Senior DevOps Engineer at Two Six Technologies
Arlington, VA
$153,000–$255,351
Jul 10, 2026
Arlington, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure and automation role embedded within cybersecurity and national security research teams. Day-to-day work centers on maintaining CI/CD pipelines, building and managing test environments, scripting automated workflows, and creating dashboards to monitor infrastructure health. The position suits engineers comfortable with ambiguity who have hands-on experience across virtualization, infrastructure-as-code, and network configuration — and who hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $153,000–$255,351
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
“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
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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 (10)
The role requires an active TS/SCI clearance WITH polygraph — both are explicitly stated as hard gates in the basic qualifications and the Security Clearance section.
The posting is tagged '#LI-ONSITE' and is described as a national-security R&D role at Two Six Technologies, whose primary offices are in the Arlington/Northern Virginia area; no specific city is stated, so the Washington DC metro CBSA is used as the best inference.
The experience requirement is stated as '3-5 years' — the overall years minimum is set to 3 (the minimum of the range).
The title says 'Senior' but the stated experience band (3–5 years) and scope of work align more closely with a Mid-level engineer; advertised seniority reflects the title, while assessed seniority reflects the actual requirements.
Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Docker) are listed together as a group under required qualifications with 'or' phrasing, indicating any one satisfies the requirement; they are emitted as separate skills with cross-alternatives to reflect that the JD names all four as acceptable options.
Network engineering (configuring switches and routers) is listed as a required qualification but names no specific product or platform, so it is omitted from the skills list per extraction rules (no concrete named technology).
Debugging/troubleshooting is listed as a required qualification but is a general competency, not a named technology — omitted from skills.
Advanced Python scripting appears under 'Nice to have' as a preferred qualification, even though Python is already a hard-required skill; the preferred entry is not separately emitted to avoid duplication.
CompTIA Security+ is listed under 'Nice to have' alongside a reference to DoD 8570 certification; it is 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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