Azure DevOps Engineer

  • SAIC
  • VA
  • Sep 02, 2026

Job Description

Description
SAIC is seeking Azure DevOps Engineer to join our team. The Azure DevOps Engineer will work at the following SAIC location: Arlington, VA.
Role Overview:
  • Tool Development: Build internal DevOps tools, CLI utilities, and automation scripts.
  • Platform Engineer building and running our internal developer platform (Azure, CI/CD, Kubernetes, pipelines and automation) for both connected and air-gapped environments.
  • GitLab for source control and pipelines; Terraform as the primary automation language; Python for helpers/tests; Helm for Kubernetes deployments.
  • Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and Hyper-V sidecar.
  • Trunk-based GitLab workflows, deterministic pipelines with built-in testing and security scans, evidence (JUnit/SBOM/scan) attached to every change, no manual "click-ops."
  • Checksum/signature/SBOM-driven movement of artifacts, mirroring via reposync and Pulp, offline scanning and promotion for high-side environments.
  • Secret hygiene by default, secrets management familiarity, and comfort with vulnerability/misconfig scanning in CI (SAST, IaC, secret detection, Semgrep/KICS, Trivy/pip-audit).

Qualifications
Education Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree and five (5) years experience; Four (4) years' experience can be considered in lieu of degree.
Clearance Requirements:
  • Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Required Skills:
  • Go-based CLI tools and API integrations to automate cloud infrastructure provisioning.
  • Strong background deploying and managing cloud resources (Azure, AWS).
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with tools such as Terraform.
  • Scripting language such as PowerShell or Python for pipeline and OS task automation.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft enterprise environments (Active Directory, Entra ID, DNS).
  • Configuration management experience using tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Desired Skills:
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) experience, RHEL/Windows patching familiarity, and strong documentation habits for handoffs and audits.
  • Experience utilizing Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.