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DevOps Engineer jobs are open across technology, finance, healthcare, and e-commerce, from junior and mid-level to staff and principal, with specializations in cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, and CI/CD pipeline development. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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- Engineer, deploy, configure, and sustain mission-critical systems across Linux, cloud, and containerized environments.
- Administer Linux-based infrastructure and troubleshoot complex operating system, application, network, and infrastructure issues.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain containerized applications and services using Kubernetes and related technologies.
- Administer and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and cluster orchestration environments supporting production workloads.
- Implement DevSecOps practices to automate software builds, testing, deployment, configuration, and infrastructure management.
- Develop and maintain automated deployment and configuration processes to improve system consistency, security, and reliability.
- Support software releases and system deployments across development, test, staging, and operational environments.
- Integrate cloud, compute, network, storage, and container technologies within secure mission environments.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for mission applications and infrastructure.
- Monitor system health, availability, capacity, and performance and proactively identify operational risks.
- Troubleshoot critical system discrepancies and coordinate resolution across development, infrastructure, network, and operations teams.
- Support system integration, testing, installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, and operational sustainment.
- Develop and maintain system configurations, deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, and technical documentation.
- Provide 24/7 on-call support as required to resolve critical operational system issues.
- Travel as required to support information system installation, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph with this Customer.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Computer Science and 12+ years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a Bachelor's degree. A Master of Science degree in Engineering or Computer Science may substitute for 2 years of required experience.
- Experience with DevSecOps, software and system deployments, Linux system administration, containerization, and cloud environments.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years working with Kubernetes.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years supporting cluster orchestration environments.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years deploying and sustaining containerized applications and infrastructure.
- Experience supporting automated software deployment, configuration management, and CI/CD processes.
- Experience troubleshooting complex Linux, container, cloud, network, and application integration issues.
- Active IAT Level II CWIP / DoD 8570-compliant certification, such as Security+.
- Active CCNA certification.
- Ability to provide 24/7 on-call support for critical operational system discrepancies.
- Ability and willingness to travel for system installation, maintenance, integration, and troubleshooting.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community or Department of Defense mission systems.
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or comparable infrastructure automation technologies.
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Docker or comparable container technologies.
- Experience administering highly available, production-scale Kubernetes environments.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated configuration management.
- Experience with system monitoring, centralized logging, and observability technologies.
- Experience integrating cloud, network, compute, storage, and container infrastructure in secure enterprise environments.
The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Overview:
At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.
Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.
Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make – which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters – bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.
Join us and make a meaningful impact.
Markon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Benefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.
- Engineer, deploy, configure, and sustain mission-critical systems across Linux, cloud, and containerized environments.
- Administer Linux-based infrastructure and troubleshoot complex operating system, application, network, and infrastructure issues.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain containerized applications and services using Kubernetes and related technologies.
- Administer and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and cluster orchestration environments supporting production workloads.
- Implement DevSecOps practices to automate software builds, testing, deployment, configuration, and infrastructure management.
- Develop and maintain automated deployment and configuration processes to improve system consistency, security, and reliability.
- Support software releases and system deployments across development, test, staging, and operational environments.
- Integrate cloud, compute, network, storage, and container technologies within secure mission environments.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for mission applications and infrastructure.
- Monitor system health, availability, capacity, and performance and proactively identify operational risks.
- Troubleshoot critical system discrepancies and coordinate resolution across development, infrastructure, network, and operations teams.
- Support system integration, testing, installation, upgrades, patching, maintenance, and operational sustainment.
- Develop and maintain system configurations, deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, and technical documentation.
- Provide 24/7 on-call support as required to resolve critical operational system issues.
- Travel as required to support information system installation, integration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph with this Customer.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Computer Science and 12+ years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a Bachelor's degree. A Master of Science degree in Engineering or Computer Science may substitute for 2 years of required experience.
- Experience with DevSecOps, software and system deployments, Linux system administration, containerization, and cloud environments.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years working with Kubernetes.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years supporting cluster orchestration environments.
- Recent experience within the last 3 years deploying and sustaining containerized applications and infrastructure.
- Experience supporting automated software deployment, configuration management, and CI/CD processes.
- Experience troubleshooting complex Linux, container, cloud, network, and application integration issues.
