VA. In this role, you will be responsible for automating the software delivery and operations across multiple classified programs. You will help guide the development and implementation of robust DevOps strategies, practices and tools. This will require hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools Ansible or Teraform, experience building and managing Virtual Machines, and experience orchestrating builds while understanding containers. 

• Help guide the development and implementation of robust DevOps strategies, practices, and tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate DevOps best practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Design, deploy, and manage automated testing and deployment processes.
• Implement approaches to deploying and operating software on air-gapped and isolated networks.
• Create, tune, and maintain continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Integrate open source, commercial, and Anduril-internal tooling to create effective solutions for software delivery
• Provide expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or Ansible, etc.
• Monitor and enhance system reliability, performance, and security.

MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance
• Proven experience in a DevOps role, demonstrating initiative and innovation.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Travis CI, Circle CI, Argo CD).
• In-depth knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with IaC tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef).
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing software in air-gapped environments.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Docker Certified Associate, or Kubernetes Administrator.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.

ABOUT THE TEAM
Anduril Intelligence Systems (AIS) is focused on positioning Anduril as a lead provider of specialized engineering and products for Intelligence Community (IC) customers. We work within the IC to understand their requirements, shape their concepts of operation, and deliver exquisite capability across their problem set. We aim to develop and deploy critically needed capabilities that address our customers’ most pressing national security requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our rapidly growing AIS team in Reston, VA. In this role, you will be responsible for automating the software delivery and operations across multiple classified programs. You will help guide the development and implementation of robust DevOps strategies, practices and tools. This will require hands on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools Ansible or Teraform, experience building and managing Virtual Machines, and experience orchestrating builds while understanding containers. 

• Help guide the development and implementation of robust DevOps strategies, practices, and tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate DevOps best practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Design, deploy, and manage automated testing and deployment processes.
• Implement approaches to deploying and operating software on air-gapped and isolated networks.
• Create, tune, and maintain continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Integrate open source, commercial, and Anduril-internal tooling to create effective solutions for software delivery
• Provide expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or Ansible, etc.
• Monitor and enhance system reliability, performance, and security.

MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance
• Proven experience in a DevOps role, demonstrating initiative and innovation.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Strong expertise in CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Travis CI, Circle CI, Argo CD).
• In-depth knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Experience with IaC tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef).
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing software in air-gapped environments.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Docker Certified Associate, or Kubernetes Administrator.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.

• Manage operational tasks for products in US Government classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties, incident management, and participation in regular deployment syncs
• Oversee all cloud infrastructure components such as AWS, private cloud environments, containers, and VMs to ensure stability and scalability
• Develop scripts, containerized services, and monitoring mechanisms to automate operations tasks and minimize service disruption
• Build new and enhance existing services within classified environments while driving DevOps best practices through documentation and escalation management
• Provide 24x7 coverage including night and holiday shifts within a SCIF environment to support critical government missions

• You thrive in ambiguity. You’re comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.
• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.
• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

• Active Secret Security Clearance with the ability to maintain it throughout employment
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with 7+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience in both Operations and Engineering environments
• Proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and automation tools like Ansible and Terraform
• Strong technical skills in Python coding and container-based architectures including AWS ECS and Kubernetes
• Experience in monitoring activities such as vulnerability scanning, patch management, and reporting, with expertise in virtualization, web security, and networking protocols

• Experience working within air-gapped and classified environments managing monthly monitoring programs
• Familiarity with High/Moderate FedRAMP authorization levels and compliance requirements
• Possession of Information Assurance Technician Level 2 certification or Top Secret security clearance

Overview of Opportunity 

As a Systems Engineer focused on Implementation, you will work alongside our experienced product team as the tip of the spear, driving technical implementations that safeguard our nation's most critical data. Our team of skilled engineers and developers operates as a collaborative, high-impact unit, maintaining a culture founded on partnership, customer engagement, and delivering solutions alongside data owners and policy makers. In this role, you are an independent strategist influencing the future of data protection and playing a vital part in securing the infrastructure of our nation.

We are looking for a technical expert who excels in high-stakes, onsite engagement with other teams and customers and possesses a deep understanding of the security, access control, and encryption components of customer systems with which we deploy our Zero Trust product. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, where your technical insights and decisions directly shape the deployment strategy. You are the primary bridge between our internal product team and the customer, ensuring that implementation patterns are repeatable, secure, and perfectly aligned with client infrastructure.

What you will do 

• Strategic Onsite Implementation: Architect and lead the technical deployment strategy within client environments, taking full ownership of the installation, configuration, and integration phases.

• Technical Bridge & Collaboration: Drive the collaboration between the internal product team and the customer, translating complex technical requirements into successful production realities and ensuring customer feedback informs product evolution.

• Identity & Access Integration: Coordinate the integration of identity solutions, ensuring seamless interoperability between the product and existing client authentication systems.

