DevOps Engineer at Swift

Department: Enterprise IT

Compensation

$49,997 – $290,004/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: Herndon, Virginia
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Apr 28, 2026

Summary from listing

The Swift Group is hiring an on-site DevOps Engineer in Herndon, Virginia to deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure for multiple development teams. The role uses CloudFormation and Ansible for infrastructure automation, GitHub and Git for version control, Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines, and includes security compliance and server monitoring. Candidates need 7+ years of relevant DevOps experience, AWS infrastructure and automation expertise, strong Linux and Bash skills, and US citizenship with an active TS/SCI and Polygraph security clearance. The listed pay range is $49,996.80 to $290,004.00, with healthcare and other benefits.

Required Skills

AWS infrastructure
CloudFormation
Ansible
Jenkins CI/CD
Linux troubleshooting
Bash scripting
Git version control
AWS S3

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
Required Previous Experiences: 7+ years of relevant DevOps experience
Experience managing AWS EC2 Elastic Load Balancers and auto-scale groups
Experience configuring AWS CloudWatch alarms, dashboards, and alerts
Experience managing AWS S3 files and permissions
Experience building AWS CloudFormation Infrastructure as Code with YAML templates
Experience setting up, building, and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
Experience using Ansible for server automation
Experience using Git and version control for Infrastructure as Code in GitHub
Preferred Qualifications: Experience setting up AWS API Gateway and Lambda functions
Experience with AWS SQS and SNS
Experience setting up and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
Experience working with multiple teams
Experience working in an Agile environment with two-week sprints
AWS certification