Job Description
About the Team
STR’s Analytics and C2 Division develops novel solutions to the most challenging national security problems through advanced analytics and software. Our teams consist of motivated individuals with degrees in engineering computer science mathematics physics and data science. We have experienced managers who have led large complex teams in delivering solutions to some of the Defense Department’s greatest challenges and have extensive knowledge of the various combat domains. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to everyday use by our customers.
The Mission Applications (MA) Group in the Analytics Division develops and deploys software-intensive mission capabilities to defense and intelligence customers leveraging technologies from STR research and development (R&D) groups while matrixing in significant numbers of engineering staff from those groups. Staff organic to the Mission Applications Group will have skills specifically targeting transition of technology to operational use including program management integration engineering at customer sites and DevSecOps.
The Role:
As a Lead DevOps Engineer you will work as part of tightly knit Agile software teams to design and implement Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines utilizing GitLab or other CI/CD systems. This includes:
- Supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) toolsets in an unclassified environment;
- Maintaining multiple CI/CD environments at multiple classification levels where AWS is not available;
- Configuring CI/CD environments for application performance security monitoring and alerting;
- Acting as a point person with the corporate IT organization to ensure that infrastructure toolsets are configured maintained reliable and in compliance with Department of Defense standards; and
- Advocating for and educating engineers on DevOps fundamentals while helping to implement solid software development processes.
Applicants should expect to come into the office a minimum of 3 days per week.
Who You Are:
- This position requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government
- BS MS or PhD in Computer Science Information Technology or related technical field
- Minimum of 5-7+ years relevant experience depending on degree
- Experience with all relevant technologies including:
- CI/CD tools (Gitlab) and pipeline automation
- cloud platforms (such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud) and automated provisioning tools (such as Ansible Chef TerraForm)
- containerization technologies such as Docker and Podman
- Kubernetes management solutions such as EKS and Rancher
- Experience deploying and monitoring Kubernetes clusters and pod configurations
- Basic knowledge of Linux System Administration
- Knowledge of Python and Linux Shell
- Knowledge of Cyber Security fundamentals
- Organized detail-oriented and with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Demonstrated experience as an effective communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences
Even Better:
- Advanced Degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related technical field
- Experience in:
- full web-service stack including databases logging and monitoring
- project tracking tools such as Jira
- designing deploying and monitoring Kafka clusters
- deploying and maintaining artifact repositories (such as Nexus Artifactory)
- deploying and configuring static and dynamic code analysis tools (such as SonarQube Coverity).
- leading teams in an Agile/SCRUM software development process
- Current Security+ Certification
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $157000 - $254000
The salary range listed is based on external market data. Offers are based on factors such as but not limited to the candidate’s experience education training key skills/critical skills security clearances and prevailing market and business conditions.
STR is a growing technology company with locations near Boston MA Arlington VA near Dayton OH Melbourne FL and Carlsbad CA. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense intelligence and national security in: cyber; next generation sensors radar sonar communications and electronic warfare; and artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.
STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging and we go home at night knowing that we pushed the envelope of technology and made the world safer.
STR is not just any company. Our people culture and attitude along with their unique set of skills experiences and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.
STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race color religion sex (including gender identity sexual orientation and pregnancy) marital status national origin age veteran status disability genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.
Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.
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What We Do
STR makes the world a safer place by developing technology and applying it to solve emerging national security challenges.
Why Work With Us
We believe in a people-first culture. Yes we are scientists engineers and researchers but first we are people. Our environment is designed to foster innovation by encouraging our employees to work collaboratively on things they are passionate about. We also really like to have fun. We believe that working hard and playing hard go hand in hand.
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04/02/2026
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