DevOps Engineer

“In 36 months, agentic AI systems will be an operating reality across major institutions. We intend to be central to it.” — Dr. Jim Rebesco, Cofounder and CEO, Striveworks 

The government’s demand for AI is growing far faster than the systems required to support it. Fewer than 15% of federal AI programs have reached sustained production, despite billions of dollars invested. The models perform in testing, but they degrade in the real world. And when performance drops, trust goes with it.

Striveworks was built to solve that problem.

What you’ll build

Since 2018, we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use cases—providing a layer of assurance underneath hundreds of deployed models that monitors performance, manages drift, and sustains systems long after they leave the lab.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer based at Schofield Barracks, you will own what you deploy. That means maintaining, optimizing, and enhancing the environments that national security customers depend on. You’ll deploy custom K8s clusters, manage IaC automation, and serve as the operational link between platform developers and customer-facing teams. In this role, you will bring junior DevOps teammates along as you go, and you will have the latitude to explore better solutions when you find them.

What it’s like here

We lead with trust, treat each other with respect, and use candor consistently, kindly, and constructively. We care deeply about our work, and we find genuine satisfaction in doing it well. Above all, we take ownership—because we feel the weight of collective results personally. We are looking for people who share these values and are eager to put them into practice.

What we’re looking for

6+ years of direct, hands-on experience in:

• Microservices deployment in Kubernetes
• Diagnosing and resolving issues within containerized environments
• Helm Chart and Kustomizations development/deployment
• Python and/or Golang programming, or other general purpose programming languages
• Automation and IaC, e.g., Terraform
• Cloud infrastructure: AWS and Azure
• Managing and troubleshooting Linux systems, e.g., networking and bash scripting
• Active Secret (or above) US security clearance and US citizenship

The following isn’t required, but we’d love to see it:

• Experience with DOD networking, tools, infrastructure, security requirements, and policies
• Proficiency with US federal information system security policies including STIGs, NIST SP 800-171, NIST SP 800-53, CMMC, and ICD 503