DevOps Engineer Tech 3
Castalia Systems, Dayton, OH, United States
Job Summary
Castalia Systems is currently searching for a DevOps Engineer Tech 3 to join our team. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in automating and optimizing our DevOps toolchain, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. Your expertise in automating processes and integrating tools will directly impact the efficiency and quality of our software delivery. This will include optimizing existing CI/CD pipelines to work in AirGap cloud settings and supporting automation of customer development desktops for the best customer experience possible.
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate Azure infrastructure using IaC (Bicep/Terraform) for repeatable, scalable environments.
Build and maintain Azure Pipelines to automate provisioning of VMs, Key Vault, networking, and platform services.
Enforce GitOps-based baselines for versioned, traceable, consistent configuration across environments.
Create and maintain “golden image” pipelines using Packer (images-as-code) to support enterprise workloads.
Ensure security compliance (CMKs, encryption, approved baselines) and integrate IAM via AD/Entra ID (federation/SSO such as Keycloak).
Operate and maintain secure enterprise environments in alignment with DoD security standards, utilizing vulnerability management tools such as Nessus Security Center.
Ensure all virtual machines and platform resources are properly configured to send telemetry and logs to a centralized Azure Log Analytics workspace.
Perform enterprise-scale patching and update management using WSUS or equivalent update management solutions.
Participate in change management and review boards, supporting boundary changes and ensuring compliance with enterprise governance processes.
Tailor infrastructure parameter templates to customer workload and hardware requirements.
Document customer configurations and operational details in Confluence.
Coordinate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations and ensure handoff readiness.
Provide Tier 1 operational support, including automated baseline desktop and software installs (DSC, Packer).
Develop and maintain automation solutions using Bicep and/or Terraform to minimize manual intervention and improve deployment reliability.
Support container image movement and lifecycle management using tools such as Skopeo, Crane, and Podman, ensuring secure and repeatable container workflows.
Architect and develop, automate, deploy and manage AKS based applications to support developers.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field.
5-8 years demonstrated performance in related technology.
Security+ Certification.
Experience using HCL languages such as Packer and Terraform.
Normal office environment.
Travel
0-25%
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.
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Castalia Systems is currently searching for a DevOps Engineer Tech 3 to join our team. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in automating and optimizing our DevOps toolchain, ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. Your expertise in automating processes and integrating tools will directly impact the efficiency and quality of our software delivery. This will include optimizing existing CI/CD pipelines to work in AirGap cloud settings and supporting automation of customer development desktops for the best customer experience possible.
Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and operate Azure infrastructure using IaC (Bicep/Terraform) for repeatable, scalable environments.
Build and maintain Azure Pipelines to automate provisioning of VMs, Key Vault, networking, and platform services.
Enforce GitOps-based baselines for versioned, traceable, consistent configuration across environments.
Create and maintain “golden image” pipelines using Packer (images-as-code) to support enterprise workloads.
Ensure security compliance (CMKs, encryption, approved baselines) and integrate IAM via AD/Entra ID (federation/SSO such as Keycloak).
Operate and maintain secure enterprise environments in alignment with DoD security standards, utilizing vulnerability management tools such as Nessus Security Center.
Ensure all virtual machines and platform resources are properly configured to send telemetry and logs to a centralized Azure Log Analytics workspace.
Perform enterprise-scale patching and update management using WSUS or equivalent update management solutions.
Participate in change management and review boards, supporting boundary changes and ensuring compliance with enterprise governance processes.
Tailor infrastructure parameter templates to customer workload and hardware requirements.
Document customer configurations and operational details in Confluence.
Coordinate with onsite and remote teams to validate configurations and ensure handoff readiness.
Provide Tier 1 operational support, including automated baseline desktop and software installs (DSC, Packer).
Develop and maintain automation solutions using Bicep and/or Terraform to minimize manual intervention and improve deployment reliability.
Support container image movement and lifecycle management using tools such as Skopeo, Crane, and Podman, ensuring secure and repeatable container workflows.
Architect and develop, automate, deploy and manage AKS based applications to support developers.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field.
5-8 years demonstrated performance in related technology.
Security+ Certification.
Experience using HCL languages such as Packer and Terraform.
Normal office environment.
Travel
0-25%
Benefits
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.
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