AWS DevSecOps Engineer

LRS Consulting Services is seeking a Senior AWS DevSecOps Engineer who enjoys building secure cloud platforms, automating infrastructure, and embedding security throughout the software delivery lifecycle. This fully remote direct-hire opportunity offers the chance to support enterprise AWS environments, Kubernetes platforms, and cloud modernization initiatives while helping deliver secure, reliable, accessible, and maintainable digital services., * Design, develop, configure, integrate, test, document, and support AWS cloud solutions utilizing AWS, EKS, ECS, Terraform, Packer, Vault, Consul, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, container platforms, and security automation tools.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud infrastructure.
• Build, optimize, and support secure CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation practices.
• Implement DevSecOps best practices by integrating security controls, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, compliance checks, and release governance into delivery pipelines.
• Support Kubernetes environments using Amazon EKS and containerized workloads deployed across AWS platforms.
• Design and implement monitoring, alerting, observability, and platform reliability solutions.
• Translate business, mission, security, accessibility, and operational requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Support platform architecture, implementation planning, backlog refinement, release readiness, and production transitions.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks, configuration standards, operational tooling, and support procedures that improve delivery consistency and reduce operational risk.
• Troubleshoot complex issues involving cloud infrastructure, APIs, security, networking, identity management, containers, and performance.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, infrastructure, QA, operations, development, and business teams to ensure secure and reliable solution delivery.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture decisions, implementation guides, operational runbooks, and testing artifacts.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 7+ years of experience in DevSecOps, cloud security, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or related technical disciplines.
• Strong hands-on experience implementing, configuring, developing, and supporting AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, and container platform operations.
• Strong experience with Terraform, Packer, Infrastructure as Code practices, and cloud automation frameworks.
• Experience with HashiCorp technologies such as Vault and Consul.
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and deployment orchestration.
• Experience implementing security controls within cloud platforms and software delivery pipelines.
• Experience with CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, monitoring, observability, alerting, and platform reliability practices.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, secrets management, compliance controls, and secure architecture principles.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to translate stakeholder requirements into scalable and maintainable technical solutions.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.
• Experience supporting enterprise, government, or highly regulated environments is preferred.
• Experience with Section 508 accessibility requirements, cybersecurity controls, auditability, data protection, and operational governance is preferred.
• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer Professional, AWS Security Specialty, Kubernetes certification, Terraform certification, or similar cloud certifications are highly desirable.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal.