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title: 'DevOps Engineer at Swift'
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# DevOps Engineer at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Herndon, VA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDoUVBngPE4oc2GURxicOPOJ

## Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

Are you passionate about data and data science? How about providing the tools and foundation for the community to build applications while working at the intersection of infrastructure and application engineering? We're looking for a high-performing DevOps Engineer to perform software engineering and technical O&M support for a large and complex cloud-based computing platform.

The ideal candidate will be experienced in coding, scripting, and collaborating with the end users from external groups as well as partners across the community. You will deploy the environments and tools to support the data science community, creation of standalone applications and services. You will also lead efforts to develop new ways to access the platform in controlled security environments.

Candidate must be able to work independently and as part of a team. Due to the complexity and diversity of the platform, the ideal candidate is eager to learn, research new technologies and solutions, and enjoy being part of a high performing team! The location of this job is Reston, VA.

Responsibilities:

- Support cloud infrastructure and system administration
- Support system operations and maintenance
- Monitor general system and server health, create solutions where needed
- Troubleshoot and resolve system issues
- Assist with security scans and security accreditation activities
- Perform system account management (managing certificates, system credentials, expiration dates)
- Maintain updated repositories on multiple fabrics
- Manage backup and restore process for core services

Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Proficiency in Linux including scripting (Bash, Python) and service management
- Experience building and deploying applications in AWS (preferred),
- Azure, or Google Compute Environment
- Experience with deployment automation and continuous integration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and version control (Git, GitLab)
- Experience with code repositories and build/development pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, or Nexus)
- Hands-on experience with containers and orchestration (Docker,
- Kubernetes, Mesos, or Marathon)
- Experience working with software development teams under source control project environments
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience:

- At least 10 years of DevOps / software engineering experience Knowledge of SQL and relational database technologies (PostgreSQL, MySQL, RDS)
- Experience working with Amazon Web Services
- Experience working with distributed databases and streaming technologies, for example, Hadoop, Spark, Yarn, Hive, Trino
- Knowledge of or experience with data science applications such as Python, Anaconda, Jupyter Notebook or NiFi.

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.

We are not working with outside staffing agencies to fill this position, and we will not be accepting unsolicited resumes. All inquiries must go through the recruiting team.

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## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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