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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
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JOB TITLE: DevOps Engineer
The DevOps Engineer joins a large team supporting a government program to manage and optimize cloud platforms for the United States Air Force. You will work with software development teams to understand their architectures and develop onboarding paths for the client's platform. Daily responsibilities include automating infrastructure, designing CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshooting distributed systems to ensure cloud-native solutions run securely and reliably. You will use a technical stack including Kubernetes, Terraform, Terragrunt, Python, Bash, and PowerShell. Key tools for deployment and monitoring include GitLab, GitHub, Ansible, and CloudFormation. The role focuses on solving the challenge of maintaining secure, efficient cloud environments by providing analysis on web application errors through code and log analysis while driving rapid functionality delivery.
What does a DevOps Engineer earn?
Median $129500 from 86 postings across 24 companies.
Operate and optimize cloud platforms to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient performance.
Automate infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, and Ansible.
Design and develop automation pipelines to drive rapid functionality delivery using GitLab CI/CD.
Create onboarding paths for new software development teams onto the client's platform.
Troubleshoot distributed systems and cloud-native applications using diagnostic and monitoring tools.
Analyze web application errors through code, log analysis, and business logic investigation.
Support mission-focused teams in deploying, scaling, and maintaining cloud-native solutions.
What we're looking for
1+ years of experience operating cloud environments including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with container technologies including Docker or Kubernetes.
Experience with scripting for automation including Python, bash, or PowerShell.
Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub or GitLab.
Experience implementing Infrastructure or Configuration as code including Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
Bachelor's degree (preferred: CS, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering).
Ability to obtain AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Certified CloudOps, or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert Certification within 60 days.
Ability to obtain DoD 8570 IAT Level II or IAT Level III Certification within 30 days.
Experience with Linux or Windows Server (preferred).
Experience with network fundamentals (preferred).
Knowledge of Generative AI best practices, prompt engineering, and agentic workflows (preferred).
Kubernetes
Terraform
Terragrunt
Python
CI/CD
GitLab
AWS
Azure
GCP
Docker
Ansible
CloudFormation
Bash
PowerShell
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Windows Server
GitHub
Generative AI
Kubernetes
Terraform
Python
CI/CD
AWS
Azure
GCP
Docker
Terragrunt
Ansible
GitLab
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CloudFormation
Bash
PowerShell
Linux
Windows Server
Generative AI
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Kubernetes
Docker
Python
Bash
PowerShell
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code
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GitLab CI
Jenkins
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Windows
API Gateway
Splunk
SonarQube
Artifactory
F5 BIG-IP
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