Senior DevOps Engineer (Active Secret Clearance)
Striveworks · Remote or Austin, Texas
Posted about 2 months ago · $185,000–$230,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 51 days Striveworks's roles stay open a median of 52 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 96% of Striveworks's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Striveworks
- high 18 stale, 0 reposted of 23 open
- Hiring momentum
- 26 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Striveworks's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Striveworks.
About this role
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Striveworks, you will be responsible for building, automating, and maintaining systems that ensure the reliability of AI models in real-world applications. Your role involves deploying microservices in Kubernetes, troubleshooting containerized environments, and managing cloud infrastructure across various network classifications. You will work collaboratively across teams to define and implement solutions while taking ownership of problems that arise.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Striveworks as an employer.
What you need
- 6+ years of direct, hands-on experience in microservice deployment in Kubernetes
- Diagnosing and resolving issues within containerized environments
- Helm Chart and Kustomizations development/deployment
- Python and/or Golang programming, or other general purpose programming languages
- Automation and IaC, e.g., Terraform
- Cloud infrastructure: AWS and Azure
Nice to have
- Familiarity with DOD networking, tools, infrastructure, security requirements, and policies
- Proficiency with US federal information system security policies, including STIGs, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC, and ICD 503
- Experience with software deployments to on-premises and cloud-based unclassified, CUI, and classified networks within the DOD
- Experience with DevSecOps/DevOps and CI/CD for the administration and deployment of GPU-enabled servers
- Experience deploying or maintaining CNCF projects
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- Remote or hybrid work with travel required up to 20%
- Active Secret clearance is mandatory
- Role involves working with classified DOD networks which may require additional compliance and security considerations
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Listed by Striveworks on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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