Top DevOps Jobs in Washington, DC

Leads the technical direction, architecture, and delivery of developer-facing desktop, web, and MCP surfaces for Pfizer’s internal developer platform. Provides hands-on software engineering leadership, ensures secure and privacy-first designs, guides cross-team delivery, mentors engineers, oversees code quality and DevOps practices, and leads incident response and continuous improvement. The role influences teams without direct reports and requires expertise across frontend, desktop, backend, developer tooling, enterprise software delivery, and technical architecture.

Lead AMP's multidisciplinary engineering organization to define and execute technology vision and roadmap. Responsible for scaling teams across hardware, software, AI, and infrastructure; driving product development, quality systems, and reliable deployments; partnering with execs and cross-functional teams on budgets, prioritization, and metrics; recruiting and mentoring leaders; and balancing short-term delivery with long-term investments to create business value.

Leads technical direction for GitLab’s Core DevOps services, covering CI, CD, planning, and source control. Defines architecture, quality metrics, migration strategies, and technical roadmaps; addresses systemic risk and complex design decisions; prototypes and writes code when needed; partners with Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Product; adopts AI capabilities; mentors senior engineers; supports incident response and senior technical hiring.

Build and maintain enterprise DevOps and developer-experience infrastructure for Hivemind Solutions. Responsibilities include GitLab CI/CD pipelines, runner fleets, automation integrations, cloud-based simulation environments, Artifactory registries, secure container builds, Nix developer environments, and troubleshooting distributed development systems. The role requires strong scripting, Linux administration, cloud, security, and CI/CD expertise, along with eligibility for an active U.S. Secret clearance.

Lead and mentor software engineers while driving architecture, code quality, delivery processes, deployment reliability, and technical excellence. Collaborate with product and design stakeholders on roadmaps and deliverables, provide hands-on technical guidance, mitigate project risks, and support hiring and team development. The role requires expertise in software engineering, scalable architectures, databases, APIs, distributed systems, DevOps, and high-performance applications within a remote, fast-paced environment.

Leads architecture, modernization, optimization, and reliability initiatives for mainframe CICS, MQ, and z/OS Connect environments. Provides technical direction across development and operations teams, establishes governance and change processes, tunes performance using telemetry, resolves incidents, and develops modernization roadmaps. Collaborates with stakeholders and enterprise architects to deliver secure, scalable, high-availability solutions while evaluating automation, cloud integration, and AI technologies.

Designs, deploys, secures, and optimizes Oracle Cloud Infrastructure environments supporting mission-critical federal systems. Responsibilities include managing OCI compute, networking, storage, databases, IAM, VCNs, monitoring, cost optimization, high availability, troubleshooting, and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible. The role also supports cloud migrations, hybrid environments, federal compliance, documentation, and collaboration across security, development, and operations teams.

Design and develop enterprise application architectures aligned with enterprise standards. Lead technical planning, create architecture artifacts, evaluate integrations, define specifications, and guide teams on APIs, microservices, containers, cloud, event-driven and secure design practices. Influence strategy and make technical decisions for complex projects.

Lead and mentor a software engineering squad while remaining hands-on with code reviews, design discussions, and occasional development. Own the software development lifecycle, drive sprint execution, remove blockers, ensure secure and high-quality delivery, and partner with product and engineering leadership. Support open-source contributors, communicate progress and risks, and guide engineers’ technical and professional growth.

Lead technical direction and hands-on delivery for a government-focused product. Architect and implement scalable full-stack features using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, TypeScript, and Hibernate; apply cloud-native architecture, AI agents, and LLMs; enforce engineering, testing, observability, and DevOps practices; mentor engineers; and drive secure, reliable, high-quality releases.

Leads architecture, engineering, security, governance, automation, and strategic direction for enterprise Microsoft 365 and hybrid cloud platforms. Designs scalable cloud-native solutions, automates provisioning and security remediation, manages infrastructure as code, oversees migrations and modernization, defines standards and roadmaps, and serves as the highest technical escalation point. Partners with vendors and internal teams, mentors engineers, and ensures platform reliability, compliance, monitoring, and operational support.

Administer and troubleshoot Linux systems in a large-scale, onsite environment. Support virtualized environments, containers, automation, configuration management, CI/CD, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and production-ready customer solutions. Diagnose operating system, storage, boot, service, security, backup, software installation, and performance issues while maintaining strong customer-facing communication. The role requires a bachelor's degree, five or more years of experience, and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance.

