DevOps Engineer

Alpha Omega Integration • Vienna, VA

2d • $110,000 - $132,000 • Remote

About The Position

Alpha Omega is seeking a qualified DevOps Engineer to support the Buckeye contract at USDA’s FPAC environment. The DevOps Engineer supports a cloud-based migration and development environment for the USDA FPAC. The DevOps Engineer focuses upon automated continuous deployment of application code and the operational and security monitoring and care of the infrastructure and software platforms. The DevOps Engineer, with a strong foundation in AWS cloud based CI/CD tools, will work as part of a team to support the FPAC community’s research efforts. The DevOps Engineer must be self-driven and possess strong analytical skills to solve challenging technical problems, often through collaboration with other technical staff.  

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Master’s Degree.
• Experience/Skills: Minimum Years of Overall Experience: 6 +
• Minimum Years of Specific Experience in Field: 6
• 6+ years of experience developing & engineering enterprise cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) using leading cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure. Must include networking, computer, storage, database, identify management/access control, monitoring, etc. 
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills 

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing DevSecOps architecture for federal or regulated environments
• Strong background in incident response, root cause analysis, and risk mitigation
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architecture
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash, Go, or YAML
• Preferred Certifications (Senior-Level Aligned)
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent senior cybersecurity certification
• ITIL Foundation (v3 or v4)
• Architectural ownership vs task execution
• Security and compliance accountability (FISMA/FedRAMP)Experience with AWS cloud technologies and cloud infrastructure, including networking, VPCs, S3, RDS, ELB, Route53, HPC, SQS, Auto Scaling, Direct Connect, VGWs, and DNS. 
• Working knowledge of FedRAMP and extensive experience applying best practices for building/deploying secure and reliable services and applications on FedRAMP-compliant Cloud platforms. 
• Experience with programming languages such as Perl, Python, YAML, BASH, Go, etc.  
• Preferred Certification(s): CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent senior cybersecurity certification
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional; Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies; Architect with Google Cloud Platform: Infrastructure, MS Network Certifications. 
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator Developer (CKAD) 
• ITIL v3 Foundations Certification.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical authority for DevOps and DevSecOps solutions across the FPAC environment
• Design and architect secure, scalable CI/CD and infrastructure platforms where standards may not yet exist
• Capable of writing, debugging, and deploying Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Puppet or Terraform. 
• Design and build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large- and small-scale systems 
• Own architectural decisions, technical documentation, and implementation guidance
• Review and approve technical work products to ensure quality, security, and compliance
• Design and implement fully automated enterprise pipelines using a suite of DevOps tools: Terraform, BitBucket, Puppet, Docker, Github. 
• Lead design and implementation of enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines with integrated security controls
• Architect and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Puppet
• Design and operate containerized platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Integrate and support mission-critical and highly specialized systems in cloud environments
• Embed security automation (scanning, policy enforcement, secrets management) directly into pipelines
• Collaborate with team to develop, stand-up, and support of cloud platform using a variety of programming languages and cloud-native technologies. 
• Apply FISMA and FedRAMP requirements to cloud architectures, pipelines, and operational processes
• Lead vulnerability mitigation, compliance alignment, and secure automation strategies
• Serve as escalation point for production incidents, security events, and high-risk technical issues
• Partner with security and governance teams to ensure continuous compliance and audit readiness
• Proficiency with AWS services such as Amazon S3, Amazon EKS, DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Amazon EC2, Elastic Search, Amazon X-Ray, WAF, Amazon Aurora, AWS WorkSpaces, etc. 
• Strong familiarity with modern DevOps principles, practices, methods, and tools. 
• Design containerization (Docker, etc.) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, etc.) framework solutions in deployment and operations. 
• Able to multi-task multiple projects and provide updates to management. 
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written interpersonal communications skills and ability to deal effectively with customers, peers and management. 
• IaC and configuration management (Terraform, Puppet, Ansible)
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Demonstrated experience supporting FISMA-regulated or FedRAMP-authorized environments
• Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills

Benefits

• Joining the Alpha Omega team entitles you to participate in all retirement benefits, plans of deferred compensation, health and insurance benefits, and other such benefits as set forth in the company’s policy and benefits manuals.
• PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave
• Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company’s holiday schedule each year)
• Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan)
• Life Insurance, STD/LTD term disability coverage, with employer paid premiums
• 401 (k) plan with a match that is 100% vested after you complete two years of service
• FSA/DFSA/HSA flexible benefit plans
• Annual Tuition & Professional Development Reimbursement benefit
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

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