DevOps Engineer

Remote Work:

Hybrid

Job Number:

R0251983

Location:

McLean,VA,US

DevOps Engineer

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to leverage your DevOps and Platform Engineering expertise in a high impact role? Booz Allen is building next generation of products in Cybersecurity. We’re modernizing systems with Artificial Intelligence and building greenfield capability from the ground up. We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join the team – You’ll help deploy and operate secure, reliable, and highly available software in Cloud environments.

You should thrive in a fast-paced environment, be able to translate business and development team requirements into automated platform solutions. You’ll be responsible for working with DevOps and Platform engineers and Developers to deploy and operate secure, reliable, available applications from pilots to critical production systems. You should have expertise in Cloud, Networking, Containers and Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. You should have excellent communication skills, be able to work independently while collaborating with others, and work in a fast-paced, Agile environment. Join us as we launch next generation Cybersecurity products.

Join us. The world can’t wait.  

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience developing and implementing DevSecOps tools, automation, and processes to improve software delivery maturity, security posture, and operational reliability
• 8+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving complex CI/CD pipeline issues, including build failures, deployment failures, performance bottlenecks, and infrastructure issues
• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-native applications and infrastructure using Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab
• Experience developing, managing, hardening, and securing containerized workloads, including container image security, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and runtime security
• Experience deploying and supporting enterprise software solutions in customer-managed, self-hosted, or on-premises environments, including configuring infrastructure dependencies, managing system integrations, and troubleshooting environment-specific issues
• Experience implementing DevSecOps security controls and automated compliance checks throughout the software delivery lifecycle, including policy enforcement, vulnerability management, and audit evidence collection
• Experience deploying and operationalizing AI-enabled applications in enterprise environments, including managing application dependencies, securing model and data access, and supporting reliable, repeatable deployments
• Experience collaborating with customer infrastructure, security, and platform engineering teams to resolve deployment issues, meet security requirements, and support successful production adoption 
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with cloud providers, such as AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Experience integrating AI-driven capabilities into compliance, governance, risk management, or security workflows, including automated control validation, evidence collection, policy mapping, and compliance reporting
• Experience deploying and maintaining AI-powered solutions in self-hosted, on-premises, or customer-managed environments, including environments with restricted network connectivity or air-gapped infrastructure
• Experience operationalizing AI applications in production, including health monitoring, logging, observability, performance troubleshooting, dependency management, and deployment lifecycle management
• Experience deploying Kubernetes-based applications using Helm or similar packaging and orchestration tools, including assisting with managing private container registries, persistent storage, network policies, and cluster-level security controls
• Experience working directly with customer security, infrastructure, and platform engineering teams to validate deployment architectures, resolve environment-specific issues, and meet enterprise security and compliance requirements

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance 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.