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Staff DevOps Engineer, Federal/National Security

RCP HQ (McLean, VA)💼 Full-time💰 $170,000–$240,000🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Designing and implementing CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and secure deployment processes for software across unclassified, controlled, and classified federal environments.

Role type

Staff DevOps Engineer (Federal/National Security)

Builds

Secure delivery and deployment foundation for Red Cell Federal software agents

Domain

National Security / Federal Government / Cyber

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

CI/CD pipeline design, infrastructure automation, container orchestration, scripting (Python/Bash/Go), troubleshooting restricted environments, compliance with federal authorization requirements

Preferred skills

Classified deployment workflows (IL4/IL5/IL6), ATO/continuous authorization processes, familiarity with NIST/RMF/FedRAMP/CMMC/STIGs

Technologies

GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Helm, Infrastructure as Code

Responsibilities

Design and build CI/CD and software promotion pipelines from scratch; Establish secure processes for promoting software across classified environments; Support ATO-related technical activities; Build repeatable deployment, release, rollback, and monitoring capabilities; Diagnose issues in environments with restricted access; Define IaC, configuration management, and secrets management practices; Document systems for scaling across customers

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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