Senior DevOps Engineer
About the job
- At least five years in DevOps, site reliability engineering, or infrastructure engineering roles.
- Hands-on proficiency with AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, and IAM, and infrastructure automation such as Terraform or Ansible.
- Experience deploying and managing infrastructure using Helm, Kubernetes, Terraform, and/or Ansible.
- Knowledge of Linux system administration.
- Skills in Windows system administration environments.
- Experience managing and automating GitLab, including CI/CD pipelines.
- Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language, such as Python or Bash.
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions, such as CloudWatch, Datadog, or CloudTrail.
- Understanding of networking, security best practices, and high-availability system design.
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git and GitLab workflows.
- Troubleshooting and incident response skills focused on automation and root cause analysis.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and willing and eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance at the Secret or Top Secret level.
- Collaborate with developers and QA to create reliable deployment paths from local development to production.
- Manage self-hosted GitLab instances and ensure their secure, performant operation.
- Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD or similar tools.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and maintenance using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, or related technologies.
- Implement infrastructure-as-code practices across environments, including AWS, Kubernetes, and bare metal.
- Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to maintain high availability and performance.
- Respond to incidents, lead root cause analysis, and implement preventive measures.
- Establish and evolve SLOs and SLIs to ensure measurable system reliability.
- Participate in an on-call rotation and build automation to reduce the need for human intervention.
- Drive capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Promote and install Helm packages in the appropriate production environment.
- Triage environment-specific issues and support cross-functional communication.
- Implement and enforce infrastructure security best practices, including IAM, RBAC, and least privilege.
- Design configuration management systems across environments.
- AWS certification or equivalent practical experience.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification or equivalent practical experience.
- Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and efficiency practices.
- Experience with self-hosted GitLab instances and CI/CD pipelines.
- EKS or Rubix Cluster experience.
- Existing security clearance.
About the company
TheIncLab builds smart digital applications by combining artificial intelligence with human-centered design. Teams of engineers work on complex customer challenges, turning ideas into usable concepts, prototypes, software then deployable solutions that are meant to interact meaningfully with people. Unlike firms that only focus on technology, TheIncLab emphasizes how humans and intelligent systems work together, using an end-to-end process from rapid ideation and prototyping to development and deployment. The company differentiates itself through its multidisciplinary experience in interactive engineering and emerging technologies, its emphasis on real human interaction, and its ability to take a project from idea to deployed product quickly. The overarching goal is to create positive impacts for customers, its people, and broader societal interests by advancing practical, human-friendly AI-enabled solutions, with operations in the Washington DC area, Tampa, and Nashville.
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
McLean, Virginia
Founded
2015
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- 2025-2026 Tampa hiring shows demand, with ZipRecruiter listing senior engineering roles.
- TheIncLab planned forty Tampa hires and $85,000 average wages, signaling active scaling.
- Product intern hiring and current job postings indicate ongoing delivery, not shutdown.
What critics are saying
- Defense contract concentration risks one recompete loss eliminating most growth by 2027.
- No visible venture backing or acquisition interest limits capital for product expansion.
- Crowded defense-AI market from Palantir, Anduril, and Booz Allen compresses margins.
What makes TheIncLab unique
- 2025 website markets mission software for operators, with rapid prototyping and mission planning.
- SOCOM awarded TheIncLab a potential $95M other transaction agreement in 2023.
- Navy SeaPort NxG prime contract broadens access across NAVSEA, NAVAIR, NAVWAR, and USMC.
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Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Wellness Program
- Mental Health Support
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- 401(k) Company Match