DevOps Engineer / Mid- Senior level

Job description

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space. **Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies** The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we’re building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what’s next. And we’re doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart. You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We’re a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality. If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person,**forge the future with Voyager.** **Position Summary** Voyage is seeking a highly skilled **mid** to **senior level DevOps Engineer with an active Secret clearance.**The ideal candidate defines and owns the enterprise source control and release engineering strategy, enabling development and engineering teams' organization-wide to build, test, and release software through standardized, secure, and auditable workflows. This role leads the consolidation of fragmented Git platforms and repository practices across the organization into a single, governed source control and automation foundation, and sets the CI/CD standards that teams build against. The ideal candidate is hands-on with enterprise Git platform administration, fluent in modern CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code practices, and comfortable operating as the enterprise authority on source control standards. The role also owns the organization-wide platform services that build and release pipelines depend on - a shared container registry, object storage, and centralized secrets management - replacing team-specific instances with Voyager-standard, enterprise-supported services. **Key Responsibilities** **Git Platform Strategy & Consolidation** - Define and own the enterprise Git platform strategy, including platform standards, architecture, and long-term roadmap. - Lead the consolidation of source control tooling across the organization, migrating and standardizing repositories from legacy and fragmented platforms onto an approved enterprise standard. - Administer enterprise Git platforms (self-hosted and cloud-hosted), including repository structure, access controls, and branch protection policies. - Integrate enterprise Git platforms with identity and access management for automated user provisioning and deprovisioning. - Define and enforce branching strategies, code review workflows, and repository governance standards across engineering teams. - Manage platform licensing, seat allocation, organizational structure, and version upgrades. **CI/CD Pipeline Engineering** - Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines across the organization's build and release tooling. - Implement automated build, test, security scanning, and deployment workflows across development, staging, and production environments. - Build reusable pipeline templates and shared workflow libraries to standardize CI/CD practices across teams. - Integrate artifact repositories and container registries into pipeline workflows. - Monitor and optimize pipeline performance, reliability, and compute cost across the organization's CI/CD platforms. **Platform Services: Container Registry, Object Storage & Secrets Management** - Deploy and operate an organization-wide container registry (e.g., Harbor or equivalent) to host, scan, and manage container images across engineering and manufacturing teams, consolidating existing team-specific registries onto a single Voyager-standard service. - Deploy and operate organization-wide object storage (e.g., MinIO or equivalent S3-compatible storage) for build artifacts, test data, and engineering file storage. - Own centralized secrets management infrastructure (e.g., HashiCorp Vault or equivalent) as a shared platform service supporting CI/CD pipelines, applications, and infrastructure automation enterprise-wide, replacing ad hoc or team-local secrets handling. - Define access control, retention, backup, and disaster recovery policies for the registry, object storage, and secrets management platforms. **Infrastructure as Code & Automation** - Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation for Git platform, CI/CD, and platform services infrastructure. - Write automation scripts in Python, PowerShell, and Bash to support platform operations, developer tooling, and workflow automation. - Containerize build and deployment workflows using Docker; support Kubernetes-based deployment pipelines. **Security, Compliance & Observability** - Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure Git platform configurations meet data handling and access control requirements. - Implement audit logging, access reviews, and compliance reporting for source control and CI/CD systems. - Integrate static and dynamic application security testing and dependency scanning into pipeline workflows. - Monitor platform health, pipeline failures, and security events; implement proactive alerting and self-healing mechanisms where possible. **Collaboration & Documentation** - Partner with engineering, data, and platform teams to translate development workflow needs into Git and CI/CD solutions. - Create and maintain documentation for Git standards, pipeline templates, and platform runbooks. - Serve as the technical resource and escalation point for Git and CI/CD issues across the organization. - Participate in architecture reviews and cross-functional planning for engineering tooling and platform roadmap. **Technical Skills** **Git Platforms** - GitLab - self-hosted and SaaS administration, group/project structure, permissions, CI/CD configuration - GitHub - Enterprise Cloud and Enterprise Server administration, organization