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Principal DevOps Engineer

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Job DescriptionSalary: $175K-200K + Equity Overview Sedaro is hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer to build our culture of operational excellence. In this role, you will integrate CI/CD, security, and observability tools and automation for our Kubernetes-based multi-cloud environment, as well as rallying your teammates toward best practices. Team: DevSecOps Enablement, reporting to the Director of Engineering Location: In person in Arlington, VA (hybrid) U.S. or permanent status required Who We Are Our cloud- simulation platform enables digital mission engineering through distributed, scalable, faster than real-time analyses across hundreds of interacting systems. We use CI/CD, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes to achieve high availability, security, and autoscaling across cloud providers. Join us as an early employee and transform how teams collaboratively engineer the next of Aerospace & Defense systems. Who You Are You see beauty in a well-oiled machine You take ownership of technical challenges and celebrate team wins You thrill in equipping your teammates with force-multiplying tools and practices You embrace experimentation and autonomy without compromising quality You are energized by deep learning and sharing knowledge across disciplines What You'll Do Optimize multi-cloud production infrastructure for security, reliability, and cost efficiency Design and implement system observability with actionable alerting and measurable SLOs Drive automation through infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and continuous compliance Lead root cause analysis and blameless post-mortem discussions Search out risks using chaos engineering activities Coach operational and security best practices throughout the company Foster Lean practices and a culture of continuous improvement Benefits Equity Unlimited PTO 401(k) with 4% match 100% premium payment for Medical Insurance Parental Leave Flexible work schedule with core hours Company provided lunches 3 days a week Industry-leading career development opportunities Requirements Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent experience 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering Expertise with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems architecture Expertise with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability practices Track record implementing security controls and vulnerability management Proficiency in scripting and automation Experience leading incident response and root cause analysis Proven ability to drive organizational adoption of technical best practices Additional desirable experience: Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform CDKTF Experience with AWS and/or Azure Experience with IL4/5+ and/or NIST 800-171 #J-18808-Ljbffr