Senior DevOps Engineer-TS/SCI
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Description
At MetaPhase, we believe Quirky is Cool and being authentic is the only way to be. We take our mission-focused work seriously while bringing curiosity, generosity, boldness, and practical problem solving to every client challenge.
Together, our people make thedifference for clients and colleagues.
Are you ready to:
Build secure, automated platforms that help Federal teams deliver and operatemission capabilities?
Work with engineers, SREs, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions?
Grow within a company that values curiosity, shared ownership, and inclusive collaboration?
Bring your technical judgment to mission challenges that matter?
Role Summary
MetaPhase supports a secure Federal mission environment that depends on reliable, automated, and observable platforms. The work combines cloud engineering, DevSecOps, software delivery, SRE, and cybersecurity to help mission teams release and operatecritical capabilities with confidence.
MetaPhase is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with at least 10 years of relevant experience to leadplatform engineering practices that accelerate delivery through automation, secure infrastructure, and resilient cloud operations. This engineer will provide technical direction while remaininghands-on across CI/CD, infrastructureas code, observability, incident response, and developer experience.
What You Will Be Doing
Design and lead scalable CI/CD pipelines that automate build, test, security scanning, deployment, and rollback across multiple environments.
Implement secure infrastructure as code and platform automation for resilient cloud and hybrid environments using repeatable, version-controlled patterns.
Partner with software engineering, SRE, and security teams to embed Zero Trust, secretsmanagement, vulnerability remediation, and policy checks into delivery workflows.
Build and improve self-service developer platforms, containerized runtime environments, and orchestration frameworks that simplify secure software delivery.
Establish observability through logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, dashboards, and service level objectivesthat support actionable operational decisions.
Lead incident-response improvements through runbooks, root-cause analysis, automation, and follow-through on corrective actions.
Mentor engineering teams, define platform standards, and provide hands-on technical leadership for secure, reliable, and highly observable production systems.
What We Need FromYou (Required)
Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in DevOps, platform engineering, cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a relatedfield.
Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI access. U.S. Citizenship is required.
Advanced proficiencywith CI/CD platforms, Git-based workflows, infrastructure as code, containers, and Kubernetes or comparable orchestration technologies.
Hands-on experience developing secure cloud and hybrid platforms using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Docker, and automated configuration management.
Experience integrating SAST, SCA, DAST, secretsmanagement, identity controls, and infrastructure security checks into software-delivery pipelines.
Ability to communicate technical platform concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with software engineers, SREs, security teams, mission users, and delivery leadership.
What Sets You Apart (Preferred)
Experience delivering DevSecOpsor platform engineering capabilities for cyber, intelligence, law enforcement, or other mission-critical environments.
Experience with AWS, Azure, or comparable regulated cloud environments, including cloud performance and cost management.
Proficiencywith GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and policy-as-code tooling.
Experience creating internal developer platforms, reusable pipeline templates, and self-service infrastructure capabilities.
Experience with SRE practices, including SLOs, error budgets, incident response, logging, metrics, tracing, and operational dashboards.
Current TS/SCI clearance and demonstratedability to support work in secure on-site environments.
Work Location
Washington, DC metropolitan area. On-site support is requiredbased on customer access, system classification, and mission needs.
Remote Schedule
Hybrid, subject to customer direction and secure-environmentaccess requirements.
Travel
Travel may be requiredfor mission workshops, technical working sessions, or program activities.
Education Level
Minimumbachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a relatedfield.
Clearance Level
Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility for SCI access.
U.S. Citizenship required. No exceptions.
Compensation
Compensation decisions are based on the facts and circumstances of each case, including experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.
About MetaPhase Consulting
MetaPhase Consulting delivers mission-focused work while putting employees and culture first. Join a team that brings curiosity, technical judgment, and practical solutions to Federal challenges.
MetaPhase is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected status.