DevOps Engineer

Sprezzatura Management Consulting • Remote, US,

5d • $160,000 - $190,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting VA.gov Platform’s Infrastructure Services Team. In this role you will be responsible for designing, building, and operating the cloud infrastructure, deployment automation, and platform services that power VA.gov. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about enabling dozens of engineering teams to securely deliver digital services to millions of Veterans by providing scalable infrastructure, automated deployment pipelines, observability, and developer tooling.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10 years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer
• Hands-on production experience with AWS as a primary cloud provider
• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes (Amazon EKS or equivalent)
• Strong proficiency with Terraform (Terragrunt preferred)
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms
• Strong Linux systems administration and shell scripting experience
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, DNS, TLS, load balancing, reverse proxies, and container networking
• Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience troubleshooting production infrastructure and distributed systems
• Experience participating in production support and on-call rotations
• Ability to work effectively with engineering teams and government stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting VA.gov Platform
• Develop reusable infrastructure modules, libraries, and automation that can be leveraged across multiple engineering teams
• Improve platform scalability, resiliency, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Contribute to internal platform capabilities that improve the overall developer experience
• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Terragrunt)
• Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Jenkins, or similar technologies
• Participate in business-hours support rotation and production on-call responsibilities
• Troubleshoot production infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, deployment failures, and cloud services
• Build infrastructure that meets security, availability, and performance requirements
• Collaborate with security engineers to continuously improve Platform's security posture

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Health Saving Account (when enrolled in eligible plan) with Company contribution
• Company paid Life, Accidental Death, Short-term & Long-term Disability
• Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, & Critical Care Insurance
• Voluntary Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Accrued Paid Time Off & Company Paid Holidays
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company match

What This Job Offers

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