Senior DevOps Engineer, Active Secret Clearance

Striveworks

Senior DevOps Engineer deploying AI operations at Striveworks. Responsible for maintaining and enhancing software deployment processes within cloud and on-prem environments.

Posted 4/20/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxOpenStackPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Automating IaC to manage virtual machines and deploy containers, services, and other infrastructure; leaning on expertise to deploy custom Kubernetes clusters in AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises, or hybrid cloud environments
Working with platform developers, other DevOps teammates, and customer-facing teams to define requirements and build solutions for customer use cases of the platform
Software deployments to commercial and, later, unclassified, CUI, and classified Department of Defense (DOD) networks
Incident response and initial triage of critical system faults
Responsible for monitoring, automating, and improving software reliability, performance, and availability for various projects
Act as a liaison between platform developers and customer-facing teams, taking on operational tasks to ensure the efficient functioning of Striveworks’ solutions.
Provide guidance and leadership to junior DevOps team members.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of direct, hands-on experience in:
Python and/or Golang programming, or other general purpose programming languages
Microservice deployment in Kubernetes
Diagnosing and resolving issues within containerized environments
Helm Chart and Kustomizations development/deployment
Automation and IaC (e.g., Terraform, Ansible)
Cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, or OpenStack)
Managing and troubleshooting Linux systems (e.g., RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS)
The ability to work cross functionally to define requirements and build solutions for customer use cases of the platform
The ability to respond professionally and competently to incident reports and triage critical system faults
Active Secret (or above) US security clearance
Due to the nature of this role, candidates must have US citizenship.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/dental/vision insurance
Voluntary life, long-term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
401(k) plan
Unlimited PTO
Paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGolangKubernetesHelm ChartKustomizationsTerraformAnsibleCloud infrastructureLinux systemsMicroservice deployment

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationincident responseproblem-solvingleadershipcommunicationoperational efficiencycustomer engagementguidancetriagemonitoring

Certifications

Active Secret US security clearance