Cloud Engineer – Mid-Level

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland.

📋 Description

• Design and establish the foundational DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline architecture utilizing GitHub Actions for automating tenant onboarding.

• Automate the provisioning of tenant workspaces and onboarding workflows based on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Databricks Asset Bundles.

• Ensure adherence to code quality standards, perform dependency scanning, implement policy-as-code, set up approval gates, and maintain comprehensive audit trails.

• Facilitate secure environment promotion across development, testing, and production stages.

• Provide continuous 24x7 monitoring of CI/CD pipelines and address any failures that arise.

• Update and maintain the Platform Operations Runbook along with IaC Baselines.

• Guarantee that provisioning pipelines adhere to the 10-business-day service level agreement (SLA) to enhance tenant satisfaction.

• Manage AWS cloud environments utilizing EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and VPC networking.

• Optimize both platform performance and costs effectively.

• Support operations characterized by high availability, scalability, security, and DevSecOps principles.

⛳️ Requirements

• An active Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) is required; candidates currently undergoing this process are not eligible.

• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.

• Candidates must meet eligibility criteria for access to classified information and must be able to obtain a government-issued security clearance.

• A minimum of 7 years of hands-on experience in AWS cloud engineering is required.

• Proficiency in Terraform for automated IaC provisioning and management at an expert level.

• Experience in designing DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including SAST/DAST/secrets scanning.

• Familiarity with Databricks Asset Bundles for automating workspace deployment.

• Strong expertise in EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, and VPC networking.

• Knowledge of blue/green and canary deployment strategies is essential.

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline is required.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM/Bicep is necessary.

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps is important.

• Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes is required.

• A solid understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, and VPNs is essential.

• AWS DevOps Engineer Professional or AWS Certified Developer certification is preferred.

• Current or recent experience with IRS contracts is strongly desirable.

• Additional qualifications such as cloud certifications, knowledge of monitoring tools, microservices architecture, and automated testing/deployment strategies are beneficial.

• Candidates will be subject to a government security investigation, which includes checks on criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and credit evaluation.

• Employment is contingent upon the award of the contract and available funding.

🏝️ Benefits

• 24x7 on-call support, including deployment windows during off-hours.

• Military veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.