• Repeatable Pattern Development: Design and document repeatable implementation patterns and "Configuration as Code" (CaC) templates to ensure deployments are consistent, scalable, and easily maintainable.

• Cross-Functional Troubleshooting: Navigate complex organizational structures to integrate with multiple teams, troubleshooting technical hurdles across various skillsets and levels to see the product implementation to fruition.

• Infrastructure Management: Work fluently within Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) environments, leveraging Linux expertise to optimize product performance and stability.

• DevOps Advocacy: Apply modern DevOps practices to the implementation lifecycle, promoting automation and continuous improvement in the delivery process.

What you will need:

• Independent Driver: A self-starter who operates with minimal supervision, manages their own deadlines, and takes personal responsibility for the success of the implementation from day one.

• Strategic Influence: The ability to provide expert technical guidance that carries weight with both internal developers and external stakeholders. Your thoughts and technical opinions matter and will drive project outcomes.

• Integration & Diplomacy: Exceptional ability to work alongside diverse technical teams (Network, Security, SysAdmin) to solve problems and drive progress in challenging onsite environments.

• Pattern-Oriented Mindset: A drive to move away from "one-off" fixes toward developing repeatable, automated patterns that improve the product's delivery velocity.

• Linux Mastery: Deep, "under-the-hood" knowledge of Linux operating systems, including performance tuning and security hardening.

• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Proven experience deploying and managing resources in cloud or virtualized environments.

• Configuration as Code (CaC): Proficiency in using automation tools (such as Ansible or Terraform) to manage application and system configurations.

• DevOps Practices: Working knowledge of CI/CD, version control (Git), and automated testing as they apply to product implementation.

Nice to haves:

• PKI & Encryption: Experience with x509/PKI standards, including certificate authority management, trust chain configuration, and cryptographic troubleshooting.

• Identity & Access / LDAP: Familiarity with LDAP and integrated identity solutions (e.g., SailPoint, Okta, ForgeRock, or custom enterprise stacks).

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field.

• Experience: 5+ years of experience in technical implementation, systems engineering, or product development, with a clear track record of successful onsite delivery in complex environments.

Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI w. Poly

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Two Six Technologies is looking for a DevOps Engineer to join a small engineering team to be a hands-on-keyboard contributor to the deployment and operation of our public-facing and customer-facing systems in support of national security missions.

You will be responsible for deploying, securing, and monitoring our production, test, and development environments. Our environments are in Digital Ocean and AWS, with most of our applications running in Docker containers. You are a great fit if you are experienced with Ansible, Terraform, and/or other similar tools to manage and automate these types of deployments. Our primary datastore is PostgreSQL, and we also support applications that use MySQL and Elastic. 

Most of your day-to-day will be focused on engineering activities and collaborating with our technical team members on system designs and strategic technical decisions. We currently have a deployment window that requires some evening work once a week, and occasional events outside of regular business hours. We prioritize system stability and are very successful in minimizing support calls.

This role is on-site in Rosslyn, VA. This position requires an active TS clearance. 

Our teams are doing innovative development across a wide range of technologies, including building large, distributed computing platforms that process huge quantities of data each day, leveraging large language models (LLMs) and generative AI to enrich and improve analysis of that data, and we are supporting important missions of our customers. DevOps is a critical enabler of all of this work and this role is a great opportunity to be a part of it. 

What you will do:

• Proactive Problem Solving: Demonstrate a strong drive to independently identify challenges and propose secure, cost-effective solutions.
• Operations and Service Mindset: Building and maintaining a solid and scalable infrastructure to keep our applications available for our customers’ missions is paramount. 
• Mentorship and Collaboration: Exhibit a passion for collaborating with team members and sharing knowledge to elevate the entire team.
• Technical Acumen: Apply deep technical intuition and critical thinking when tackling complex or unfamiliar problems.
• Adaptability: Thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, maintaining focus and delivering high-quality results under pressure.
• Results-Oriented: Prioritize metrics-driven outcomes and consistently deliver work that creates measurable, meaningful impact.
• Documentation Excellence: Maintain a habit of thoroughly documenting code, system designs, and processes to ensure clarity and long-term maintainability.

What you will need:

• Cloud Experience: A minimum of two years of experience maintaining production applications in AWS is required, other major cloud service providers is a plus.
• Database Experience: We use several databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Elastic. Experience with SQL is essential.
• CI/CD and Tooling: Basic proficiency in CI/CD tooling and pipelines, with hands-on experience using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab Pipelines.
• Containerization and Orchestration: Experience working with containerization technologies, particularly Docker.
• WordPress and securing public-facing infrastructure: Experience managing public-facing WordPress sites, including application firewalling, and edge delivery via Cloudfront/Cloudflare, 
• Automation and Configuration Management: Experience with tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, or Puppet to streamline infrastructure management.
• Infrastructure Best Practices: Knowledge of best practices for infrastructure security, reliability, and fault tolerance.
• Cybersecurity Awareness: Familiarity with cybersecurity systems and principles to safeguard infrastructure and applications.
• Development Practices: Proficiency in software development practices, including version control (e.g., Git), CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or comparable experience.

