DevOps Engineer

Job Description

Job ID: 2613147

Location: Reston, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-06-01

Category: Software

Subcategory: DevSecOps

Schedule: Full-Time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE

Description

QVine, an SAIC company is seeking an experienced DevOps Team Lead to join our team. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibilities, overseeing project development while contributing to the development and maintenance of cloud-based applications and/or services. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable writing code, architecting infrastructure, and guiding a team toward delivering reliable, scalable solutions.

This position is located in Reston, VA and requires an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph to be considered.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of DevOps engineers and developers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability.
Project Management: Plan, coordinate, and drive development and infrastructure projects from inception through delivery, ensuring timely execution and alignment with business goals.
Web Application Development: Contribute to and oversee the design, development, and deployment of web applications using modern frameworks and best practices.
Cloud Infrastructure Management: Architect, deploy, and maintain cloud environments across AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and cost efficiency.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and implement infrastructure automation using Terraform and Packer, promoting reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure deployments.
CI/CD Pipeline Development: Build and maintain robust continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines to streamline code deployment and reduce release cycles.
Security & Compliance: Collaborate with cybersecurity team to embed best practices into the DevOps lifecycle, including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance automation.

Qualifications

Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
Bachelors and 14 years or more experience; Masters and 12 years or more experience; PhD or JD and 9 years or more experience.
8+ years of experience in DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a related field.
3+ years of hands-on development experience building and deploying web applications (e.g., using JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, or similar languages).
3+ years of experience working with AWS and Azure cloud platforms, including core services (compute, networking, storage, identity management).
Strong proficiency with Terraform and Packer for infrastructure provisioning and image management.
2+ years of experience in a leadership or team lead role, including managing projects, setting priorities, and mentoring team members.
Experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or similar.
Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS, or AKS).
Proficiency with version control systems, particularly Git.

SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .