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

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** San Antonio, TX
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-06-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/4785219008

## Job description

Locations: Columbia, MD; Augusta, GA; San Antonio, TX

The Swift Group 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.

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our high-performing team on a dynamic program. In this role, the DevOps Engineer will work hands-on with cloud infrastructure, containerized platforms, and automation frameworks to enable scalable, secure, and efficient delivery of mission-critical systems.

This position requires expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, automation tools and scripting, with the opportunity to support cutting-edge Big Data platforms. You will help architect, deploy, and maintain infrastructure for both cloud and on-premise systems, while championing reliability, repeatability, and performance.

Responsibilities:

- Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure solutions in AWS, with a focus on Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes across development and production environments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- Monitor and support Linux-based systems for availability and performance
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines and improve release cycles using tools like Git, Flux, and Jenkins
- Continuously improve processes and tools to ensure high availability and performance
- Support deployment of portable edge-computing infrastructure to non-cloud (on-premise) environments
- Diagnose and resolve system issues across the stack, including networking, containers, and cloud services
- Participate in Agile development activities and contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives
- Stay current with emerging DevOps technologies, container orchestration strategies, and cloud capabilities

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Mid-level candidates: 3-8 years of relevant experience
- Senior-level candidates: 9-13 years of relevant experience
- SME-level candidates: 14+ years of relevant experience
- Hands-on experience with AWS services such as EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, Lambda
- Proficient in Linux systems administration and troubleshooting
- Proficient in scripting/programming abilities in Python, Bash, or Go
- Knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
- Experience with Terraform, Ansible, and other IaC or configuration management tools
- Familiarity with Git, Flux, and other development and deployment tools
- Demonstrated ability to work in Agile environments and use tools such as JIRA and Confluence
- Must be able to obtain Security+ certification within 60 days of hire
- Must be available to work on-site 4-5 days per week; flexibility is required to align with customer needs
- US citizenship and an active Secret clearance; will also accept TS/SCI or TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Desired Experience:

- Experience with big data technologies like: Hadoop, Accumulo, Ceph, Spark, NiFi, Kafka, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Hive, Drill, Impala, Trino, Presto, etc.
- Work could possibly require some on-call work.

## #LI-DI1

#Onsite

## 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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