DevOps Engineer (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)
Summary
DevOps engineer at a Series B defense AI startup, building CI/CD pipelines, Terraform infrastructure and AWS GovCloud deployments for an agentic AI platform used on national security missions. Requires an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph; remote role with 40-50% on-site work in DC or San Diego.
DevOps Engineer, TS/SCI Full Scope Poly, Series B Defense AI, GovCloud
Location: United States
Workplace type: Remote -
Employment type: Full time
Description:
Series B defense AI startup | Profitable since 2021 | $3M to $80M ARR in 3 years | Backed by General Catalyst, Point72, DFJ Growth, Felicis and Costanoa
Requirement before you apply: an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. Applications without one can’t be considered.
Remote role with 40 to 50% on site at government customer sites in DC or San Diego. You’ll need to live in, or relocate to, one of those areas. Relocation support is provided.
The company
A 180 person defense AI company whose agentic AI platform is deployed across 125+ US national security missions. It has raised $87M and has been profitable for years. The engineering culture is small, flat and high ownership, and the CTO meets every engineering hire.
The role
They’re hiring 3 DevOps Engineers to join a team of six on the backend platform team. These are generalist roles for engineers who want ownership.
What you’ll do
- Build and own CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation (GitHub Actions)
- Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform across commercial and high side environments
- Harden and deploy software in AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP and behind VPN environments
- Own platform health, scaling and planning
- Work on site with government customers in DC or San Diego
What you’ll need
- Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
- US citizenship
- 4 to 10 years in DevOps, platform or infrastructure engineering (not pure IT)
- Strong AWS, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes skills
- Experience in non-standard environments such as GovCloud, FedRAMP, high side or behind VPN
- Willingness to spend 40 to 50% of your time on site in DC or San Diego
- Nice to have: CS degree, Elasticsearch or OpenSearch, Python, Pulumi, Datadog
The package
- $170K to $240K base plus competitive equity
- Relocation support for DC or San Diego
- Unlimited PTO, fully paid parental leave and 401(k) match
- Child and pet care reimbursement during work travel
Apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.