DevOps Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and maintain cloud infrastructure that supports the VA.gov Platform.

• Create reusable infrastructure modules, libraries, and automation for various engineering teams.

• Enhance platform scalability, resilience, reliability, and operational effectiveness.

• Contribute to internal platform functionalities that elevate the developer experience.

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure utilizing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Terragrunt).

• Construct and uphold automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Jenkins, or comparable technologies.

• Engage in business-hours support rotation and take on production on-call duties.

• Diagnose issues related to production infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, deployment failures, and cloud services.

• Develop infrastructure that adheres to security, availability, and performance standards.

• Collaborate with security engineers to enhance the platform's security posture.

⛳️ Requirements

• Capability to obtain and sustain a Public Trust clearance.

• Bachelor’s Degree.

• A decade of experience as a DevOps Engineer.

• Hands-on experience in production environments with AWS as the primary cloud provider.

• Proficiency in deploying and managing Kubernetes (Amazon EKS or an equivalent service).

• Strong expertise in Terraform (Terragrunt is preferred).

• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms.

• Extensive experience in Linux systems administration and shell scripting.

• Fundamental understanding of networking principles, including DNS, TLS, load balancing, reverse proxies, and container networking.

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

• Proven troubleshooting skills in production infrastructure and distributed systems.

• Background in participating in production support and on-call rotations.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and government stakeholders.

• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.

• Reliable internet service that supports effective telecommuting.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Health Savings Account (when enrolled in an eligible plan) with company contribution.

• Company-paid Life, Accidental Death, Short-term, and Long-term Disability insurance.

• Optional Accident, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Care Insurance.

• Voluntary Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.

• Accrued Paid Time Off and company-paid holidays.

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matching.