Cloud DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly

Description

The company is a global technology and professional services firm serving U.S. government, defense, and intelligence agencies, with about 26,000 staff in more than 50 countries.

You will work on cloud and DevOps engineering for the team's enterprise web applications and cloud-hosted systems, providing hands-on OS-level support, troubleshooting, and maintenance.

This is a hands-on engineering role and a key contributor to the program's daily operations.

The role sits in software engineering and is a regular position. No public trust clearance or clearance you could obtain later is required.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and support AWS environments, including EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, and VPC.
• Carry out advanced OS upgrades, patching, and system health checks.
• Manage SQS queues, serverless applications, and microservices.
• Run observability tools (CloudWatch, ELK, AppDynamics) and analyze logs and telemetry to improve performance and find root causes.
• Automate tasks with Python, Bash, or Shell.
• Write automation scripts and manage CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitHub.
• Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Manage TLS/SSL certificates, secrets, and PKI processes.
• Support AWS KMS and IAM, and help remediate vulnerabilities.
• Maintain security accreditation and its documentation.
• Deploy and tune Kubernetes workloads, Docker containers, and AWS Lambda functions.
• Improve container build pipelines and resolve complex runtime issues.

Requirements

• You have strong Linux/Unix administration skills and experience troubleshooting distributed systems.
• You have strong experience supporting enterprise web applications on Tomcat.
• You have strong experience with AWS EC2, S3, IAM, Security Groups, SQS, Lambda, STS, and Availability Zones.
• You have strong experience with CloudWatch, ELK, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Icinga, and AppDynamics.
• You have strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• You have strong scripting skills in Java, Python, Bash, or Shell.
• You have strong CI/CD experience with Jenkins, GitHub, and GitLab.
• You have strong experience with Terraform and CloudFormation.
• You have strong experience with TLS/SSL, PKI, OpenSSL, and encryption ciphers.
• You have strong experience with serverless applications and microservices.
• You have strong AWS CLI proficiency.
• You have experience with MySQL or a similar database.
• Preferred: experience working with Solr and Zookeeper clusters.
• You have 10+ years of related experience.
• You hold a bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or an equivalent mix of education, technical certifications, training, or work experience.
• No certifications are required.
• You must currently hold a Top Secret clearance with SCI access and a polygraph.

Conditions

The position is onsite in Herndon, VA, and requires 40 scheduled hours per week.

Contract core hours are 9am-3pm, and you must join the on-call rotation.

No travel is required.

U.S. citizenship is required.

The likely salary range is $158,855 to $214,921. This is not a guarantee, as pay depends on experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements, and may fall outside this range.

The hiring process includes an identity verification step using biometrics and AI, and you must be on camera for virtual interviews.

The company is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Benefits

• A 401(k) with a company match, where you can contribute pre-tax or post-tax dollars up to IRS annual limits.
• Medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, plus dental and vision plans.
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
• Paid vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
• Paid education and certifications.
• Internal mobility support to help you manage your career.
• Work with current technology.