DevOps Engineer
Company: ASM Research
Location: Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
Work arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days a week in the office
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: 5-10 years
Education: bachelor degree, professional certificate
Posted: 2026-11-09
Responsibilities
The DevOps Engineer will support and implement DevOps capabilities for a federal client's web application development. They are responsible for managing CI/CD controls and processes for code releases across non-production and production environments.
Requirements
Candidates must have 5-10 years of experience in Systems Engineering and hold a Final DoD Secret Security Clearance. A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field is required, along with proficiency in Java, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
Skills
- DevOps
- CI/CD
- OpenShift
- Kubernetes
- Java
- JavaScript
- HTML
- JSP
- Systems Engineering
- Containerization
- PaaS
- Server Administration
- Networking
- Database Administration
- IT Security
- Troubleshooting
About this role
The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for supporting and implementing DevOps
capabilities to support a large web application development effort for a federal
client. The candidate will ensure Continuous Integration and Continuous
Deployment (CI/CD) controls and processes are followed for application code
released into non-production and production environments. Candidate should have
experience with container application platforms / Platform as a Service (PaaS),
including OpenShift. The ideal candidate will be a jack of all trades
technologist with the ability to pick up new skills quickly.
Minimum Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, other relevant
field, or equivalent relevant experience.
* Advanced computing certification preferred.
* 5-10 years of experience in Systems Engineering/Analysis
Other Job Specific Skills
- 2+ years’ experience using Java development tools (e.g., Eclipse, JUnit, Git)
- 2+ years of work experience with Web development technologies (JavaScript,
HTML, JSP, etc.)
- 1+ years’ experience using Kubernetes
- 1+ years’ experience using OpenShift
- Must be able to provide ad hoc support after standard business hours and over
the weekend
- Ability to report onsite 2-3x a week in Columbia, MD
- Final DoD Secret Security Clearance
* Attention to detail, and a commitment to quality work.
* Ability to elicit, analyze, document, and validate the system requirements
that support the required system changes to meet the business need.
* Must have the ability to work under aggressive deadlines, manage multiple
tasks, and prioritize as necessary.
* Excellent analytical, comprehension, communication, writing, and
interpersonal skills.
* Strong skills in IT fundamentals including, but not limited to: server
administration, networking, database support/administration, infrastructure
support, and IT security design.
* Demonstrated ability to provision, install, configure, operate, and maintain
systems hardware and software and related infrastructure.
* Ability to work with various programming languages, operating systems, and
computer hardware platforms.
* Proven ability to investigate, troubleshoot and resolve complicated technical
issues.
* Demonstrated capability to creatively solve complex requirements needs.
* Strong experience applying process and systems engineering, analytics and
operations research methods at every phase of a project.
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Qualifications
Compensation Ranges
Compensation ranges for ASM Research positions vary depending on multiple
factors; including but not limited to, location, skill set, level of education,
certifications, client requirements, contract-specific affordability, government
clearance and investigation level, and years of experience. The compensation
displayed for this role is a general guideline based on these factors and is
unique to each role. Monetary compensation is one component of ASM's overall
compensation and benefits package for employees.
EEO Requirements
It is the policy of ASM that an individual's race, color, religion, sex,
disability, age, sexual orientation or national origin are not and will not be
considered in any personnel or management decisions. We affirm our commitment to
these fundamental policies.
All recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications is
done without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, or age. All
decisions on employment are made to abide by the principle of equal employment.
Physical Requirements
The physical requirements described in "Knowledge, Skills and Abilities" above
are representative of those which must be met by an employee to successfully
perform the primary functions of this job. (For example, "light office duties'
or "lifting up to 50 pounds" or "some travel" required.) Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with qualifying disabilities,
who are otherwise qualified, to perform the primary functions.
Disclaimer
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature
and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not
designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all
duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to
this job.
About ASM Research
IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia · founded 1978