DevOps Engineer at GRVTY
Chantilly, VA
$150,000–$200,000
Jul 10, 2026
Chantilly, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps Engineer role focused on building and maintaining containerized development environments for intelligence community work in Chantilly, VA. Day-to-day work involves managing Kubernetes and Docker infrastructure, constructing GitLab CI/CD pipelines, building custom container images, and supporting both on-premises and AWS cloud deployments. The role suits an experienced engineer holding an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $150,000–$200,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (7)
The role is titled 'DevOps Engineer' with no level modifier, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 5+ years total experience requirement and the depth of hands-on ownership (building CI/CD pipelines, custom container images, on-prem and cloud environments) support a Senior classification.
A TS/SCI with Polygraph is an explicit hard gate — candidates without an active poly-eligible clearance cannot be considered.
The degree requirement states '5+ years and a Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline, OR the equivalent combination of education, technical training, and work/military experience' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, the degree requirement is set to None.
Python and Bash are listed together as interchangeable scripting options ('Python, Bash, or other scripting languages'); Python is emitted as the primary with Bash as an alternative.
SOC classification is a judgment call: the role writes and ships CI/CD pipelines, custom container images, and automation code (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but also maintains DevOps environments and on-prem/cloud infrastructure (pointing to 15-1244). The primary day-to-day work — building pipelines and container platforms — tips it to 15-1252, with 15-1244 as the runner-up.
Jira and Confluence appear in the required 'What You Must Have' section and are treated as hard gates accordingly.
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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