Nice to haves:

• Proficiency in Scripting: Strong expertise in scripting languages, with a primary focus on Python and TypeScript.
• Web Frameworks: Hands-on experience with React and Flask.
• Foreign Language Fluency: While not a requirement for this position, additional language skills would strengthen the team’s ability to meet occasional multilingual requirements.

Security Clearance:

• Active TS clearance Required

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Overview Of Opportunity

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Senior Network Engineer who will be responsible for designing technical solutions for complex problems. The candidate will provide technical oversight of a project solution, including requirement interpretation and allocation of requirements to technical components. He or she will define processes to support the implementation of a prototype network requirements and ensure that technical solutions leverage industry best practices, designing for security and excellence while minimizing the total cost of ownership. You will need to be able to define internal and external customer infrastructure architecture needs and then design solutions to meet those needs to include: capacity planning, systems configuration and tuning, monitoring backups, and installations of hardware and software.

The work will be hybrid, based out of our Arlington, Va office.What You Will Do

• Mentorship: Ability to direct and mentor junior engineers, providing guidance on SOPs and best practices in a fast-paced environment.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Ability to convert requirements from external performers into concrete technical solutions for complex problems
• Exercise & Event Infrastructure: Direct design, deployment, and real time troubleshooting of high performance network infrastructure supporting multi-performer quarterly integrated exercises and hackathons.
  Participates in the development and implementation of the network infrastructure in field offices, including physical and logical design of network and telecom infrastructure, analyzing existing network platforms and systems, and recommending solutions.
• Provides technical input in the design, installation, maintenance, and support of network infrastructure
• Support tight-looped development and integration production cycles
• Support an Elasticsearch cluster
• Process and testing automation
• Continual learning, particularly with respect to cybersecurity principles
• Collaboration and communication across teams and projects

What You Will Need To Be Successful

• 5+ years of experience configuring, designing, maintaining, and troubleshooting LAN/WAN devices
• Thorough understanding of static and dynamic routing concepts such as BGP, OSPF"
• 5+ years of experience configuring/maintaining Cisco switches 
• 5+ years of experience in Networking, Security, Design implementation, and Operational support
• Experience designing and implementing Routers, Switches, Firewalls, and Security Software
• Experience with Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, routing and VLANs.
• Experience configuring/maintaining other (non-Cisco) hardware firewall devices such as VyOS
• Experience with network monitoring technologies
• Ability to take ambiguous requirements or problems and convert them into technical solutions
• Ability to partner with systems administrators, storage administrators, and application developers to solve complex problems
• Complex problem management research and issue resolution
• Ability to mentor junior network engineers
• Reviewing and identifying security vulnerabilities and applying remediation
• Understanding of modern software languages and command line interface
• Command of scripting languages such as Python and Bash
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible and Docker
• Experience with virtualization environments such as ProxMox and/or VMware
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance
  
  

Nice To Haves

• Experience with classified lab networks and requirements (SCIF or SAPF)
• Experience with LDAP/Kerberos authentication protocols
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Security best practices and implementing firewalls and perimeter security measures including VPN technologies
• Continuous integration, test automation and/or SecDevOps on iterative development projects
• Active DoD clearance
  
  

Security Clearance

• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a DoD clearance

At Appian, we support our federal customer’s mission by delivering low-code solutions using our cloud-based platform technology.  Appian’s Customer Success organization works closely with our federal customers, advising and supporting them on how to architect and deliver Appian based-solutions.  To support this goal, Appian Customer Success, is looking for an Solution Architect to help us to grow our federal business and work closely with customers to design integrated solutions and make compelling offers. 

As a Solution Architect, you will be a key technical leader within Appian’s Customer Success team as well as a trusted technical advisor to Appian’s clients. In this role, you will define leading, integrated solutions that use Appian’s platform technology to support our customers unique mission areas.  You will maintain an awareness of market forces and trends, lead the design and development of innovations and offerings that address customers demands and continue to position as a leader.  You will consult and advise our customers on their programs and projects, driving quality and innovation.  The ideal candidate will combine excellent technical, product and business skills to make our customers and partners successful.  And have experience working with BPM and/or business systems.

This role is based at our headquarters in McLean, Virginia. Appian was built on a culture of in-person collaboration, which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 5 days a week to foster that culture and ensure we continue to thrive through shared ideas and teamwork. We believe being in the office provides more opportunities to come together and celebrate working with the exceptional people across Appian. 

