Role overview

DevOps Engineer

Requirements and responsibilities

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Your responsibilities will include:

  • Design, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, reliable, and frequent software deployments.
  • Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized applications running on Kubernetes.
  • Automate operational workflows and eliminate repetitive manual processes through scripting and infrastructure automation.
  • Improve platform observability through logging, monitoring, metrics, alerting, and dashboards.
  • Optimize systems for performance, scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency.
  • Partner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and deployment reliability.
  • Participate in production incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous operational improvements.
  • Implement security best practices across cloud infrastructure, identity management, networking, secrets management, and application delivery.
  • Support compliance initiatives for government-hosted environments, including AWS GovCloud deployments and security frameworks applicable to public sector software.
  • Help evolve our platform architecture while continuously improving automation, resilience, and operational excellence.
  • Participate as a collaborative member of an Agile Scrum team, contributing to planning, design discussions, and continuous improvement.

Technologies You'll Work With

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS & AWS GovCloud)
  • Kubernetes (Amazon EKS)
  • Docker
  • Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
  • GitHub Actions
  • Node.js / TypeScript
  • MongoDB Atlas
  • Amazon S3, IAM, Lambda, Secrets Manager, Route 53, CloudFront, and related AWS services
  • Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, OpenSearch, and modern observability tooling
  • Linux and Bash scripting

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
  • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience writing automation scripts using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
  • Understanding of networking fundamentals, cloud security, IAM, DNS, TLS, and secrets management.
  • Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience operating production workloads in AWS GovCloud or other regulated cloud environments.
  • Experience supporting applications that process sensitive or regulated data.
  • Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, GovRAMP, SOC 2, or CJIS.
  • Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
  • Experience supporting Node.js services and MongoDB in production.
  • Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost, scalability, and reliability.
  • Experience working within Agile software development teams.

Details

  • Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies
  • Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation
  • Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program
  • Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider
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