DevOps Engineer Jobs in Maryland
DevOps Engineer jobs in Maryland are among the most active in the Mid-Atlantic region, concentrated in federal contracting, cybersecurity, and defense technology firms that anchor the state's tech economy. The heaviest hiring is in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson corridor, the Washington suburbs of Montgomery County, and the Annapolis area, where established employers like Leidos, Northrop Grumman, and SAIC maintain major operations. Cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipeline automation, and Kubernetes orchestration are the most in-demand specialties, with openings at every level from junior to principal. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Open roles84
Top employerLeidos
Top cityAnnapolis Junction, MD
Cities hiring20
Work type39% Hybrid
Top industryTechnology
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DevOps Engineer 3
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Markon
DevOps Engineer 3
Fort Meade, Maryland
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Senior DevOps / MLOps Engineer
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SimpliGov
Senior DevOps / MLOps Engineer
Baltimore, Maryland
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SOC Infrastructure DevOps Engineer
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Booz Allen Hamilton
SOC Infrastructure DevOps Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland
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Senior DevOps Automation Engineer
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Nyla Technology Solutions
Senior DevOps Automation Engineer
Annapolis Junction, Maryland
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Systems Engineer, DevOps- Level 2
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Power3 Solutions
Systems Engineer, DevOps- Level 2
Annapolis Junction, Maryland
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DevOps Engineer 3
Markon·Fort Meade, Maryland
Job functions:
$260k - $270k/yr
Bachelor of Science
51-200 employees
Job Description
Description:
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.
Markon is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the Fort Meade customer by engineering, deploying, and sustaining secure mission-critical systems across Linux, cloud, and containerized environments. This role applies DevSecOps practices, Kubernetes orchestration, infrastructure automation, and systems administration expertise to streamline deployments, improve system reliability, and maintain highly available operational capabilities. The DevOps Engineer will provide hands-on technical support throughout the system lifecycle, including integration, deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational sustainment.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
Required Qualifications
- 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:
Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.
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.
Markon
DevOps Engineer 3
Fort Meade, Maryland
New 16h ago51-200 employees
Job functions:
$260k - $270k/yr
Bachelor of Science
Job Description
Description:
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.
Markon is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the Fort Meade customer by engineering, deploying, and sustaining secure mission-critical systems across Linux, cloud, and containerized environments. This role applies DevSecOps practices, Kubernetes orchestration, infrastructure automation, and systems administration expertise to streamline deployments, improve system reliability, and maintain highly available operational capabilities. The DevOps Engineer will provide hands-on technical support throughout the system lifecycle, including integration, deployment, troubleshooting, maintenance, and operational sustainment.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
Required Qualifications
- 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:
Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions.
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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1 jobDevOps Engineer Job Market in Maryland
A snapshot from current Maryland openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Aerospace & Defense
- Investment & Asset Management
What Maryland Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in DevOps engineer jobs across Maryland.
- Active or eligibility for federal security clearance, often DoD Secret or Top Secret
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration platforms
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Cloud platform experience across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments
- Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or Go for automation and infrastructure tasks
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform or Ansible
DevOps Engineer Jobs in Maryland: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a devops engineer in Maryland?
DevOps engineering in Maryland has no state-issued license, so the path runs through education and credentials recognized by Maryland's dominant employers. Most roles require a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field, combined with certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, or HashiCorp Terraform Associate. Because much of Maryland's hiring is tied to federal contracting, obtaining or being eligible for a security clearance is a practical requirement for a large share of openings.
Which companies hire devops engineers in Maryland?
Maryland devops engineer roles are posted by Leidos, Power3 Solutions, and Shield Consulting Solutions and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Maryland's federal contracting and defense technology sector means large systems integrators and intelligence community suppliers consistently represent some of the highest-volume hirers in the state.
Which Maryland cities have the most devops engineer jobs?
Annapolis Junction, Bethesda, and Columbia account for the most devops engineer openings in Maryland. Baltimore drives volume through its concentration of healthcare IT, financial technology, and university research institutions, while the Montgomery County and Prince George's County suburbs reflect the dense federal contracting and cybersecurity industry corridor that runs toward the Washington metro, pulling substantial hiring into those surrounding communities.
Are there remote devops engineer jobs in Maryland?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 65% of devops engineer openings tied to Maryland are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how naturally cloud infrastructure and automation work lends itself to distributed teams. The most fully remote roles tend to center on cloud platform management and pipeline development, while positions requiring hands-on lab access or classified network work typically mandate on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a devops engineer in Maryland with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a junior systems administrator or cloud support role, which many Maryland federal contractors and healthcare IT firms use as a feeder track into devops teams. Employers like Leidos and Northrop Grumman run associate and early-career programs that onboard candidates from adjacent roles such as network operations, help desk, or systems analyst positions. Building a public GitHub portfolio demonstrating CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code projects, paired with an entry-level AWS or Azure certification, gives candidates without a formal devops title a concrete edge in Maryland screening processes.
Where can I find and apply to devops engineer jobs in Maryland?
You can find and apply to devops engineer jobs in Maryland on Migrate Mate, which lists current Maryland openings. Find roles that match your experience and location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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