DevOps Engineer IV, CI/CD Pipeline, Platform Engineering

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

📋 Description

• The DevOps Engineer IV acts as a senior individual contributor and a technical leader within the team, offering leadership, guidance, and mentorship to fellow engineers.

• You will be tasked with fulfilling scope, schedule, and delivery objectives, engaging with stakeholders, and fostering enhancements in DevOps processes and practices throughout the program.

• Design, construct, and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI and Jenkins, utilizing build-once promotion patterns, fail-fast verification, and automated rollbacks across development, staging, and production environments.

• Develop and uphold shared deployment tools, reusable GitLab CI templates, and Terraform modules that more than five AppDev delivery teams utilize as self-service infrastructure.

• Ensure the maintenance of standard, secure base Docker images for Java, Python, and Angular applications; deploy containers on AWS ECS, EKS, or Fargate while adhering to zero-downtime patterns.

• Implement pipeline security and quality gates (including Trivy container scanning, SonarQube static analysis, and Open Policy Agent policy-as-code) at the commit/merge stage.

• Reduce over-privileged IAM configurations by applying least-privilege standards without interfering with live production services.

• Create the roadmap for and execute DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Change Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, MTTR) within the program's CI/CD capabilities.

• Author and uphold runbooks, deployment documentation, and architecture documentation; lead knowledge-transfer sessions with engineering teams.

• Engage in SAFe ceremonies such as PI planning, dependency management, and CI/CD roadmap development.

• Assist in recruiting efforts by evaluating homework assignments and potentially participating in interviews.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree alongside 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent additional experience in place of a degree.

• Over 5 years of practical experience with AWS, Terraform (or similar Infrastructure as Code), and Git/GitLab in production settings.

• Experience in supporting five or more engineering teams through a shared DevOps/platform function.

• Proven experience in designing and constructing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and/or Jenkins, including quality and security gates.

• Strong working knowledge of containerization using Docker and orchestration on AWS ECS/EKS/Fargate.

• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, including SAST, dependency scanning, and automated vulnerability remediation.

• Exceptional communication and documentation skills; comfortable in a highly collaborative Agile/SAFe environment.

• Extensive expertise in designing reusable CI/CD templates and Terraform module libraries used by multiple teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Flexible PTO.

• 401K with employer match.

• Paid parental leave after one year of service.

• Employee Assistance Program.