DevOps Engineer - 29266

About the role

You will design, implement, and maintain the end-to-end infrastructure that powers our mission-critical solutions for federal clients, ensuring every deployment adheres to strict government standards. You will partner closely with developers and system architects to embed security and compliance directly into the delivery pipeline from the very first commit. This position owns the reliability and performance of our cloud environments, proactively identifying bottlenecks and architecting resilient fixes before they impact users. You will leverage automation to eliminate manual errors, turning complex operational tasks into repeatable, documented, and auditable workflows. You will manage the full lifecycle of infrastructure as code, treating configuration as a product that is versioned, tested, and reviewed. This role requires constant learning of emerging technologies so you can evaluate and integrate tools that strengthen our engineering velocity and stability. You will act as a key troubleshooter for production incidents, leading root cause analysis and driving improvements to prevent future disruptions. By mentoring team members on best practices, you will help cultivate a culture where operational excellence is a shared responsibility across the organization.

Key facts

What you'll do

Architect and deploy scalable infrastructure solutions on AWS, translating complex business requirements into robust cloud environments that meet federal guidelines.

Automate the provisioning and configuration of servers and networks using configuration management tools to ensure consistency, reduce drift, and accelerate environment setup.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that streamline the build, test, and release processes, enabling frequent and reliable deployments with minimal manual intervention.

Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging strategies to gain deep visibility into system health, performance metrics, and security events in real time.

Manage containerized applications and orchestrate their lifecycle using industry-standard platforms, optimizing resource utilization and deployment efficiency.

Collaborate with development teams to integrate security and compliance checks early in the software development lifecycle, embedding safeguards into every stage.

Optimize cloud resource utilization and costs by analyzing usage patterns, identifying waste, and recommending right-sized infrastructure adjustments.

Lead the creation of detailed runbooks and operational procedures that standardize responses, improve incident handling, and support knowledge transfer.

Design and execute disaster recovery and backup strategies to ensure business continuity and data integrity for essential government services.

Mentor junior engineers and peers by sharing expertise in scripting, automation, and cloud services to elevate the entire team's capabilities.

Troubleshoot complex production issues by correlating data from multiple systems, diagnosing problems quickly, and implementing effective permanent fixes.

Evaluate emerging tools and technologies, conducting proof-of-concept tests to determine their suitability for integration into our existing stack.

Requirements

Must be a United States Citizen due to federal contract requirements, and you must possess or be able to obtain the appropriate security clearance for this position.

You must have a strong working knowledge of Linux systems administration, including proficiency with command-line operations, file systems, user management, and system troubleshooting.

You must have a background in Big Data solutions, demonstrating experience with frameworks and tools used for processing and analyzing large datasets.

You must have hands-on experience with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef to manage infrastructure at scale.

You must have scripting proficiency in at least one language such as Python or Bash to automate tasks, manipulate data, and interact with APIs.

You must have extensive experience with AWS services, including compute, storage, networking, and security offerings used to build resilient cloud architectures.

You must have deep expertise in container technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes for deploying and managing scalable applications.

You must have a proven track record of implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring code changes are reliably tested and deployed to production environments.