DevSecOps Cloud Automation Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and standardize GitLab CI/CD pipelines, which include reusable jobs, parent/child pipelines, runners, triggers, and integrated security testing.

• Construct and sustain a secure, resilient, reusable, and maintainable AWS GovCloud infrastructure utilizing Terraform and other automation tools.

• Develop and manage Ansible Playbooks for installation, patching, hardening, configuration, and operational support on both Windows and Linux systems.

• Assist with AWS services and containerized workloads such as EC2, RDS, ECR/EKS, Systems Manager, Secrets Manager, and approved/hardened container images like Iron Bank.

• Automate security controls, vulnerability remediation, and validation through the use of DoD security tools including ACAS, Elastic Agent, and CloudWatch agents.

• Diagnose and resolve intricate issues related to infrastructure, pipelines, operating systems, networking, containers, and security.

• Streamline, standardize, and enhance DevSecOps and cloud capabilities while minimizing technical debt and eliminating redundant solutions.

• Work collaboratively with application, cloud, cybersecurity, and architecture teams to adapt to evolving ATIS priorities.

• Generate and sustain runbooks, architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and reusable patterns.

• Offer technical guidance and mentorship while remaining actively involved in tasks.

• Contribute to the modernization of the U.S. Army Training Information System (ATIS) into a secure, cloud-native enterprise capability within a SAFe Agile Release Train.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Over 7 years of hands-on experience in DevSecOps, cloud, platform, systems, or infrastructure automation.

• Strong practical experience with AWS, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, and Linux administration in production settings.

• Familiarity with configuration management and automation tools such as Ansible.

• Knowledge of containers, cloud networking, IAM, and secure infrastructure design.

• Experience in implementing cybersecurity guardrails, vulnerability remediation, and automated security validation in secure or regulated environments.

• Capability to independently troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to infrastructure, pipelines, operating systems, networking, containers, and security.

• Excellent technical communication, documentation, independent problem-solving, collaboration, and prioritization skills.

• Active DoW Secret security clearance.

• Active DoDI 8140-compliant certification, such as Security+, CISSP, or CISM, or the ability to obtain one.

• Preferred: Experience with AWS GovCloud, NIST, RMF, DoD 8140, DoD authorization/compliance processes, Kubernetes/EKS, ECR, GitOps, containerized application delivery, ACAS, Elastic Agent, CloudWatch agents, ATO activities, SAFe Agile Release Train, and Army/DoD mission-critical systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Occasional travel for PI Planning, program events, user engagement sessions, and significant milestones.

• Equal employment opportunity protections.

• Disability assistance available throughout the application process.