Cleared DevOps Engineer

Join Bestgate Engineering, where we deliver cutting-edge solutions for national security and enterprise innovation. At Bestgate, we’re driven by excellence, teamwork, and a commitment to empowering our people.

Bestgate Engineering is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the development and sustainment of a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices within a modernized operational system using cutting edge technologies. This role is ideal for a cleared DevOps professional with strong automation, cloud, and container orchestration experience supporting mission critical environments.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 9+ years of professional experience; or 7 + years with a related Master’s degree.
• Experience developing Infrastructure as Code and automation scripting using python.
• Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics tools.
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Experience supporting AWS cloud environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills within a team-oriented environment.
• Current Security+CE certification.
• Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance with Polygraph required.

Desired Skills:

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, and Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling.
• Understanding of AWS networking principles including VPCs, NATs, and IP Gateway.
• Develop and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime.
• Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.

Salary Range:
$150,000 - $220,000

• The provided salary range is an approximation based on current market data and may vary. The final offer will be determined after carefully considering the candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to the position. This range is intended as a reference point and is subject to change.

Why Bestgate?
Bestgate Engineering isn’t just any tech company, we’re on the front lines, delivering cutting-edge solutions that support mission-critical work for government customers and the military. Whether it’s cloud-native technologies, software modernization, embedded engineering, high-performance computing, or data science, we’re making an impact where it matters most.

At Bestgate, we believe in putting people first both our employees and our customers. That’s why our core values of employee focus, transparency, reliability, and excellence drive everything we do!

Benefits Overview

• PTO: Starting at 26 days with options to increase or decrease for personal needs.
• 401k: 7% gift, fully vested from day one!
• Free Medical, Dental, Vision: Coverage for employees and dependents.
• $5,000 in Training: For certifications, conferences, and continued learning.
• End-of-Year Bonuses: Recognizing your hard work.

Plus, flexibility, internal mobility programs, career pathing, engaged leadership, and a robust external referral program.

**Equal Opportunity Employer**
Bestgate is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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