Senior DevOps Engineer

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

📋 Description

• Develop the future of GSA’s Login.Gov platform.

• Oversee and automate the provisioning and scalability of infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.

• Utilize AWS services to guarantee application availability, security, and performance.

• Organize and implement weekly production deployments of new features.

• Engage in on-call rotations to provide timely support and resolve incidents.

• Work within a Scrumban framework to facilitate continuous delivery and iterative enhancements.

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with development and security teams to ensure smooth deployment of features.

• Monitor and address infrastructure and deployment issues.

• Enforce security best practices and ensure adherence to federal standards.

• Automate repetitive tasks to enhance efficiency and minimize manual involvement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Over 5 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or site reliability.

• More than 4 years of strong problem-solving abilities and end-to-end quantitative thinking.

• At least 4 years of experience managing production Kubernetes environments, including Amazon EKS, Helm, ingress, RBAC, secrets, upgrades, observability, and GitOps delivery.

• Candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

• Must be a United States Citizen or Green Card holder.

• Candidates must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and perform all work in the U.S.

• Preferred: Over 7 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or site reliability.

• Preferred experience in enhancing an existing production cloud platform, covering architecture, automation, reliability, security, and operational practices.

• Preferred knowledge of CloudFront, Route 53, ACM, Cognito, SQS, SNS, SES, Secrets Manager, S3, ECR, and cross-account AWS access patterns.

• Ability to self-organize, prioritize, and conduct research on multiple projects under tight deadlines.

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.

• All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

• This position is not eligible for new H-1B visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to start earlier or work later based on your time zone.

• Quarterly travel to an office location.

• Reasonable accommodations provided for disabilities, religious purposes, disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Benefits offerings are included in the Transparency in Benefits Coverage Act.