Top DevOps Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead strategy and execution to improve engineering effectiveness, efficiency, and delivery predictability. Build operating models, governance, metrics, and cadences; drive cross-functional initiatives (AI enablement, developer experience, technical governance); improve team effectiveness and organizational scaling.

Lead architecture, modernization, and development of Group Insurance applications. Modernize mainframe monoliths into Java microservices and micro-frontends on cloud, mentor distributed Agile teams, collaborate with enterprise architecture, product owners and infrastructure, and enable test automation and integrations. Approximately 10% domestic travel.

Lead design and implementation of scalable, cloud-native, event-driven microservices on AWS. Decompose monoliths, optimize relational/NoSQL data models, improve reliability, performance, and testing, collaborate with product, design, QA, and DevOps, and drive platform architecture and roadmap for a multi-tenant SaaS identity security platform.

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.

Lead ServiceNow implementations for enterprise customers: design, develop, integrate, and maintain scalable ServiceNow solutions (ITOM, Discovery, Service Mapping, AIOps). Build custom scripts and integrations, troubleshoot, participate in SCRUM, and work directly with customers to deliver projects on time.

Lead Quality Engineering teams focused on ERP automation testing. Manage client accounts, enforce QA standards and processes, mentor and develop staff, plan and deliver projects, collaborate with Product and DevOps teams, support UAT and QA environments, and drive continuous improvement using tools like JIRA and Azure DevOps.

Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines, runner fleets, and cloud test environments. Integrate tooling (Jira, Confluence), automate workflows with scripts and webhooks, secure container registries and secrets, deploy Forge in Azure Gov Cloud, migrate builds to Nix, and troubleshoot pipelines, builds, and environment drift.

The DevOps Engineer will enhance internal compute infrastructure, collaborate on technology integration, manage critical systems, and research improvements.

Lead quality assurance and test strategy across Agile teams, drive automation for testing, mentor QA teams, and ensure high-quality software delivery.

Leads group-wide software engineering strategy, architecture, standards, code quality, release governance, platform performance, risk mitigation, budgets, and team structure. Manages large insourced and outsourced engineering, quality, and technical teams while mentoring leaders and recruiting talent. Directs development of full-stack applications, event-driven microservices, AI/NLP systems, and front-end experiences. Partners with product, UX, support, and other business units to deliver scalable solutions and continuous improvement.

Design, build, and operate cloud-native, enterprise-grade SaaS services on Azure. Lead architecture and design, develop APIs and UIs, apply AI-enabled engineering tools, ensure observability, support production incidents, and drive reliability, performance, and CI/CD improvements across teams.

The DevOps Engineer will manage build and deployment automation, improve platform health, and develop self-service tools while ensuring robust DevOps practices with AWS.

Own and evolve the cloud-native platform for a multi-tenant DNS-native identity service: design infrastructure architecture, ensure production readiness (SLOs, DR, runbooks), operate DNS and PKI/signing systems, build CI/CD and supply-chain controls, instrument observability, automate audit evidence, manage cost and capacity, lead incident response and on-call, and mentor the engineering team to scale operational practices for enterprise launch.

Perform application, system, and integration testing across NSG/ASG and federal environments. Execute manual and automated tests in DevOps pipelines, validate APIs, investigate defects, and ensure system compliance with requirements to support timely GEOINT delivery.

Develop and maintain Applicant, Reviewer, Metadata Manager, and Admin Drupal portals (frontend and backend). Implement accessible, role-based UIs consistent with NSF/USWDS standards; build Drupal 10 custom modules, forms, APIs, workflows, and integrations; support metadata ingestion, data modeling, monitoring, and production stability. Collaborate with UX, product, database engineers, and mentor junior engineers.

Develop, test, and maintain software for a NAVSEA program office. Support design implementation, defect resolution, API integration, automated testing, and team-based Agile development. Role requires DoD Secret clearance (or clearable) and is contingent on contract award.

Lead hands-on full stack development across prototypes and production systems, collaborate with architects and designers, evaluate emerging technologies (including AI/ML and Generative AI), write well-tested code, support architecture decisions, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical discovery in ambiguous problem spaces.

Designs and implements cloud architecture and automation across enclaves, migrates on-prem applications to cloud, applies DevSecOps, ensures security/availability, optimizes cost/performance, develops cloud applications, and leads troubleshooting and documentation efforts.

The Principal Solutions Engineer will lead the design and delivery of business solutions within the firm, focusing on technology integration, data management, and compliance, while mentoring junior staff and driving impactful technology projects.

Lead the redesign and modernization of legacy applications, resolve complex issues, mentor teams, and maintain stakeholder relationships in a dynamic environment.

Lead Salesforce technical architect for large federal/public sector implementations. Define solution roadmaps, design secure scalable architectures, lead integrations, enforce governance, mentor teams, support pre-sales, and evaluate emerging platform capabilities.

Lead backend engineer to design, build, and re-architect GEICO's billing platform (billing engine, invoicing, payments, collections, commissions, CRM/subscriptions). Own system design, quality, performance, and scalability; provide technical guidance across billing teams, identify and mitigate risks, collaborate with product/design, and mentor engineers.

Assess, design and improve AWS/Azure cloud environments for security, cost, networking, storage, serverless and containerized deployments. Provide L2+ incident support, create SOPs, mentor junior staff, support Linux/Windows servers, document architecture, participate in governance/change processes, and join a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Lead architecture and technical strategy for large-scale enterprise Salesforce implementations for Federal/Public Sector clients. Design secure, scalable end-to-end Salesforce solutions (platform, data, integrations, security, deployment), run discovery and architecture workshops, oversee integrations and DevOps, produce architecture deliverables, mentor teams, support presales and governance, and ensure compliance with federal requirements and best practices.

Lead and grow a platform and infrastructure engineering team (Infrastructure/SQL reliability, Developer Experience, or Tooling). Hire, mentor, and manage delivery of quarterly roadmaps; remain technically engaged in design and code reviews; partner with product, SRE, and security to drive reliability, observability, CI/CD, and platform strategy. Own toolchain, reliability goals, and foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.