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Advise customers on the technical design, architecture and implementation of Appian solutions on a customer’s private cloud or on-premise hosting solution, and/or integrating Appian government cloud offerings with the customer’s infrastructure

• Support the sales cycle through the creation of high-value, differentiated solutions, based on Appian’s technology, that integrates and defines program and project management disciplines with a compelling technical solution and delivery roadmap

• Present and vet integrated solutions and complex technical concepts and designs to our customers and other audiences

• Support customers on the configuration, testing, deployment and operations of Appian applications, following agile delivery methodologies and Appian best practices

• Work with clients on all aspects of their program to drive technical success and efficiency, including advising of development practice, program management and governance and delivery automation (version control, configuration management, and other DevSecOps and Infrastructure Automation practices)

• Lead the definition and development of Appian Customer Success innovations and offerings in order to support leading Appian delivery capabilities, and bring together emerging requirements and practices from our customers and industry

• Collect and review technical challenges with a team of architects and distill into common best practices and common solutions

• Support the development and review of whitepapers and pre-sales solutioning and proposals

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• At least 5 years of experience advising customers on design and implementation of government cloud computing platforms, and at least 10 years of multi-tier application design and architecture

• Experience with architecting secure cloud based hosting solutions for federal customers using Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure.  Leadership experience designing, architecting or delivering one or more enterprise-level cloud environments (e.g. C2S, JWICS, GovCloud, etc.)

• Experience authoring federal proposals and whitepaper is required

• In depth experience, managing federal programs and projects and leading IT delivery using agile frameworks, tooling and methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe

• Experience accelerating IT solution under the federal government’s Risk Management Framework is preferred

• Experience with designing and implementing DevSecOps pipelines and Infrastructure Automation frameworks, using toolsets like Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Cucumber, JMeter, and Fitnesse, preferred 

• Willingness to travel; 10-15% to support customer engagements including SCIF’s

Other Skills:

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Guiding client enterprise architecture teams as needed during the design and implementation of scalable solutions

• Excellent problem solving skills and talent for identifying creative solutions

• Ability to identify and lead the creation of market offerings, and lead the formulation of corporate capabilities and intellectual property

Education and Certifications:

• AWS, Google, or Azure Certifications is a plus

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferred

• Certified Scrum Master or other agile certifications, required

Clearance: 

• Possession of or ability to obtain a US government public trust and/or  DoD clearance

At Appian, we support our federal customer’s mission by delivering solutions using our cloud-based platform technology.  Appian’s Customer Success organization works closely with our federal customers, advising and supporting them on how to architect and deliver Appian based-solutions.  To support this goal, Appian Customer Success, is looking for an Solution Architect to help us to grow our federal business and work closely with customers to design integrated solutions and make compelling offers. 

As a Solution Architect, you will be a key technical leader within Appian’s Customer Success team as well as a trusted technical advisor to Appian’s clients. In this role, you will define leading, integrated solutions that use Appian’s platform technology to support our customers unique mission areas.  You will maintain an awareness of market forces and trends, lead the design and development of innovations and offerings that address customers demands and continue to position as a leader.  You will consult and advise our customers on their programs and projects, driving quality and innovation.  The ideal candidate will combine excellent technical, product and business skills to make our customers and partners successful.  And have experience working with BPM and/or business systems.

This role is based at our HQ in McLean, VA. Appian was built on a culture of in-person collaboration, which we believe is a key driver of our mission to be the best. Employees hired for this position are expected to be in the office 4 - 5 days per week to foster that culture, ensure we thrive through shared ideas and teamwork, and maximize opportunities to connect with the exceptional people across Appian. While working in-person with customers is our main priority, we also believe the office environment enables more opportunities to celebrate wins, collaborate effectively, and build strong relationships across teams.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Advise customers on the technical design, architecture and implementation of Appian solutions on a customer’s private cloud or on-premise hosting solution, and/or integrating Appian government cloud offerings with the customer’s infrastructure

• Support the sales cycle through the creation of high-value, differentiated solutions, based on Appian’s technology, that integrates and defines program and project management disciplines with a compelling technical solution and delivery roadmap

• Present and vet integrated solutions and complex technical concepts and designs to our customers and other audiences

• Support customers on the configuration, testing, deployment and operations of Appian applications, following agile delivery methodologies and Appian best practices

• Work with clients on all aspects of their program to drive technical success and efficiency, including advising of development practice, program management and governance and delivery automation (version control, configuration management, and other DevSecOps and Infrastructure Automation practices)

• Lead the definition and development of Appian Customer Success innovations and offerings in order to support leading Appian delivery capabilities, and bring together emerging requirements and practices from our customers and industry

• Collect and review technical challenges with a team of architects and distill into common best practices and common solutions

• Support the development and review of whitepapers and pre-sales solutioning and proposals

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

• At least 5 years of experience advising customers on design and implementation of government cloud computing platforms, and at least 10 years of multi-tier application design and architecture

• Experience with architecting secure cloud based hosting solutions for federal customers using Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and/or Microsoft Azure.  Leadership experience designing, architecting or delivering one or more enterprise-level cloud environments (e.g. C2S, JWICS, GovCloud, etc.)

