DevOps Engineer (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)
benchstack aiBethesda (MD)
DevOps Engineer (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)
Posted today
benchstack aiBethesda (MD)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
DevOps Engineer, TS/SCI Full Scope Poly, Series B Defense AI, GovCloud Location: United States Workplace type:
Remote:
Employment type: Full time Description: Series B defense AI startup | Profitable since 2021 | $3M to $80M ARR in 3 years | Backed by General Catalyst, Point72, DFJ Growth, Felicis and Costanoa Requirement before you apply: an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph. Applications without one can’t be considered. Remote role with 40 to 50% on site at government customer sites in DC or San Diego. You’ll need to live in, or relocate to, one of those areas. Relocation support is provided. The company A 180 person defense AI company whose agentic AI platform is deployed across 125+ US national security missions. It has raised $87M and has been profitable for years. The engineering culture is small, flat and high ownership, and the CTO meets every engineering hire.
The role:
They’re hiring 3 DevOps Engineers to join a team of six on the backend platform team. These are generalist roles for engineers who want ownership.
What you’ll do:
Build and own CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation (GitHub Actions) Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform across commercial and high side environments Harden and deploy software in AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP and behind VPN environments Own platform health, scaling and planning Work on site with government customers in DC or San Diego
What you’ll need:
Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph US citizenship 4 to 10 years in DevOps, platform or infrastructure engineering (not pure IT) Strong AWS, Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes skills Experience in non-standard environments such as GovCloud, FedRAMP, high side or behind VPN Willingness to spend 40 to 50% of your time on site in DC or San Diego Nice to have: CS degree, Elasticsearch or OpenSearch, Python, Pulumi, Datadog The package $170K to $240K base plus competitive equity Relocation support for DC or San Diego Unlimited PTO, fully paid parental leave and 401(k) match Child and pet care reimbursement during work travel Apply here or message me directly for a confidential chat.
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