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Position Title: DevOps Engineer
Requisition ID: 1773
Position Location: Faifax, VA
Position Reports To: Senior Manager, Software Engineer
Supervises Others: No

At Trident Systems, we believe that strong engineering principles are fundamental to driving innovation and solving complex problems. We promote a culture characterized by rigorous engineering practices and a commitment to continuous improvement. This is achieved by leveraging our organization's collective expertise through collaborative development processes, which include thorough design and peer reviews. We can deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that meet our customers' evolving requirements by integrating our specialized knowledge in aerospace electronic systems with appropriately scaled development methodologies.

We are a mission partner supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, and Civil space customers. We develop complex, radiation effects mitigated, designs that balance competing requirements in modern space programs, delivering cutting-edge solutions that enable our customers to achieve more in space.

Position Summary

Trident is looking for a DevOps Engineer to support the development, deployment, automation, and maintenance of software infrastructure across engineering programs. This role is ideal for someone who has a strong foundation in Linux, scripting, networking, CI/CD, and cloud or virtualized environments.

The DevOps Engineer will work closely with software, firmware, systems engineering, IT, cybersecurity, and test teams to help improve build pipelines, deployment processes, development environments, and infrastructure reliability.

Duties and Responsibilities

CI/CD and Automation

• Support, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines for software and firmware projects.
• Assist with automated builds, testing, packaging, and deployment workflows.
• Help troubleshoot failed builds, pipeline errors, and environment issues.
• Write and maintain scripts to automate repetitive engineering and infrastructure tasks.
• Support version control workflows using tools such as Git.

Infrastructure Support

• Assist with setup and maintenance of development, test, and deployment environments.
• Support Linux and Windows server environments.
• Help manage virtual machines, containers, and related infrastructure.
• Assist with configuration management and environment documentation.
• Support infrastructure monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.

Cloud, Virtualization, and Containers

• Support cloud-based infrastructure in environments such as Azure or AWS.
• Assist with containerized applications using Docker or similar technologies.
• Help maintain virtualized environments using tools such as VMware ESXi or equivalent.
• Support basic infrastructure-as-code practices where applicable.

Security and Compliance Support

• Follow secure configuration and access control practices.
• Assist with patching, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening activities.
• Support cybersecurity and compliance requirements for engineering environments.
• Help maintain documentation needed for audits, reviews, or customer deliverables.

Engineering Team Support

• Work with software and firmware engineers to resolve build, integration, and environment issues.
• Support test environments used for integration, verification, and release activities.
• Help improve developer productivity through better tools, automation, and documentation.
• Participate in troubleshooting activities across software, infrastructure, and network boundaries

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related technical field; or equivalent experience / combined education.
• 2+ years of related experience (OR 6+ years in lieu of a bachelor’s degree)
• Experience with Linux command line and system administration.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with networking concepts such as IP addressing, DNS, firewalls, ports, and routing.
• Experience with Git or other source control tools.
• Working knowledge of CI/CD concepts and software build processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD tools.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or containerized development environments.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.
• Experience with VMware ESXi, virtual machines, or hypervisors.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Exposure to cybersecurity practices, system hardening, or vulnerability scanning.
• Experience supporting software or firmware engineering teams.
• Familiarity with Agile development practices and issue tracking tools such as Jira.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, if required.
  

Benefits

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits including but not limited to:

• Health benefits
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Basic life with AD&D
  • Short term disability
  • Long term disability
  • Ancillary (Voluntary life with AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet)
  • Spending accounts (HSA, FSA, and DCFSA)
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• 401(k) (including company match)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Leaves (Parental, maternity, and military)
• Annual discretionary bonus (for eligible roles)

Trident Systems reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position.

Trident Solutions is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact recruiting@tridsys.com.

Pay Transparency: The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)