• Experience authoring federal proposals and whitepaper is required

• In depth experience, managing federal programs and projects and leading IT delivery using agile frameworks, tooling and methodologies, including Scrum and SAFe

• Experience accelerating IT solution under the federal government’s Risk Management Framework is preferred

• Experience with designing and implementing DevSecOps pipelines and Infrastructure Automation frameworks, using toolsets like Jenkins, Puppet, Ansible, SaltStack, Cucumber, JMeter, and Fitnesse, preferred 

• Willingness to travel; 10-15% to support customer engagements including SCIF’s

Other Skills:

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• Guiding client enterprise architecture teams as needed during the design and implementation of scalable solutions

• Excellent problem solving skills and talent for identifying creative solutions

• Ability to identify and lead the creation of market offerings, and lead the formulation of corporate capabilities and intellectual property

Education and Certifications:

• AWS, Google, or Azure Certifications is a plus

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, preferred

• Certified Scrum Master or other agile certifications, required

Clearance: 

• Possession of or ability to obtain a US government public trust and/or  DoD clearance.  TS/SCI with CI Poly strongly preferred

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***This job requires active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Polygraph.  Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Polygraph. ***

North Point Technology is hiring a DevOps Engineer to support our Data Centric-Multi-Level Secure (DC-MLS) Enterprise team. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in Linux environments, builds reliable automation, and helps deploy and support secure platforms across DC-MLS, HPC, and other mission-driven programs.

Responsibilities:

Build, improve, and maintain DevOps automation processes that support DC-MLS Enterprise deployments and initial site stand-up activities. Develop and manage Linux-based deployment, configuration, and operational workflows across secure environments. Create and maintain automation and scripting solutions to streamline provisioning, support repeatable deployments, and improve platform reliability. Use configuration management and version control tools to manage changes, support releases, and strengthen deployment consistency. Partner with enterprise and core teams to support DC-MLS implementations across HPC and other contract environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Security+ certification
• 5+ years of combined experience in Linux, scripting or software development, and configuration management
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Perl, Korn, Bourne/Bash, Ansible, and other shell scripting tools
• Experience with revision control and source management tools, including CVS, SVN, Git, GitLab, and GitLab CI
• Experience developing and managing DevOps deployment automation processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting secure enterprise deployments in mission-focused environments
• Experience with Linux-based DevOps workflows across HPC or multi-level secure systems
• Experience improving deployment speed, consistency, and operational support through automation

***This job requires active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Polygraph.  Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance with a CI Polygraph. ***

North Point Technology is hiring a Linux Administrator SME to support mission-critical environments across our Centralized SuperComputing Facility (CSCF) and other high-impact programs. This role is ideal for a senior Linux expert who can troubleshoot deep system issues, automate administration at scale, and strengthen secure, reliable platform operations across complex environments.

Responsibilities:

Administer, maintain, and harden Linux systems supporting HPC and other mission-focused programs in heterogeneous, multi-platform environments. Troubleshoot complex operating system and kernel-level issues using source code analysis, system logs, and low-level diagnostic tools. Manage patching and system lifecycle activities, including repository administration and custom kernel builds to support new functionality and security requirements. Automate system configuration, maintenance, and patch management using enterprise tools and repeatable workflows. Support and integrate identity and access management services, including directory services and token-based authentication. Partner with support teams to improve system stability, security, and operational efficiency across critical Linux environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, AIS, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience
• At least 5 years of experience developing or supporting system software in heterogeneous, multi-platform environments
• Strong scripting skills in Bourne/Bash and Expect
• Experience debugging Linux kernel issues using source code analysis, system logs, crash, systemtap, or similar tools
• Experience managing Satellite repositories for patching and custom kernel builds
• Experience automating system configuration and maintenance with Ansible and Satellite Server
• Understanding of identity management systems, including LDAP and token-based authentication
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in complex technical environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting High Performance Computing environments
• Experience administering large-scale Linux infrastructure in secure or mission-driven settings
• Experience improving operational workflows through automation and standardization

DevOps Engineer

The DevOps Engineer is responsible for the design, development, and lifecycle management of automation and integration solutions across Alarm.com’s cloud infrastructure and application platforms. This individual will lead the implementation and operation of continuous integration, automated deployment, and infrastructure-as-code solutions that support the delivery of Alarm.com’s life safety and home automation applications.

This role works closely with Software Engineering, Quality Engineering, Cloud Operations, Security, and Release Management teams to onboard and support applications throughout the full software development lifecycle. The position combines hands-on engineering with operational responsibility to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and reliability of Alarm.com’s cloud platforms and applications.

