Senior DevOps Engineer
Awetomaton · St. Louis, MO
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Jul 7, 2026
St. Louis, MO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level role focused on running and improving a multitenant Kubernetes-based platform-as-a-service in a classified government cloud environment. Day-to-day work spans cluster administration, tenant onboarding and support up to Tier 3, security and compliance, and replacing manual operations with GitOps pipelines and automated workflows. Suits engineers with deep Kubernetes experience and a background delivering to DoD cloud regions, who hold an active Top Secret clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · St. Louis, MO-IL · Bachelor's required · Top Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $131,867 (middle half $103,906–$159,758).
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Why we read it this way (8)
This role sits at the boundary between platform/infrastructure software engineering (building GitOps pipelines, automation, self-service tooling) and cluster operations/administration. It was classified as Software Developers (15-1252) because the JD emphasizes building automated workflows, GitOps pipelines, and platform components — not merely operating existing infrastructure. 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) is a genuine runner-up given the heavy cluster administration and Tier 3 tenant support duties.
The JD states 'Active Top Secret security clearance required' as a hard gate; TS/SCI is not explicitly mentioned, so this is coded as TopSecret rather than TopSecretSci.
AWS is listed as 'preferred' within the must-have section ('AWS (preferred), Azure, or GCP'), meaning any of the three satisfies the cloud platform requirement. AWS is named as the primary with Azure and GCP as alternatives.
The degree requirement is a B.S. in Information Technology or related field, listed under Must-haves. No equivalent-experience substitution is offered.
Security compliance tools (Grype, Fortify) and Agile familiarity appear under Must-haves but are framed with 'Familiarity with' — a softer gate. Grype/Fortify are listed as preferred to reflect this hedged language; the Agile methodology requirement is a process/methodology item and not emitted as a named technology skill.
Crossplane appears under Nice to Have with 'or similar service layer abstraction tooling' — no widely-recognized single substitute exists, so alternatives are left empty.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Requires a Top Secret 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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