Lead end-to-end Salesforce Field Service architecture and implementations, design API-driven integrations with ERPs and middleware, govern technical standards and DevOps, drive pre-sales solutioning, advise on operating models and AI-readiness, mentor distributed teams, resolve escalations, and develop reusable accelerators to ensure scalable, long-term technical delivery.

Leads and mentors software engineering teams while remaining 20–30% hands-on with coding, debugging, APIs, architecture, and scalable platform services. Coordinates engineering, product, quality, SRE, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable SaaS software. Owns technical direction, roadmap influence, incident management, operational excellence, KPIs, resource allocation, hiring, performance management, and continuous improvement across globally distributed teams.

Provides hands-on technical leadership for complex software initiatives, including architecture, cloud-native development, implementation planning, code quality, testing, DevOps, scalability, reliability, and production troubleshooting. The role mentors engineers, leads technical execution, manages risks and technical debt, and collaborates with Product, UX, QA, Security, and Infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable SaaS solutions.

Leads the design, development, testing, deployment, and technical direction of scalable AWS backend solutions for assessment scoring systems. Builds Node.js and TypeScript APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and serverless applications; resolves production issues; ensures engineering quality and data accuracy; and mentors junior engineers. Partners with product, business, and psychometrics stakeholders on requirements, roadmaps, and delivery. Promotes DevOps, testing, documentation, responsible AI-assisted development, and continuous improvement.

Develop and maintain modern full-stack applications using React, TypeScript, Python, and API frameworks. Responsibilities include technical planning, architecture, testing, deployment, documentation, performance, security, CI/CD, and production support. The role integrates generative AI, LLMs, RAG, intelligent search, AI agents, and workflow automation into enterprise applications. It also involves collaborating with product, UX, architecture, data, and engineering teams; conducting code reviews; mentoring junior engineers; and evaluating emerging technologies.

Leads and develops software engineering teams while remaining hands-on with Java and Spring Boot development. Responsibilities include setting architecture and technical roadmaps, delivering scalable enterprise applications, guiding Agile planning, improving CI/CD and DevOps practices, supporting production reliability, mentoring talent, and partnering with product and business stakeholders. The role manages hiring, performance, succession planning, and engineering excellence initiatives.

Administer and optimize production, staging, and development databases across SQL and NoSQL platforms. Responsibilities include database installation, configuration, architecture, performance monitoring, security, backups, disaster recovery, high availability, failover, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and data recovery. The role supports ETL pipelines and reporting, collaborates with developers and data modelers, provides technical mentorship, and manages database infrastructure in Linux and AWS environments for EPA applications.

Design, build, and scale Shepherd’s core platform, backend systems, APIs, user-facing applications, and AI-powered legal workflows. Architect secure, reliable infrastructure for sensitive legal data, collaborate with legal and product teams, build internal tools, optimize performance, and own technical decisions. The role also involves rapid prototyping, mentoring and recruiting engineers, and contributing to SOC 2 readiness and data privacy practices.

Leads enterprise application engineering strategy, modernization, integration, escalated support, governance, and operational resilience across ERP, HCM, SIS, finance, and related platforms. Oversees directors, architects, and engineering teams; manages budgets, vendors, lifecycle planning, incident response, quality, releases, cybersecurity alignment, and continuous improvement. Partners with business and technology stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, maintainable solutions while developing workforce capability and organizational effectiveness.

Leads engineering strategy, modernization, integration, reliability, governance, and support for academic technology platforms including LMS, course management systems, virtual labs, and instructional applications. Oversees technical teams, budgets, vendors, application lifecycle management, incident response, accessibility, cybersecurity alignment, and operational excellence. Partners with academic, business, architecture, cybersecurity, data, and IT operations stakeholders while developing engineering talent and advancing scalable, secure, and reliable teaching and learning solutions.

Lead and architect scalable web systems, mentor frontend and backend developers, define coding standards and roadmaps, drive implementations using React/Next/Node/NestJS, produce technical documentation, conduct code reviews, and collaborate with product and DevOps to deliver secure, maintainable solutions.

Develop and deliver features for large-scale web applications using full-stack technologies across React, TypeScript, Node.js, Microsoft, and cloud stacks. Collaborate in agile Scrum or Kanban teams with architects, QA, product management, and stakeholders. Contribute to CI/CD, DevOps, troubleshooting, performance, security, and continuous improvement while building high-quality software solutions.

Own and evolve AWS infrastructure powering a multi-tenant SaaS platform, including EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD. Lead infrastructure projects, improve reliability and developer self-service, manage SLOs, reduce toil, support SOC 2 compliance, mentor engineers, and participate in incident response. Collaborate with Product teams on reliable customer launches and use observability tools to monitor platform performance.