Responsibilities

The Engineer's primary job responsibilities include:

• Design and develop tools and frameworks that enable continuous integration and automated infrastructure management across all layers of the cloud stack, including servers, storage, networking, operating systems, management infrastructure, applications, monitoring, and alerting.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using technologies such as Ansible, AWX, Puppet, and Terraform to support scalable and repeatable infrastructure deployments.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams on best practices for deploying and operating software within the Alarm.com cloud environment.
• Develop a deep understanding of the architecture and operational characteristics of the Alarm.com cloud platform and implement solutions that improve system reliability, performance, and predictability.
• Evaluate, architect, and implement infrastructure solutions and migrate on-premises workloads to hyperscaler environments including AWS and Azure.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues across development, staging, and production environments.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to maintain the stability and performance of production services.
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineering, Software Engineering, and Quality Engineering teams to improve operational efficiency and system observability.
• Develop and maintain operational runbooks, monitoring standards, and alert metrics to support platform health and stability.
• Support application deployments and improvements across the full software development lifecycle.
• Enable automation and operational improvements using scripting languages and modern DevOps tooling.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of DevOps or cloud infrastructure engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with cloud and virtualization technologies including VMware, AWS, and Azure.
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Ansible, AWX, Puppet, and Terraform.
• Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems in enterprise environments.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Rancher.
• Familiarity with server monitoring and application performance monitoring solutions such as PagerDuty, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, New Relic, Dynatrace, and AppDynamics.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling including GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, Atlassian tools, Git, and ArgoCD.
• Familiarity with secrets and artifact management technologies including Vault and Artifactory.
• Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, Go, C#, and PowerShell.
• Experience supporting operational processes including multi-tiered escalation and on-call procedures.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a self-directed approach to investigating and resolving technical issues.
• Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting highly available SaaS environments with 99.999% uptime requirements.
• Experience operating large-scale cloud infrastructure supporting distributed applications.

Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

WHY WORK FOR ALARM.COM?

• Collaborate with outstanding people: We hire only the best. Our standards are high and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers.
• Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the Alarm.com team!
• Gain well rounded experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
• Community and Camaraderie: One of our core values is to 'Keep It Fun,' which to us means fostering a strong sense of community. Our culture is built on collaboration and connection, where we celebrate our successes and believe that a positive, engaging environment is key to doing our best work.
• Alarm.com values working together and collaborating in person. Our employees work from the office 4 days a week.

COMPANY INFO

Alarm.com is the leading platform for intelligently connected properties. Millions of homeowners and businesses rely on Alarm.com's technology to secure, monitor, and manage their environments from anywhere. Our comprehensive suite of solutions—including security, video surveillance, access control, active shooter detection, intelligent automation, energy management, and wellness—is delivered exclusively through a trusted network of thousands of professional service providers and commercial integrators across North America and worldwide. Alarm.com's common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. Alarm.com delivers serious security for serious people.

For more information, please visit www.alarm.com.

COMPANY BENEFITS

Our total rewards package is designed to support you holistically—in your health, your finances, and your life outside of work. The package includes medical plans with company subsidies, a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution, and a 401(k) with an employer match. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with paid vacation that increases with tenure, paid holidays, wellness time, and paid maternity and bonding leave. To complete the package, we also provide company-paid disability and life insurance, all within a collaborative and casual work environment.

Alarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer

In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you ("Personal Information"). The categories of Personal Information that we may collect include your name, government-issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, criminal record, and demographic information. We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting criminal background checks as permitted by law, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may retain some of the personal data that you provide in your application for our internal operations such as managing our recruitment system and ensuring that we comply with labor laws and regulations even after we have made our employment decision.

Notice To Third Party Agencies:
Alarm.com understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you. If you are interested in working with Alarm.com, please email your company information and standard agreement to RecruitingPartnerships@Alarm.com.

What Impact You’ll Have

GRVTY’s team provides tactical data engineering solutions. We embed skilled Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and ETL Developers directly into intelligence analyst groups to be their go-to data wranglers. We develop new tools, code, and services to execute data engineering activities. Our engineers work to collect, process, and feed analytic tools, turning data into intelligence in response to immediate mission needs, with direct impact on real world situations. You will see your work used here on a daily basis, and you'll have the opportunity to support a variety of Sponsor mission organizations and mission partner organizations. This is a time of development and growth on the program, with an increasing number of missions being supported. The work is high impact and important, and the customer moves quickly. The environment is fast-paced, flexible, and open to innovation - you'll have more latitude here in choosing how to achieve results than on many other projects. The customer cares more about what you can do as opposed to your years of experience, and work hours are typically quite flexible - roll up your sleeves, get things done, and no one cares much about the specific hours that you work. The work space itself is also quite nice, and there is an excellent cafeteria! The tech stack on this team is rather huge and includes Python (Pandas, numpy, scipy, scikit-learn, standard libraries, etc.), Python packages that wrap Machine Learning (packages for NLP, Object Detection, etc.), Linux, AWS/C2S, Apache NiFi, Spark, pySpark, Hadoop, Kafka, ElasticSearch, Solr, Kibana, neo4J, MariaDB, Postgres, Docker, Puppet, and many others. Work on this program takes place in McLean, VA and in various field offices throughout Northern VA (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS/SCI + Polygraph clearance (acceptable to this customer).

