AWS DevOps Engineer

Guidehouse • Rockville, MD

2d • $98,000 - $163,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Guidehouse is seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer to join their team. This role involves automating the provisioning and lifecycle management of AWS services, deploying and maintaining infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring the reliability and security of systems. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to support mission needs and delivery timelines, apply cybersecurity best practices, and maintain documentation. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or an additional four (4) years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Four (4) to Ten (10) years of hands-on experience in AWS, cloud infrastructure, and/or enterprise IT operations.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation.
• Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices with tools such as Git, Terraform, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, Docker.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices, zero-trust concepts, and compliance frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO 27000.
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Kiro) to accelerate delivery while maintaining strict quality via testing, reviews, and security practices.
• Self-starter mindset with the ability to work independently and collaboratively across Engineering, DevOps, and Architecture functions.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (or equivalent).
• CompTIA Security+.
• Experience with Grants.gov applications.
• Experience provisioning and implementing data pipelines for lakehouse platforms such as Databricks or AWS services including S3, Lake Formation, Glue, and Athena.
• Ability to design and optimize AWS data solutions, including migration pipelines, ETL workflows, and serverless architectures.
• Experience with monitoring and SIEM tools such as CloudWatch and Splunk.
• Experience supporting enterprise business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) solutions.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of AWS services (identity, compute, storage, backups, networking, logging, monitoring) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Deploy, configure, harden, and maintain infrastructure across AWS and hybrid environments following secure baseline standards.
• Standardize reusable IaC modules, promote best practices, and improve environment consistency across dev/test/prod.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps workflows using tools such as Git, Terraform, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, and Docker.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and automation issues to ensure reliability, performance, and mission continuity.
• Implement operational visibility with logging/monitoring improvements and actionable dashboards.
• Apply cybersecurity best practices and support zero-trust and compliance-aligned infrastructure operations (e.g., NIST, CIS, ISO 27000).
• Collaborate with security and networking teams to implement secure configurations, change controls, and audit-ready operational processes.
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) requirements and operational readiness.
• Work closely with engineering, security, networking, and application teams to support mission needs and delivery timelines.
• Partner with data engineers and scientists to enable infrastructure needs for data pipelines and machine learning workflows.
• Maintain high-quality engineering documentation including SOPs, system diagrams, and secure configuration baselines.
• Summarize and present findings and recommendations—both written and verbal—to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Discretionary variable incentive bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level