- Active IAT Level II CWIP / DoD 8570-compliant certification, such as Security+.
- Active CCNA certification.
- Ability to provide 24/7 on-call support for critical operational system discrepancies.
- Ability and willingness to travel for system installation, maintenance, integration, and troubleshooting.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting Intelligence Community or Department of Defense mission systems.
- Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or comparable infrastructure automation technologies.
- Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Docker or comparable container technologies.
- Experience administering highly available, production-scale Kubernetes environments.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated configuration management.
- Experience with system monitoring, centralized logging, and observability technologies.
- Experience integrating cloud, network, compute, storage, and container infrastructure in secure enterprise environments.
The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Overview:
At Markon, we don't just offer jobs – we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated. As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work.
Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.
Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make – which is why we’re consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation’s most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters – bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients’ missions.
Join us and make a meaningful impact.
Markon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.
Benefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.
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Who's Hiring
- Northrop Grumman31
- Booz Allen Hamilton29
- CACI International13
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- Technology & Software84
- Banking & Financial Services15
- Consulting & Professional Services15
- Electronics & Hardware13
- Aerospace & Defense7
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in DevOps engineer jobs.
- Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools including Docker and Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
- Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or Go for automation and tooling
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field or equivalent experience
Tips for Your DevOps Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to each stack
Recruiters scan for specific tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible before reading anything else. Mirror the exact tool names from each job posting in your resume's skills and experience sections so automated screening doesn't filter you out before a human sees it.
Quantify infrastructure impact not just tasks
Instead of listing what you managed, describe what changed because you managed it. Deployment frequency, incident reduction, and cost savings from right-sizing cloud resources are the numbers that make a devops engineer resume stand out from candidates who list duties without outcomes.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists devops engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter by certification requirements upfront
Many cloud-heavy roles require an AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, or CKA before an interview is even offered. Identify which certifications appear most in your target listings and prioritize those gaps before applying, rather than after you get screened out.
Prepare for a hands-on technical screen
Most devops engineer interviews include a live or take-home infrastructure challenge, not just whiteboard questions. Practice writing Terraform modules from scratch, debugging broken Helm charts, or tracing a failed pipeline in a realistic environment so you're not solving these cold during the interview.
Negotiate total compensation across all components
Cloud platform stipends, home-lab reimbursements, and conference budgets are common in devops engineer offers and are frequently negotiable even when base pay isn't. Ask specifically about these benefits during the offer stage, since many hiring managers expect the question and have flexibility reserved for it.
DevOps Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most devops engineers?
The companies hiring the most devops engineers right now include Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen Hamilton, and CACI International, with the largest share of openings in Virginia, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is especially concentrated at cloud-native companies, financial institutions modernizing legacy infrastructure, and large healthcare organizations scaling digital platforms.
How many devops engineer jobs are remote?
About 64% of devops engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible engineering roles available. Cloud infrastructure, SRE, and platform engineering sub-specializations tend to have the highest share of fully remote positions since the work is inherently tool-driven and does not require physical presence.
How do you become a devops engineer?
Start by building a solid foundation in Linux administration, networking basics, and at least one scripting language like Python or Bash. From there, learn a major cloud platform, practice containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and get comfortable with CI/CD tools by building personal pipelines in public repositories. Earning a cloud or Kubernetes certification helps validate those skills to employers who screen on credentials before interviewing.
Can you get hired as a devops engineer with little experience?
Yes, junior and associate devops engineer roles exist and often prioritize demonstrated hands-on ability over years of experience. Building a public GitHub portfolio with working Terraform configurations, Dockerized applications, and documented CI/CD pipelines shows employers practical competence. Contributing to open-source infrastructure projects or completing cloud certifications also signals readiness when your professional history is limited.
What does the devops engineer interview process look like?
Most devops engineer hiring processes start with a recruiter or hiring manager screen covering your background and tool experience, followed by a technical phone interview focused on infrastructure concepts and troubleshooting scenarios. A take-home or live coding challenge involving pipeline setup, Kubernetes debugging, or Terraform writing is common next. Final rounds typically include a system design discussion and a conversation with the engineering team about on-call practices and incident response philosophy.
Where can I find and apply to devops engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to devops engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience level, cloud platform expertise, and preferred work arrangement, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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