What You’ll Be Owning

GRVTY is seeking a Mid-Level Systems Engineer with a TS/SCI + Poly clearance (applicable to this customer) to join one of our top projects in Tysons, VA. The Systems Engineer is responsible the applications infrastructure across all networks. Technical support to make application security compliant. Responsible for tech precepts implementation and contractually responsible to be on call 24/7.

What You Must Have

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance
• Experience: 2+ years of experience in system engineering, testing, or DevOps roles.
• CI/CD Knowledge: Proven experience configuring CI/CD pipelines and automated testing tools.
• Technical Skills: Strong working knowledge of Linux/Unix, version control (Git), and scripting languages (Python, Bash, or similar).
• Methodology: Familiarity with Agile development practices.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with test frameworks 
• Strategic thinking and big-picture perspective.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.
• A passion for IT and continuous learning. 

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Overview

In this position, you will design and develop high-performance, secure, and automated pipelines for deployment of Esri technology in the cloud and no-premises. You will partner closely with software developers and cloud engineers to ensure our integration and deployment is high-quality, reliable, and mission focused. 

This team supports Defense and Intel clients. You will be part of a talented cross-functional team of dynamic and passionate engineers to deliver capabilities that enable our customers to make a difference in communities around the world. You will be part of a team that influences lasting contributions for communities with the solutions you develop.

The Professional Services division is the consulting and implementation arm of Esri. We break ground in new markets, push the technology envelope and ultimately deliver transformational solutions to high profile clients worldwide. The Professional Services organization is comprised of nearly 1,000 talented business and technical professionals who strive every day to help our users be successful.

Esri has a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the Vienna, VA area for this position. 

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high-speed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps for cloud-native workflows and Jenkins for complex, cross-platform on-premises build automation
• Architect and optimize Docker environments to ensure consistent, isolated, and reproducible build/test runners across the entire development lifecycle
• Work with the team to help lead the design of the next-generation Python package creation process; manage complex Conda recipes and environments to ensure seamless distribution of the ArcGIS API and its dependencies
• Build and manage the underlying build infrastructure (runners, nodes, and registries) using automated provisioning to ensure high availability and scalability of the release system
• Implement automated security gatekeeping, including the generation of SBOMs (software Bill of Materials), vulnerability scanning, and license compliance for all Python and Rust artifacts
• Work with the team to help design and implement monitoring frameworks to track build performance; assist in automated load and performance testing of the Python stack to identify regressions before release
• Identify and eliminate manual bottlenecks by transitioning legacy workflows into modern, "everything-as-code" processes
• Oversee the lifecycle of third-party dependencies, ensuring that the supply chain is secure, from source code to the final distributed package

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional DevOps, CI/CD, or platform automation 
• Hands on experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, or similar) 
• Experience working with YAML-based pipeline configurations and infrastructure definitions
• Exposure to automation and scripting (Python and/or JavaScript preferred)
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, AWS CDK, Terraform or similar IaC frameworks
• Ability to write and optimize Docker files and support container-based deployments
• Understanding of artifact management, dependency management, and secure build practices
• Familiarity with SBOM tools and artifact signing concepts
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) especially compute services and storage services (S3, Blob Storage)
• US citizenship with Active or Current (within 2 years of active) Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Mathematics, DevOps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or STEM related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Master's in Computer Science, Mathematics, DevOps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or Stem related field
• Experience automating backend systems and operational workflows
• Familiarity with release engineering and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, etc.)
• Experience integrating security scanning into pipelines (SAST/DAST, container scanning)
• Exposure to Kubernetes-based delivery environments
• Exposure to DevSecOps practices and secure development pipelines
• CompTIA Security + certification
• Experience working in Agile or Scrum development environments 

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Linux Platform Engineer 

Overview 

Seeking experienced Linux and platform engineers to design and implement automated IT infrastructure solutions. This role combines hands-on technical work with Al-driven automation to modernize infrastructure management at scale. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Design, implement, and maintain IT infrastructure automation tools integrating with enterprise and custom services 

• Develop and support Python-based infrastructure integration code 

• Build monitoring, metrics, and reporting systems emphasizing actionable insights 

• Implement Al enhancements to IT infrastructure, including MCP integration 

Required Qualifications 

• Strong Python development and scripting experience 

• Proficiency with containerization (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes) 

• Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) 

• Knowledge of Active Directory, LDAP, and core IT services  

• Knowledge of monitoring tools (Nagios, Zabbix, Prometheus)  

• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Linux system administration background 

• Virtualization platform expertise (VMware, KVM) 

• Understanding of networking, storage, and backup systems 

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills 

• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible) 

What Impact You'll Have

Join GRVTY’s mission-focused team as a DevOps / Platform Engineer, where you’ll have the opportunity to enable secure, automated, and scalable deployment of advanced signal processing tools. We’re looking for an engineer to help build and operate secure, reliable systems supporting mission-critical signal processing tools. You’ll work hands-on with modern DevOps tooling, container platforms, and cloud technologies while collaborating closely with engineers, security teams, and operations.