and repository management - Git branching strategies - trunk-based development, GitFlow, repository governance and code review workflows **CI/CD & Pipeline Tools** - GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps Pipelines - Jenkins or equivalent legacy CI tooling, a plus for migration work - Artifact management and container registries (GitHub Packages, GitLab Container Registry, or equivalent) **Cloud Platforms** - AWS (commercial and GovCloud) - Microsoft Azure **Infrastructure as Code & Containers** - Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible - Docker, Kubernetes basics for containerized build and deployment workloads **Scripting & Programming (Required)** - Python - automation, API integrations, tooling development - PowerShell - Windows and Azure environment scripting - Bash - Linux automation and pipeline scripting **Container Registry, Object Storage & Secrets** - Container registry - Harbor (or equivalent) deployment, administration, and image scanning - Object storage - MinIO (or equivalent S3-compatible storage) deployment and administration - Secrets management - HashiCorp Vault (or cloud-native equivalent) deployment and administration as a platform service **Identity, Security & Observability** - Okta - SSO and SCIM integration, Active Directory - SAST/DAST and dependency scanning tooling - Monitoring and observability - Prometheus/Grafana or equivalent **Qualifications** - **Must hold and maintain an active Secret clearance upon hire** **Education & Experience** - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field; or equivalent hands-on experience. - 10-12 years of DevOps, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering experience. - Demonstrated hands-on experience administering both GitLab and GitHub at enterprise scale. - Experience designing, building, and operating CI/CD pipelines across multiple teams and environments. - Experience leading or significantly supporting a large-scale Git platform migration or consolidation effort strongly preferred. - Experience deploying and operating container registries and object storage (Harbor, MinIO, or equivalent) and centralized secrets management (HashiCorp Vault or equivalent) as shared platform services preferred. **Soft Skills** - Strong communicator across engineering, security, and leadership audiences. - Self-directed and comfortable owning enterprise-wide tooling and governance decisions. - Detail-oriented; treats pipeline configurations and platform settings as production-grade, auditable artifacts. - Collaborative - experienced working across IT, security, and engineering teams. **Preferred Certifications** - GitHub Actions Certification - GitHub Administration Certification - GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate - GitLab Certified Git Associate - HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate - AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional - Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert - Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), a plus **Working Conditions** - Fully remote position; no geographical preference. - Occasional after-hours availability for platform maintenance, migrations, and incident response. - Active participation in sprint-based delivery against a defined platform roadmap. - Must comply with all applicable data handling and access control policies. The good faith base salary rangefor this role is**$160,000–$180,000** at the time of this posting. Where you fall within the range depends on your experience, skills, and location. This range reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive. This range may be adjusted in the future. Voyager offers a highly competitive total compensation package designed to support the well-being, growth, and success of our employees. Employees benefit from a flexible and comprehensive rewards program that supports both professional and personal well-being. - Flexible Time Off (FTO), empowering employees to take the time they need to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families, with a significant portion of premiums covered by the company and many benefits paid at 100% for employees - Flexible, affordable gym memberships with 12,700+ options nationwide, including 24 Hour Fitness, EoS Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Anytime Fitness, Blink Fitness, Chuze Fitness, and more! No long-term contracts and FREE on-demand workout videos before you enroll - 401(k) retirement plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%, supporting long-term financial security - Company wellness programs that support physical and mental well-being - Additional voluntary benefits and employee support resources - The opportunity to work alongside a highly talented team in an innovative, mission-driven environment Voyager is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Parts 120–130) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730–774), applicants for this position must be a U.S. Person: a US Citizen, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S., or a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3). Applicants must be eligible to obtain any required export authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or the U.S. Department of Commerce. Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran *The statements contained in this job description are intended to describe the general content and requirements for performance of this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities, and requirements. This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter the scope of work within the framework of this job description at any time without prior notice.*