Senior DevOps Engineer
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Job description
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and operate secure, highly
available cloud infrastructure supporting government and regulated workloads. You will own the
CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, harden Kubernetes platforms, and serve as the technical authority
for cloud reliability and deployment automation across the team.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and operate production workloads on AWS, including AWS GovCloud
(US) environments with their associated compliance and access constraints.
- Build and manage Kubernetes platforms, including Amazon EKS - cluster provisioning,
scaling, networking, RBAC, and upgrades.
- Own GitOps-based continuous delivery using ArgoCD, including application sync
strategies, rollout/rollback, and drift detection.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab (runners, pipeline-as-code, artifact and
container registry management, security scanning gates).
- Implement Infrastructure as Code with CloudFormation and Terraform for repeatable,
auditable provisioning across environments.
- Establish observability, alerting, and incident response practices to meet uptime and
reliability targets.
- Embed security and compliance controls into the delivery pipeline (secrets management
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, * 10+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
- Deep, hands-on AWS expertise, with direct experience operating in AWS GovCloud (US).
- Production experience running Kubernetes and/or EKS at scale.
- Proven GitOps delivery with ArgoCD.
- Strong CI/CD pipeline ownership in GitLab.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation and Terraform) and scripting
(Bash, Python or similar).
- Must be a U.S. Person.
- Able to work from McLean, VA.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with federal compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, ITAR, CMMC)
and regulated cloud environments.
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer Professional).
- Background supporting government or public-sector clients.