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Senior DevOps / Linux Systems Engineer – Top Secret Clearance (Onsite, St. Louis MO)

DevOps / Linux Systems Engineer (Senior) – Top Secret Clearance Required

📍 Location: St. Louis, Missouri (Onsite Only)
🏢 Work Model: 100% Onsite
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
💰 Salary Range: $100,000 – $180,000
🔐 Clearance: Top Secret (CI Poly required upon hire)
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available

About the Role

This is a mission-critical DevOps / Linux Systems Engineering role supporting highly secure, operational cloud and on-premise geospatial systems. You’ll take a technical leadership position within a mission operations team responsible for sustaining and evolving classified environments used by government stakeholders.

This role is ideal for an experienced Linux-focused DevOps Engineer who thrives in secure, high-stakes environments and enjoys owning system reliability, automation, security hardening, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Lead system changes, upgrades, and continuous improvements across secure on-prem and AWS environments

  • Serve as a technical escalation point, working directly with government and contractor stakeholders

  • Proactively monitor system health and perform advanced diagnostics and remediation

  • Deploy security patches, STIGs, and bug fixes across test and production environments

  • Build, manage, and automate AWS-based Linux systems

  • Maintain and update critical databases and operational datasets

  • Author and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, and troubleshooting guides

  • Respond to security findings and compliance reports with speed and precision

Required Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret Clearance with willingness to sit for a CI Polygraph

  • CompTIA Security+ (or equivalent DoD 8570 certification)

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8–12 years relevant experience
    (or Master’s with 6–10 years)

  • Advanced Linux administration experience (RHEL 7+)

  • Strong AWS / cloud automation experience (must-have)

  • Hands-on experience building, patching, and STIG’ing Linux servers

  • Experience with Windows Server administration

  • Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and documentation skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Highly Desired Skills

  • Ansible playbooks and infrastructure automation

  • AWS automation tooling and scripting

  • Experience with:

    • ArcGIS / ESRI deployments

    • RDS and SQL technologies

    • Apache NiFi

    • Python (including ML-related workflows)

    • Tomcat

  • Familiarity with IC cloud architecture methodologies

  • Team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)

  • AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, etc.)

Ideal Candidate

  • Senior-level Linux Systems Engineer with strong DevOps instincts

  • Proven experience automating AWS infrastructure in secure environments

  • Comfortable owning system lifecycle: build → secure → operate → sustain

  • Detail-oriented, proactive, and confident operating in classified settings

  • Security+ certified and CI Poly-ready

Benefits & Perks

  • 3 weeks paid time off

  • 11 Federal holidays

  • Medical, dental, vision coverage

  • Short & long-term disability

  • Life insurance & AD&D

  • 401(k) with up to 4% match (immediate vesting)

  • End-of-year profit sharing

  • Relocation assistance

  • Ongoing technical training & certifications

Additional Information

  • Security Clearance Required: Yes

  • Visa Sponsorship: Not available

  • Travel: None

 

DevOps Engineer – Top Secret Clearance (Onsite, Huntsville AL)

DevOps Engineer (Top Secret Required)

💰 Salary: Up to $170,000
📍 Location: Huntsville, Alabama (100% Onsite)
🏢 Work Model: Fully Onsite
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🔐 Clearance: Active Top Secret (CI Poly required)
🎓 Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required
🚚 Relocation Assistance: Available (up to $10,000)

About the Role

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing cyber team supporting a large SOC enterprise environment. This role is hands-on and mission-critical, focused on designing, deploying, operating, and securing DevSecOps infrastructure in a classified environment.

You’ll work across infrastructure, automation, and cybersecurity tooling—supporting everything from deployment and patching to troubleshooting complex interoperability issues.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy, test, certify, and operate DevSecOps infrastructure tools

  • Own operations and maintenance for multiple platform tools

  • Deploy and configure services using Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

  • Configure and manage Linux-based servers supporting dynamic applications

  • Debug cluster-based computing architectures

  • Use scripting or basic programming to solve operational issues

  • Install, configure, and manage open-source monitoring tools

  • Perform patching, upgrades, and sustainment activities

  • Address system interoperability and operational stability issues

Required Qualifications

  • Active Top Secret Security Clearance with willingness to sit for CI Poly

  • Bachelor’s degree (BS or BA)

  • 5+ years of DevOps-related experience

  • Strong experience administering Linux-based environments

  • Experience testing, deploying, maintaining, and administering cybersecurity infrastructure

  • Experience developing or modifying applications or utility programs for cybersecurity use

  • Comfortable operating in secure, enterprise SOC environments

Preferred Skills & Certifications

  • Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator (RHCSA)

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Associate

  • Experience with:

    • Splunk

    • Oracle / SQL-based platforms

    • Python scripting

  • Experience integrating third-party components and custom capabilities

  • Proven ability to automate operations and maintenance tasks

  • Strong troubleshooting and process-improvement mindset

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • Holds an active Top Secret clearance

  • Willing to complete a CI Polygraph

  • Has hands-on DevOps experience in secure cyber environments

  • Exposure to Splunk preferred

  • Willing to relocate to Huntsville, AL

  • Self-driven, technically curious, and operationally strong

Benefits

  • 3 weeks Paid Time Off

  • 2 weeks Holiday Pay

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

  • Short--Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Life Insurance & AD&D

  • 401(k) with up to 4% match

  • Relocation assistance available (up to $10,000)

Additional Details

  • Security Clearance Required: Yes

  • Visa Sponsorship: Not available

  • Travel: None

 

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