Cloud DevSecOps Engineer Senior

SAIC•Washington, DC

About The Position

SAIC is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to lead the enterprise-wide migration of Atlassian Jira and Confluence instances from a managed Data Center environment to Atlassian Cloud SaaS/Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC). The role also provides operational and maintenance support for the agency’s enterprise DevSecOps shared-services pipeline and infrastructure hosted in AWS. The position leads migration readiness assessments, inventory and asset mapping, Marketplace app compatibility analysis, test migrations, user acceptance testing, and production cutover planning and execution. It also provides post-migration hypercare and operational handover. The engineer administers and maintains the enterprise DevSecOps toolchain on Linux servers, supports CI/CD pipeline integration and security scanning, and helps maintain Authority to Operate for shared services. The role also designs, builds, and maintains AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, and implements automation for backups, security monitoring, logging, and patching. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or green card holders who have resided in the U.S. for at least three years and be able to obtain a public trust.

Requirements

At least 10 years of IT experience focused on application delivery, systems administration, or software engineering.
At least 6 years of direct experience implementing DevOps pipelines and administering supporting toolsets in AWS environments.
Hands-on experience migrating self-managed Jira Data Center and Confluence Data Center instances to Cloud SaaS or Atlassian Government Cloud.
Proficiency with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA), Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA), and evaluation of Marketplace app data migration paths.
Familiarity with FedRAMP Moderate/High compliance, Atlassian Access/Guard, SAML/SSO integration, and AGC deployment architecture.
Proficiency configuring and maintaining CloudBees Jenkins (Ops Center and agent nodes), GitHub Enterprise, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, and security scanning tools.
Understanding of AWS core services, including EC2, VPC, serverless, IAM, and CloudFormation.
Strong Linux systems administration capabilities.
Proficiency in Bash and Python scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
Must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder, have resided in the U.S. for at least three years, and be able to obtain a public trust.

Nice To Haves

AWS Certified Developer – Associate, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.
Atlassian Certified University Professional (ACP) certifications, such as ACP-CA or ACP-MJCP.

Responsibilities

Lead migration of Jira and Confluence from Data Center to Cloud SaaS/Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC).
Execute the Cloud-to-AGC pre-migration checklist, assessing prerequisites, organization and site readiness, administrative access, and AGC architectural constraints.
Audit and map Jira projects, Confluence spaces, user accounts, security schemes, attachments, workflows, automation scripts, Marketplace apps, and custom API integrations.
Assess Marketplace app compatibility, develop manual migration strategies when needed, and coordinate vendor support for cutovers.
Conduct at least two end-to-end test migration cycles, coordinate UAT, triage defects, and optimize cutover timelines.
Create production cutover runbooks, rollback and contingency procedures, communications templates, and on-call rosters; execute migration scripts during scheduled maintenance windows.
Provide post-cutover support, fix broken links and integrations, validate permissions, and complete operational handover.
Administer, patch, and maintain shared DevSecOps tools hosted on Linux, including GitHub Enterprise Appliance, CloudBees Jenkins, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, and Invicti.
Help development teams configure, troubleshoot, and optimize CI/CD pipelines that incorporate static and dynamic security scanning.
Implement security best practices supporting Authority to Operate for shared DevSecOps tooling, access controls, and blue/green deployment models.
Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPC, load balancers, API Gateway, and Lambda, using CloudFormation or Terraform.
Automate server backups, security monitoring, logging, and environment patching using Bash, Python, and configuration management tools.