What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at AptoNet Inc?
Location: Washington, DC (onsite)
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required or
Background Requirements: Must possess or be eligible to successfully complete a Public Trust background investigation.
About the job
We are seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to lead the migration of enterprise Atlassian Jira and Confluence environments from Data Center to Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC) while supporting AWS-based DevSecOps infrastructure and shared services. This role combines Atlassian migration expertise, DevOps engineering, cloud infrastructure management, and automation to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant solutions in a federal environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead the migration of Jira and Confluence environments from Data Center to Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC).
- Perform migration assessments, application compatibility reviews, data mapping, testing, and production cutovers.
- Coordinate migration activities with business stakeholders, vendors, application owners, and technical teams.
- Develop migration runbooks, rollback procedures, validation plans, and post-migration support processes.
- Administer and support enterprise DevSecOps tools including Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, and security scanning platforms.
- Support CI/CD pipeline automation, optimization, and troubleshooting for development teams.
- Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
- Implement automation for monitoring, patching, backups, logging, and operational support activities.
- Maintain secure cloud environments and support compliance, governance, and Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements.
- Provide operational support, documentation, and continuous improvement for cloud and DevSecOps platforms.
Required Skills
- 10 years of IT experience in systems administration, application delivery, software engineering, or related disciplines.
- 6 years of hands-on DevOps, CI/CD, or cloud engineering experience.
- Direct experience migrating Jira Data Center and Confluence Data Center environments to Atlassian Cloud or Atlassian Government Cloud.
- Hands-on experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA) and Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA).
- Knowledge of Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC), Atlassian Access, SAML/SSO integration, and FedRAMP environments.
- Strong experience administering CloudBees Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, SonarQube, and JFrog Artifactory.
- Experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudFormation.
- Strong Linux administration experience.
- Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and cloud automation.
- Proficiency with Python, Bash, or other scripting languages.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
Preferred Skills
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, or AWS DevOps Engineer certification.
- Atlassian certifications such as ACP-CA, ACP-MJCP, or other Atlassian certifications.
- Experience supporting federal cloud environments and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with automated security scanning, ATO support, and DevSecOps practices.
- Experience managing large-scale enterprise Atlassian environments.
- Knowledge of CI/CD modernization, platform engineering, and cloud governance best practices.