What You'll be Owning

• Design, deploy, and operate containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Support cloud-based and hybrid environments using AWS services and Kubernetes platforms.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure system performance and uptime.
• Automate infrastructure and operational workflows using scripting and configuration management tools.
• Apply cybersecurity best practices across systems and applications.
• Create documentation and support smooth handoff to operations teams.

What You Must Have

• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a CI/Poly.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience working with Linux systems (RedHat, CentOS)
• Experience with DevOps tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, Ansible, or similar.
• Familiarity with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with scripting and automation (Python and/or Bash).
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment
• Understanding of networking and security fundamentals.

What Would be Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Experience deploying applications using Helm.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus or the ELK Stack.
• Experience with configuration management or infrastructure automation tools (Terraform)
• Familiarity with DoD or regulated cybersecurity environments (RMF, STIGs, NIST).
• Experience supporting production systems and operational teams.

We are looking for an experienced Staff Site Reliability Engineer (Federal) to join our Government Cloud team. This is an onsite role based in Crystal City, Virginia, reporting to the Manager, Site Reliability Engineering. You will be part of the team that built the world’s largest cloud security platform, specifically focusing on enabling US Government organizations to harness speed and agility through a cloud-first strategy. You'll bring your vision and passion to help scale our multitenant architecture and enhance services across classified environments.

What you’ll do (Role Expectations)

• Manage operational tasks for products in US Government classified environments, including deployments, on-call duties, and incident management

• Oversee cloud infrastructure components across AWS, private cloud environments, containers, and VMs

• Develop scripts, containerized services, and monitoring mechanisms to automate operations tasks and ensure minimal service disruption

• Create operations documentation and implement measures to prevent recurring incidents while contributing to DevOps best practices

• Build and enhance Zscaler services within classified environments, ensuring 24x7 coverage including night and holiday shifts

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.

• You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.

• You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.

• You are a high-trust collaborator. You are ambitious for the team, not just yourself. You embrace our challenge culture by giving and receiving ongoing feedback—knowing that candor delivered with clarity and respect is the truest form of teamwork and the fastest way to earn trust.

• You are a learner. You have a true growth mindset and are obsessed with your own development, actively seeking feedback to become a better partner and a stronger teammate. You love what you do and you do it with purpose.

What We’re Looking for (Minimum Qualifications)

• This position requires an active US Government Secret, Top Secret or TS/SCI security clearance. Maintenance of this clearance is a condition of continued employment.

• 5+ years of Site Reliability Engineering experience in both Operations and Engineering environments

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

• Technical proficiency in Linux administration, network troubleshooting, and automation tools like Ansible and Terraform

• Strong skills in Python coding and container-based architectures such as AWS ECS or Kubernetes

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience managing air-gapped environments and FedRAMP High/Moderate authorization levels

• Possession of Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level 2 certification

• Active Top Secret security clearance

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C3 AI is seeking a Senior/Lead Site Reliability Engineer - Federal to join our team in Tysons, VA or Redwood City, CA. 

This role requires US Citizenship. Active US Government Security Secret clearance or higher is required (Top Secret or higher is preferred). 

Responsibilities:

• Work with Federal customers to design and implement customized installations of the C3 AI Platform that meet unique access and security requirements of Federal environments
• Maximize system uptime and availability, ensuring functional and performance SLAs
• Establish end-to-end monitoring and alerting on all critical aspects
• Solve complex problems for critical services and build automation to prevent problem recurrence
• Initiate and lead scripting and automation to streamline system updates and upgrades
• Set up critical infrastructure, tools, and framework to streamline the deployment cycle
• Work cross-functionally with Services and Engineering teams
• Travel to customer site (up to 50%)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), or comparable area of study
• An active U.S. Government security clearance (Top Secret preferred)
• Demonstrated experience in deploying, managing, and operating scalable and fault-tolerant Kubernetes-based infrastructure in AWS and Azure clouds; on-premise deployment experience preferred
• Expertise in Linux Operating Systems, Networking, and Database concepts
• Expertise in cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Azure, and GCP
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code configurations such as Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet
• Experience in Ruby, Bash, or Python; to automate and monitor systems
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• Experience supporting as a DevOps or sys admin for commercial SaaS solutions. Customer facing experience is a plus.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.