Lead DevOps Engineer at Lyntris
Falls Church, VA
$152,300–$186,600
Aug 5, 2026
Falls Church, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-time, fully onsite Lead DevOps/Software Engineer role at a defense technology company in Sterling, VA, supporting software development and integration for classified defense programs. The position spans the full software lifecycle — design, development, integration, automated testing, and maintenance — with a strong DevSecOps orientation. Candidates must hold or be eligible for a TS/SCI clearance and have at least two years of Agile experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $158,337 (middle half $126,441–$180,105).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 7, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title reads 'Lead DevOps Engineer' but the body describes a software engineering role spanning development, integration, and automated testing with DevSecOps experience — classified here as Software Developers (15-1252). Network/Systems Admins (15-1244) is the runner-up given the DevSecOps/infrastructure emphasis.
All technical skills (Python, NiFi, Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, GitLab, Pytest, Playwright, Swagger, Bash, Helm, UML, CAMEO, DOORS, Artifactory, Kanban) appear exclusively under the 'Preferred Qualifications (Not Required)' section and are therefore marked as preferred.
The required qualifications list automated testing tools and software debugging as hard gates but name no specific technology, so those are captured as generic capability requirements rather than named tools. The preferred section names the specific tools (Pytest, Playwright, etc.).
The posting states a pay scale exists for the location but does not publish the actual figures.
TS/SCI clearance is a hard gate — candidates must currently hold or be eligible to obtain TS/SCI.
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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