Senior DevOps Engineer
Virginia Information Technologies Agency - DHRM · Richmond (City)
$125,000–$145,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Richmond (City)
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior infrastructure and deployment role within a state government financial agency, focused on managing and automating Windows Server and SQL Server environments, web application deployments, and cloud or on-premises architecture. The position involves working alongside state IT partners to maintain secure, highly available systems, leading incident resolution, and driving configuration management and pipeline improvements. Suits experienced infrastructure engineers comfortable with government compliance standards.
Senior level · Richmond, VA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4 people in the Richmond, VA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 1–7
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
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 $101,944 (middle half $79,511–$130,876). 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 (6)
This role is titled 'Senior DevOps Engineer' but the day-to-day work is primarily Windows Server and SQL Server administration, WAF/load balancing support, and web application operations for a Virginia state agency — more consistent with systems/network administration (15-1244) than software development (15-1252). There is no evidence of writing or shipping infrastructure-as-code or CI/CD pipelines as a primary duty; Azure DevOps and Git appear only under preferred qualifications.
Recruitment is restricted to current Virginia state employees ('State Employee Only - E'), which significantly narrows the eligible candidate pool beyond what the skills alone would suggest.
The role is hybrid (3 days/week on-site in Richmond, VA) — not fully remote.
VITA SEC 530 compliance experience is listed as preferred; it is a Virginia-specific state IT security standard and may be unfamiliar to candidates outside Virginia state government.
No minimum years of overall experience are stated in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): high availability architecture, backup and disaster recovery.
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