Role: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote - have to be a US citizen and be located in the US

Salary: $120,000 - $155,000 + 10% Bonus + Full Benefits Package

For this role you responsible for designing, automating, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines across major cloud providers. This role enables secure, compliant, and repeatable deployments in multi‑tenant, federally regulated cloud environments.

The ideal candidate brings strong hands‑on cloud experience, deep automation skills, and an understanding of modern DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), observability, and security‑by‑design.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

Build and manage infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP using IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and CloudFormation.
Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployment workflows through CI/CD pipelines.
Implement and maintain GitOps‑based workflows for version‑controlled, auditable infrastructure changes.
Configure cloud networking, IAM, and security boundaries aligned with federal security controls.

CI/CD & Policy‑as‑Code

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines with tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
Integrate Policy‑as‑Code frameworks (e.g., OPA, Sentinel, Azure Policy) for automated compliance enforcement.
Embed automated testing, validation, and security scanning into deployment workflows.

Observability & Reliability

Automate deployment of monitoring, alerting, and metrics integrations using platforms such as Grafana, CloudWatch, Datadog, or Azure Monitor.
Define and track SLIs and SLOs for critical services.
Collaborate with operations teams to enhance incident detection and proactive remediation capabilities.

Security, Identity & Secrets Management

Manage secrets, credentials, and sensitive tokens using services such as KMS, Key Vault, or Vault.
Integrate CI/CD and automation tools with federated identity platforms (e.g., AWS Identity Center, Azure AD, Okta).
Enforce least‑privilege models, credential hygiene, and rotation policies.

Containerization & Deployment

Build, deploy, and maintain containerized workloads using Kubernetes services such as EKS, AKS, or GKE.
Use Helm, ArgoCD, or Kustomize to support declarative, automated deployments.
Troubleshoot networking, configuration, and application issues in Kubernetes environments.

Compliance & Cost Optimization

Maintain IaC and pipeline configurations aligned with federal frameworks such as NIST 800‑53 and FedRAMP‑related standards.
Automate collection of audit evidence for configuration management and security controls.
Collaborate with FinOps teams to monitor and optimize cloud resource consumption and costs.

Qualifications

3–5 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering.
Hands‑on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred).
Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, and scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
Experience working with CI/CD platforms and cloud‑native automation tools.
Familiarity with containers and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
Understanding of compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, NIST 800‑53, or SOC 2.

Preferred Certifications

AWS SysOps Administrator
Azure Administrator Associate
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
CompTIA Security+

** You must be a US Citizen for this role and be located in the US **

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