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Striveworks

Senior DevOps Engineer, Active Secret Clearance

Striveworks

. 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 .

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