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# Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud Platform Engineering

- **Company:** UST Inc
- **Location:** Norfolk, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $105,000.0 - $158,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Engineering, Encodings, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Policy as Code, AWS Cdk, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Git Flow, AWS Fargate, Functional Programming, Drift Detection, Cloudwatch, Devsecops, OpenSearch, Docker, Service Stack, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** October 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88491464/1

## About the Role

* AWS CDK - L2 / L3 Construct Authoring

 * Has built or maintained a reusable CDK construct library consumed by multiple teams

 * Understands CDK pipeline patterns, bootstrapping, and cross-account deployments CloudFormation

 * Able to read, write, and troubleshoot raw CloudFormation templates - not just via CDK abstraction

 * Experience with nested stacks, stack drift detection, and change sets

 * Understands the relationship between CDK synth output and underlying CloudFormation CI/CD - AWS CodePipeline & CodeBuild

 * Designed and implemented production CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline and CodeBuild

 * Experience with pipeline-as-code, artifact management via ECR, and multi-stage deployments

 * Integrates security scanning and automated gates into pipeline stages DevSecOps Practices

 * Embeds security controls across the SDLC - not treated as a separate phase

 * Experience with IAM least-privilege design, secrets management, and policy-as-code

 * Familiar with SAST/DAST tools, container image scanning, and compliance guardrails

 * Preferred Qualifications:

 * These skills will strengthen a candidate's profile but are not a hard requirement. AWS Certifications

 * AWS Solutions Architect - Professional

 * AWS DevOps Engineer - Professional * AWS Developer - Associate Core Technology Stack Area Technologies Infrastructure as Code AWS CDK - L2/L3 Constructs (Must), CloudFormation (Must) CI/CD & DevSecOps CodePipeline, CodeBuild, ECR (Must), GitHub AWS Services Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, Docker Practices DevSecOps (Must), GitOps, Disaster Recovery, Operational Excellence, AWS Fargate, OpenSearch

## Description

UST is searching for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our Cloud Platform Engineering team. This is a role for an engineer who thinks in code first, infrastructure second - someone who can bridge complex business problems and cloud solutions, while enabling product teams to build faster through reusable frameworks, shared constructs, and DevSecOps best practices.

What You'll Do

 * Translate complex business and technical requirements into scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS

 * Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild, embedding DevSecOps practices at every stage

 * Define and enforce cloud engineering standards, guardrails, and best practices across product teams

 * Collaborate with and enable high-performing software and DevSecOps engineers - acting as the technical bridge across disciplines

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.