DevOps / Cloud Engineer - 50% telework

If you're the person who makes the pipeline fast, the deploys boring, and the infrastructure reproducible, we want to talk to you.

Linchpin Software is a small, growing company, and we're hiring a DevOps / Cloud Engineer in Chantilly, VA (50% telework). You'll build and run the platform our software teams depend on: Kubernetes clusters, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Terraform-managed cloud infrastructure, and the on-prem and air-gapped environments where much of our mission work lives. You'll write code, not just click consoles.

Here's what we care about, and we hire for it:
- Be helpful. Answer the question, share what you know, and leave things better than you found them.
- Take care of the customer. Our customers have hard missions. We listen, follow through, and make their day easier.
- Be a good teammate. Review the code, jump in on the tough bug, cover for each other, and celebrate the wins together.

We also build software differently. Our engineers use AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Codex, GitLab Duo) every day to design, code, test, and debug faster.

What You'll Do:
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab that take code from commit to production
- Manage infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible
- Run and harden Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads
- Build and operate AWS cloud environments (GovCloud / C2S experience a plus)
- Support air-gapped, hybrid, and on-prem environments, including GPU servers
- Work with developers to improve build speed, reliability, security, and observability

Required:
- Active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or software engineering
- Hands-on Kubernetes and Docker
- CI/CD pipeline development (GitLab CI/CD preferred)
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
- AWS or Azure cloud experience
- Scripting or coding in Python, Bash, or Go
- Clear communication and a genuine willingness to help customers and teammates

Preferred:
- AWS GovCloud, SC2S, or C2S
- JFrog Artifactory or other artifact management
- Monitoring and logging (Elasticsearch / OpenSearch, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk)
- DevSecOps practices and security accreditation (ATO) experience
- Air-gapped or cross-domain environments
- OpenShift or Rancher

The Honest Details:
- Location: Chantilly, VA, 50% telework. You'll be on site about half the time, and we mean it.
- Pay: $150,000 - $230,000, based on experience and what you bring.
- Clearance: active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance required. We can't sponsor one for this role.

What You'll Gain:
- Ownership of the platform a growing program runs on
- Modern tooling across cloud, on-prem, and air-gapped environments
- A small team where your work is seen and your opinion counts
- Competitive compensation and benefits

If you like building platforms that make developers faster and you want a team that has your back, apply. A real person on our team reads every application.