NexTech Solutions (NTS) is a team of experts and engineers who understand the challenges that organizations face in finding and implementing the best technologies and IT solutions to meet mission requirements. We work with our government customers in defense and civilian agencies to identify new technologies.
The Opportunity
NexTech Solutions (NTS) is actively seeking
an experiencedDevOps Engineerwith deep expertise inAWSandKubernetesto join our team. This is not just a generalist DevOps position we are looking for someone who candesign, build, and manage cloud-native infrastructureusing modern Infrastructure as Code practices, specifically withAWS CDKand Kubernetes.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available AWS infrastructure using AWS CDK and best practices for Infrastructure as Code.
- Deploy, configure, and manage Kubernetes clusters to support modern application architectures.
- Develop automation pipelines to support CI/CD and infrastructure provisioning.
- Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure seamless deployment and reliable operations of services.
- Design and manage networking components within AWS, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and firewalls.
- Implement robust monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues across development, staging, and production environments.
**Requirements**
- Proven experience working with AWS services
at scale, with hands-on expertise in designing and managing cloud-native environments.
- Strong proficiency inAWS CDKfor Infrastructure as Code.
- Deploying and managingKubernetesclusters (EKS experience a plus).
- In-depth knowledge of AWS networking concepts: VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, NACLs, and VPNs.
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability best practices and tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
- Proficiency with scripting or programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go) to automate infrastructure tasks.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and practices.
- Experience in design and implementing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud architectures on AWS, leveraging services such as VPC, EC2, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, etc.
- Experience driving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards and best practices using tools like Terraform and CloudFormation to automate cloud resource provisioning and configuration management.
- Experience in leading architecture reviews and security assessments to ensure solutions align with industry best practices, compliance frameworks (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP, ISO 27001), and organizational policies.
- Experience building and maintaining guardrails, threat detection, and response mechanisms across multi-account AWS environments.
- Experience providing strategic guidance and mentorship to engineering teams on cloud-native patterns, automation, cost optimization, and operational excellence.
- Experience developing and maintaining reusable architectural templates and reference implementations to support consistent and secure delivery across teams.
- **Must be a U.S. Citizen.**
- **Must hold active Secret clearance.**
Preferred Qualifications
- AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) are a plus.
- Experience with other Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) is a bonus.
- Familiarity with container security and compliance best practices.
- Ability to stay ahead of evolving cloud trends and threats, identifying opportunities to enhance architecture resilience, scalability, and security posture across the enterprise.
