DevOps Engineer - SAP NS2 Private Cloud Edition

Cloud Architecture & Provisioning

• Lead the design, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of SAP NS2 solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) with a focus on high availability, scalability, and security.

• Architect and implement standardized, reusable infrastructure patterns (e.g., templates, modules) to support SAP NS2 PCE deployments at scale.

• Own and enhance automated provisioning processes to accelerate deployment cycles, minimize manual intervention, and improve reliability.

• Partner with development, QA, and platform teams to plan and provision environments for complex testing, performance, and release activities.

Operations, Reliability & Optimization

• Serve as an escalation point for complex operational issues, performing advanced troubleshooting across application, infrastructure, and network layers.

• Design and implement strategies for reliability, capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization across multi-cloud environments.

• Drive adoption of SRE/DevOps practices such as error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, and post incident reviews, and ensure follow through on corrective actions.

• Implement and refine continuous monitoring and observability solutions to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve issues.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Work closely with security, compliance, and governance teams to design, implement, and maintain robust security architectures and controls in cloud environments.

• Ensure adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements relevant to U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers.

• Lead regular security reviews, audits of access controls, configuration baselines, and infrastructure policies; drive remediation and hardening initiatives.

• Champion securebydesign and DevSecOps practices within CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.

• Automation, Tooling & CI/CD

• Design and develop advanced automation frameworks, scripts, and tools to eliminate manual work, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency.

• Architect, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for code deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure as code, including governance and quality gates.

• Evaluate, recommend, and integrate new DevOps tools, platforms, and technologies that improve velocity, reliability, and security of deployments.

• Ensure consistency, standardization, and best practices in the use of configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) across teams and environments.

Technical Leadership, Collaboration & Documentation

• Act as a technical leader and subject matter expert for DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, and automation within the team and across adjacent teams.

• Mentor and coach junior and midlevel engineers, providing guidance on design, implementation, troubleshooting, and professional development.

• Lead cross-functional initiatives with developers, QA engineers, system administrators, security, and operations teams to deliver complex projects.

• Produce and maintain high quality documentation for reference architectures, runbooks, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.

• Influence and help define team standards, best practices, and roadmaps for DevOps and cloud operations.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience.

• Substantial hands-on experience (typically 7+ years) in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles, including:

• Proven track record deploying, managing, and optimizing solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).

• Strong expertise with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tooling.

• Advanced experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates).

• Deep understanding of DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, continuous monitoring, and incident management.

• Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack or similar) and logging/tracing strategies.

• Strong knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments, including identity and access management, network security, and encryption.

• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and collaborate across diverse technical and business stakeholders.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform under pressure in mission critical environments.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional certifications in one or more cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, Azure DevOps Engineer

Expert, Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer).

• Experience with SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform services, or SAP Private Cloud Edition implementations.

• Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, firewalls) in a cloud and hybrid context.

• Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and related ecosystem tools.

• Previous experience supporting government, defense, or other highly regulated environments, including exposure to compliance frameworks and accreditation processes.

• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and working within cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams.