Cloud Dev/Ops Automation Engineer
About The Position
DecisionPoint seeks Cloud Dev/Ops Automation Engineers to design, build, and maintain automated cloud provisioning, configuration, and deployment pipelines within IL5 AWS GovCloud environments supporting a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. These engineers develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), create repeatable deployment patterns, and support platform automation to accelerate secure, consistent delivery of cloud services and application environments. Cloud Dev/Ops Automation Engineers collaborate closely with cloud platform engineers, cybersecurity teams, developers, and system administrators to ensure that automation workflows meet security, compliance, and operational requirements.
Requirements
- Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, DevOps Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in DevOps engineering, cloud automation, or cloud systems engineering.
- Experience developing Infrastructure-as-Code modules and automated provisioning.
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines or cloud deployment automation.
- Experience operating in IL5, DoD, or secure federal cloud environments.
- Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other IaC frameworks.
- Experience automating cloud provisioning, configuration, and deployment workflows.
- Strong understanding of AWS GovCloud services and cloud architecture fundamentals.
- Familiarity with CI/CD systems, pipeline automation, and version control.
- Understanding of RMF, STIGs, Zero Trust, and IL5 security alignment.
- CompTIA Security+ certification.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities for automation and cloud platform issues.
- Excellent communication and collaboration with engineering and security teams.
- High attention to detail and strong IaC discipline.
- Ability to design maintainable, reusable automation patterns.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with container automation (EKS, ECS) or serverless deployments.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
- Experience with security testing automation (SAST/DAST integration).
- AWS Cloud Practitioner or AWS Developer/DevOps certification.
- ITIL v4 Foundation certification.
- Additional DevOps or cloud automation certifications.
Responsibilities
- Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tooling.
- Automate cloud provisioning, configuration, and environment setup across IL5 AWS GovCloud.
- Build deployment automation for platform services, shared components, and cloud-native resources.
- Maintain repeatable, versioned deployment patterns for development, test, staging, and production environments.
- Integrate security scanning, compliance validation, and guardrails into CI/CD automation.
- Support automated patching workflows, configuration baselines, and cloud drift detection.
- Troubleshoot automation failures, pipeline issues, and environment configuration problems.
- Collaborate with DevSecOps, cybersecurity, and cloud platform teams to align automation with enterprise standards.
- Maintain IaC repositories, documentation, and version control practices.
- Implement automated logging, monitoring agent deployment, and observability platform integrations.
- Participate in Change Control Board (CCB) reviews for automated deployment and configuration changes.
Benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer
- Pay Transparency Policy
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
