DevOps Engineer

* THIS JOB REQUIRES AN ACTIVE TS/SCI CLEARANCE *

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code
• Lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex microservices architectures
• Develop and maintain full-stack applications while ensuring operational excellence and reliability
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for production systems
• Drive security-first infrastructure design and implementation
• Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• TS/SCI CLEARANCE REQUIRED
• Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed, and participate in on-call rotation for production support as needed
• 5 years of professional software engineering experience with significant DevOps focus
• 5 years of experience with bash/python scripting
• 5 years of experience with CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc)
• 5 years of experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture patterns
• 3 years of experience with cloud-native technologies and AWS services (ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB)
• 3 years of experience with IAM policies, security groups, and network security
• 3 years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation)
• 3 years of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS) and container orchestration
• 3 years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and security documentation
• Proven track record implementing security controls and compliance requirements (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP)
• 3 years of experience with secrets management and security automation
• Background in security scanning tools and DevSecOps practices (SonarQube, Snyk, etc)
• DevOps: Monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus, etc), logging, and alerting

Preferred Qualifications

• Current NGA eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts
• 3 years of experience with disaster recovery
• 2 years in TypeScript, Python (Or OOP), writing and reviewing code for enterprise scale applications
• Container security and runtime protection knowledge
• Security compliance automation and continuous monitoring
• Database administration and optimization (RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB)
• Serverless architecture expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, etc)
• Background in full-stack web development (React, Node.js)
• Experience leading technical initiatives in large-scale environments
• System design experience with focus on scalability and reliability
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements