Senior DevOps Engineer – Public Sector

💼 Contract | Remote (EST Availability Required)

📍 Occasional On-Site in Washington, D.C.

🔐 Active Clearance Required (Public Trust or Higher)

Highlights

• U.S. Citizen • Active Clearance
• 10+ Years DevOps / SRE Experience
• Kubernetes • EKS • CI/CD • IaC • AWS Pro-Level Expertise
• Public Sector + Multi-Project Delivery Environment

Position Summary

We’re looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer who thrives at the intersection of cloud engineering, automation, and large-scale modernization. In this public sector–focused role, you’ll support mission-critical AWS environments, build production-grade Kubernetes ecosystems, and enable development teams to move faster, safer, and smarter.

This is a high-impact delivery role. You’ll serve as a trusted technical partner, a problem-solver, and a champion of best practices—ensuring every project is executed with precision, transparency, and customer-first excellence.

What You’ll Do

Cloud + Kubernetes Engineering

• Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot production microservices environments on Kubernetes (EKS, Helm, CRDs, service mesh tools like Istio/Linkerd/Consul).
• Build cloud-native CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, CodePipeline, and related tooling.
• Develop containerized workloads and modern distributed architectures across Dev/Test/Prod.

Infrastructure Automation & AWS Excellence

• Build repeatable, sustainable IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK.
• Automate deployments, testing, and environment promotion across the full SDLC.
• Script in Bash, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages to streamline operations.
• Apply tagging, observability, and cost-optimization best practices across AWS estates.

Developer Enablement & CI/CD Leadership

• Architect and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide architectural guidance to dev teams.
• Lead branching strategies, GitOps workflows, and deployment governance.

Migration & Modernization

• Support migrations from on-prem to AWS, including microservices transformations.
• Execute migration plans, validate cloud readiness, and decommission legacy systems.

Project Delivery & Team Collaboration

• Participate in daily standups and technical reviews.
• Ensure transparency and clear communication across multiple concurrent projects.
• Operate with urgency, ownership, and a strong customer-service mindset.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years of on-the-job experience.
• 10+ years as a DevOps Engineer / SRE delivering in AWS environments.
• Active Public Trust (or higher) + U.S. Citizenship (required).
• Deep Kubernetes experience running microservices in production.
• Strong scripting + at least one modern programming language proficiency.
• Expert-level AWS understanding (core services, networking, security, operations).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, automation, containers, and Linux/Docker.
• Strong communication, time management, attention to detail.
• Ability to support multiple clients/projects in parallel.
• EST working hours required.

Nice to Have

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (highly preferred).
• AWS Pro/Specialty Certifications.
• GitOps (ArgoCD, app-of-apps, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Service mesh (Istio, Linkerd).
• Static/dynamic code analysis tools (SonarQube, Selenium).
• Advanced AWS networking expertise.
• Open-source community contributions.
• Master's degree in engineering or information systems.