Job description

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our Partner’s team. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in automating and optimizing their DevOps toolchain, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. Your expertise in automating processes and integrating tools will directly impact on the efficiency and quality of our software delivery. This will include optimizing existing CI/CD pipelines to work in AirGap cloud settings and support automation of customer development desktops for the best customer experience possible. Responsibilities • DevOps: • Design, deploy, and operate Azure infrastructure using IaC (Bicep/Terraform) for repeatable, scalable environments • Build and maintain Azure Pipelines to automate provisioning of VMs, Key Vault, networking, and platform services • Enforce GitOps-based baselines for versioned, traceable, consistent configuration across environments • Create and maintain “golden image” pipelines using Packer (images-as-code) to support enterprise workloads • Ensure security compliance (CMKs, encryption, approved baselines) and integrate IAM via AD/Entra ID (federation/SSO such as Keycloak) • Security & Compliance: • Operate and maintain secure enterprise environments in alignment with DoD security standards, utilizing vulnerability management tools such as Nessus Security Center • Ensure all virtual machines and platform resources are properly configured to send telemetry and logs to a centralized Azure Log Analytics workspace • Perform enterprise-scale patching and update management using WSUS or equivalent update management solutions • Participate in change management and review boards, supporting boundary changes and ensuring compliance with enterprise governance processes • Customer Onboarding & Operations: • Tailor infrastructure parameter templates to customer workload and hardware requirements • Deploy Azure infrastructure via established CI/CD pipelines into enterprise environments • Document customer configurations and operational details in Confluence • Coordinate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations and ensure handoff readiness • Provide Tier 1 operational support, including automated baseline desktop and software installs (DSC, Packer) • Automation & Container Enablement: • Develop and maintain automation solutions using Bicep and/or Terraform to minimize manual intervention and improve deployment reliability • Support container image movement and lifecycle management using tools such as Skopeo, Crane, and Podman, ensuring secure and repeatable container workflows • Architect and develop, automate, deploy and manage AKS based applications to support developers Requirements • US Citizenship • TS/SCI Clearance • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related Field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience • Security+ Certification • 8+ years demonstrated performance in related technology • Experience working in a classified Azure Region or delivering software into an AirGapped network • Experience deploying Microsoft infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep About Us For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients’ toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ

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Design, deploy, and operate Azure infrastructure using IaC (Bicep/Terraform) for repeatable, scalable environments
Build and maintain Azure Pipelines to automate provisioning of VMs, Key Vault, networking, and platform services
Enforce GitOps-based baselines for versioned, traceable, consistent configuration across environments
Create and maintain “golden image” pipelines using Packer (images-as-code) to support enterprise workloads
Ensure security compliance (CMKs, encryption, approved baselines) and integrate IAM via AD/Entra ID (federation/SSO such as Keycloak)
Operate and maintain secure enterprise environments in alignment with DoD security standards, utilizing vulnerability management tools such as Nessus Security Center
Ensure all virtual machines and platform resources are properly configured to send telemetry and logs to a centralized Azure Log Analytics workspace
Perform enterprise-scale patching and update management using WSUS or equivalent update management solutions
Participate in change management and review boards, supporting boundary changes and ensuring compliance with enterprise governance processes
Tailor infrastructure parameter templates to customer workload and hardware requirements
Deploy Azure infrastructure via established CI/CD pipelines into enterprise environments
Document customer configurations and operational details in Confluence
Coordinate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations and ensure handoff readiness
Provide Tier 1 operational support, including automated baseline desktop and software installs (DSC, Packer)
Develop and maintain automation solutions using Bicep and/or Terraform to minimize manual intervention and improve deployment reliability
Support container image movement and lifecycle management using tools such as Skopeo, Crane, and Podman, ensuring secure and repeatable container workflows
Architect and develop, automate, deploy and manage AKS based applications to support developers
US Citizenship
TS/SCI Clearance
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related Field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience
Security+ Certification
8+ years demonstrated performance in related technology
Experience working in a classified Azure Region or delivering software into an AirGapped network
Experience deploying Microsoft infrastructure using Terraform or Bicep

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