Cleared DevOps Engineer
SHINE Systems · Washington, DC
$90,000
Jul 20, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps Engineer role focused on modernizing a government information system, primarily through building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines, managing a Nexus artifact repository, and operating Apache Solr clusters with Zookeeper. The work also involves administering Windows Server environments, developing infrastructure-as-code, and planning an on-premises VMware-to-AWS migration. A security clearance is required.
Senior level · 13+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is telework-approved but preferred work locations are Annapolis Junction MD, Washington DC, or Reston VA — not fully remote in the traditional sense, so remote is set to false.
The 13+ years requirement can be offset by a Bachelor's degree (substitutes 4 years) or Master's degree (substitutes 6 years), meaning no formal degree is strictly required — the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting requires the ability to obtain and/or maintain a TS/SCI clearance (hard gate); a TS/SCI with in-scope Polygraph is listed under Desired Qualifications only.
CloudFormation and Terraform are listed together as interchangeable options ('CloudFormation and/or Terraform') in both the responsibilities and required qualifications sections; both are captured as required with each listed as an alternative for the other.
Containerization strategies for Java applications, configuration management tools, and VMware security controls appear under Desired Qualifications and are marked preferred accordingly.
The role blends infrastructure operations (Windows Server, VMware, AWS services) with pipeline/IaC development (GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, CloudFormation); classified as Software Developers (15-1252) given the emphasis on building and automating pipelines and IaC, with Network/Systems Administrators (15-1244) as a plausible runner-up.
No compensation figures were provided; the posting notes salary will be determined by contract funding and candidate factors.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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