Junior DevOps Engineer at D2 Technical Services
Springfield, VA
$115,000–$125,000from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Springfield, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps engineer role supporting an intelligence community customer, focused on automating and managing cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Day-to-day work covers CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, system monitoring, security compliance, and configuration management across development, staging, and production environments. An active TS/SCI clearance is required, and the position suits candidates with hands-on experience in Kubernetes, GitLab, and scripting.
Mid level · 2+ years · St. Louis, MO-IL · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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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 $131,867 (middle half $103,906–$159,758). 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 has two listed work locations — St. Louis, MO and Springfield, VA — with no indication of which is primary. St. Louis is listed first and used here; Springfield, VA (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria CBSA 47900) is an equally valid location.
The title carries no seniority level and the minimum experience gate is only 2+ years, supporting a Mid classification despite the TS/SCI requirement and breadth of responsibilities.
This role sits between Software Developers (15-1252) and Network/Systems Administrators (15-1244): it writes automation and CI/CD pipelines (developer signal) but also heavily administers infrastructure, monitors systems, and manages environments (ops signal). 15-1252 is chosen because the primary deliverable is building and automating deployments rather than operating pre-built systems.
SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) participation is listed under Required Skills; it is retained as a hard gate per section placement, though it is a methodology rather than a tool — it is the only methodology included because the JD explicitly gates on it by name in the required section.
Bash and Shell scripting are listed as separate items in the JD ('Python, Bash, and Shell scripting') and are kept distinct here.
Helm and IAM/S3/SSH/VPN access management experience appear under 'Desired Skills' and are marked preferred 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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