DevOps Engineer at Abile Group, Inc.
Springfield, VA
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Jul 7, 2026
Springfield, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A DevOps Engineer role on a long-term government contract supporting an Intelligence Community customer. Day-to-day work centers on building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines across multiple security domains, managing infrastructure as code, authoring Helm charts for OpenShift deployments, and handling security compliance through software updates and system documentation. Suits experienced candidates with Linux, Kubernetes, and GitLab CI/CD backgrounds who hold or can obtain a TS/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Contract
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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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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 (12)
The posting is for a 10-year contract vehicle supporting an Intelligence Community customer; individual placements are on that contract, not necessarily 10-year personal commitments.
TS/SCI is required; the ability to obtain a CI Poly is also stated as a gate.
The degree requirement is effectively waived: the JD accepts 3 additional years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Experience range is stated as '5-8+ years'; 5 is used as the minimum.
AWS is listed parenthetically as 'ideal knowledge' within the Kubernetes/OpenShift requirement sentence, placing it closer to preferred than required; it is marked preferred accordingly.
Infrastructure as Code is required, with Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet listed as acceptable alternatives — Terraform is used as the primary name with the others in alternatives.
GitLab CI/CD is the primary required pipeline tool; Jenkins and CircleCI are explicitly named as acceptable alternatives.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role writes pipelines, Helm charts, and IaC code (pointing to 15-1252 Software Developers), but also has a significant operations/sustainment dimension that could support 15-1244. The code-authoring responsibilities are primary.
No work location is specified beyond 'multiple locations worldwide'; the role supports a US IC customer and clearance requirements imply US-based work, but no specific metro is identifiable.
Desired Skills section covers application architecture, Configuration Management/RFC process, Agile delivery, technical certifications, systems engineering, and NGA enterprise products (e.g., Wormhole) — all marked preferred.
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.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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