Top Hybrid DevOps & Platform Engineering Jobs in Washington DC,

Leads the design, implementation, and operation of secure IT platforms, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps processes. Oversees AWS and Azure deployments, CI/CD integration, system performance optimization, security infrastructure, and incident management. Manages client accounts, project delivery, quality, timelines, and team performance while mentoring staff and resolving client or team issues. The role bridges development, operations, and security to deliver reliable, efficient software and infrastructure solutions.

Architects, deploys, configures, and maintains Linux servers across on-premises and cloud environments. Implements secure federal compliance baselines, manages patching and performance, supports applications and middleware, develops Bash/Python automation, and builds Infrastructure-as-Code solutions with Ansible or Terraform. Assists with Linux workload migrations and cloud administration in AWS GovCloud and Azure Government while producing system, security, architecture, and incident documentation.

Operate and maintain on‑prem, air‑gapped Linux infrastructure for US government customers. Design, deploy, and monitor hardware, networking, containers, and orchestration; automate operational tasks; troubleshoot production incidents; collaborate on SLOs and participate in on‑call support. Frequent travel to secure sites and working in classified environments required.

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you'll design and build complex systems, support Atlas platform operations, automate processes, and ensure high availability of services.

Design, build, and operate the Linux-based edge appliance runtime and distributed control plane. Implement secure networking dataplanes (IPsec, MASQUE, eBPF), reliable fleet control and remote lifecycle management, telemetry and diagnostics, and drive product-focused technical leadership from architecture through rollout and incident response.

Design, build, and maintain scalable CI/CD workflows and GitOps deployments using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, and Kubernetes. Improve developer experience, embed AI tooling into DevOps, enforce GitHub governance, lead incident response, and mentor engineers to enhance reliability and deployment safety.

Lead and grow an infrastructure engineering team while designing, deploying, securing, and maintaining networks, containerized services, Linux systems, workstations, backup systems, and recovery procedures. The role owns foundational architecture, documentation, availability, connectivity support, and secure workflows in a security-sensitive environment. Responsibilities also include hiring, mentoring, incident support, stakeholder collaboration, and administration of custom or potentially air-gapped infrastructure.

Design, build, and maintain secure, air-gapped cloud platform services and CI/CD pipelines for Okta Federal. Operate mission-critical infrastructure, monitor SLOs/SLIs, run incident response and POA&M remediation, and support Authority to Operate activities. Advocate SRE/DevOps practices across teams while working autonomously in secure facilities.

Leads enterprise infrastructure engineering and a technical team through data center closure and migration to Azure Government. Oversees servers, storage, networking, backups, cloud operations, governance, security, monitoring, incident response, and operational availability. Develops Azure architectures and landing zones, coordinates cross-functional migration workstreams, manages legacy infrastructure retirement, and drives automation, documentation, compliance, disaster recovery, and continuous improvement.

Lead the greenfield build and ongoing operation of Windward’s AWS GovCloud federal infrastructure. Own FedRAMP authorization, CMMC assessment, compliance audits, workload migration, Terraform-based infrastructure, EKS, CI/CD, monitoring, logging, incident response, disaster recovery, and audit readiness. Partner with assessors and government contractors, establish operational practices, and hire and lead the federal infrastructure team.