Senior DevOps Engineer

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support development, quality assurance, and operations across multiple applications. The role focuses on secure and reliable software delivery through automation, cloud-native infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container orchestration, monitoring, and collaboration across technical teams.

Responsibilities:

• Support build, test, deployment, and monitoring tools and environments in a cloud-hosted infrastructure
• Assist with software releases, infrastructure management, inventory, installations, configurations, and connectivity
• Monitor and optimize system performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk and ELK Stack
• Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to improve deployment workflows and system reliability
• Ensure security best practices are integrated into pipelines and infrastructure (DevSecOps)
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development and production environments
• Maintain and modernize legacy systems using cloud-native services and automation
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitLab CI, Cloud Build and Harness
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Helm
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes, OpenShift, or GKE, and Cloud Run(Knative)

Requirements:

• Ability to Obtain Public Trust
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems Management, or a related field, or FOUR (4) years of equivalent professional experience in leu of degree
• US Citizenship required; must be able to obtain a Public Trust government clearance
• SIX (6) years of industry experience
• TWO (2+) years as a DevOps Engineer
• Experience working in a DevOps environment supporting multiple teams/applications
• Proficiency in deploying and troubleshooting Java-based application stacks (NGINX, Apache HTTPD, JAVA JDK, Apache Tomcat, PostgreSQL)
• Strong understanding of application network configurations (Reverse Proxy, TLS Certificates, DNS, Load Balancers, Routers, Firewalls)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Tekton, GitLab, Harness preferred)
• Hands-on experience deploying applications to Google Cloud and/or Kubernetes (OpenShift, GKE, or EKS)
• Proficient with infrastructure and deployment automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, YAML, ArgoCD, HELM)
• Skilled in Git source control (Git, GitLab, Bitbucket), including branching and merge requests
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 8+)
• Familiarity with Windows Server (2016+)
• Experience with DataDog, Splunk, Google Logging and monitoring or similar tools
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (Python, Bash, Java) and API usage
• Federal government experience
• Experience with deploying AI agentic applications
• Experience implementing AIOps automation
• Experience using AI tools (Gemini) for development and QA (code assist)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Familiar with DevSecOps and GitOps best practices
• Enthusiastic about learning and implementing new technologies
• Team-oriented mindset aligned with DevOps culture