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# Sr. DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Empower AI Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Amazon Web Services, Ubuntu (Operating System), Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Github, Monitoring of Systems, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle (Applications), Ansible, Data Streaming, Git, Cloudformation, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Atlassian Tools, Apache Kafka, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Splunk, New Relic (SaaS)
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17601500?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17601500%2FSr-Devops-Engineer

## About the Role

* Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills
 * Ability to proactively document knowledge
 * Ability to clearly articulate technical solutions to peers
 * Ability to work in a high-speed delivery focused environment
 * Ability to work on a fully remote team and maintain delivery tempo
 * Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly, * Ability to receive DHS EOD suitability
 * U.S. Citizenship
 * Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
 * 5+ years of experience
 * Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills
 * Ability to work in a high-speed delivery focused environment
 * Ability to work on a fully remote team and maintain delivery tempo
 * Ability to learn quickly
 * Experience in the following is necessary:

 * CI/CD automated pipelines
 * AWS and its services (EKS, ECS, RDS, SQS, SES)
 * IAC Frameworks like Terraform and/or Cloudformation
 * Experience using and implementing Infrastructure As Code
 * Containerization best practices
 * Git or alternative source code repositories

Secondary Qualifications:

 * Experience with monitoring and observability tools including New Relic and Splunk
 * Kubernetes or other container orchestration platform experience
 * Knowledge of streaming platforms like Kafka
 * Database administration experience (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB)
 * Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence
 * Active GitHub profile (feel free to share!)

## Description

We are seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team supporting critical systems at USCIS, where you'll tackle complex technical challenges and build automated solutions that matter. As a Sr. DevOps Engineer you will mentor fellow engineers, architect scalable infrastructure solutions, and work alongside a collaborative DevOps team supporting 14 development teams. This is an opportunity for a self-motivated engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and wants to make a meaningful impact on systems that serve thousands of federal workers., Responding to infrastructure support requests; Triaging and investigating complexities

 * Supporting our ecosystem by performing tasks such as Ubuntu hardening, Terraform provisioning, automation via AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) and making updates to address vulnerabilities
 * Communicating with peers on issues, following/managing multiple MS Teams threads
 * Participating in daily and weekly agile ceremonies including standups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
 * Supporting our ecosystem by performing tasks such as OS (Windows, Ubuntu, or any other Linux systems) hardening, deploying infrastructure with Terraform, Provisioning AMIs, making updates to address vulnerabilities
 * May need to support monthly patching on weekends (approx. 2 hours, team members will flex time during week)


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