DevOps Engineer
About The Position
The DevOps Engineer will support GDIT’s CMS Agile Tools, Licensing and Shared Services (ATLAS) program, contingent upon contract award projected in January 2027. The role supports a secure software-delivery ecosystem by operating enterprise platforms and automating reliable build, test, deployment, and observability services. Under the direction of senior engineering staff, the engineer will install, configure, operate, and maintain DevOps tools, CI/CD build agents, and supporting server, container, and cloud infrastructure. Duties also include tool upgrades, patching, backups, user and access provisioning, license management, system monitoring, incident response, scripting, documentation, and assisting application teams with tool and pipeline onboarding. The position works with developers, senior engineers, security teams, and CMS stakeholders to improve platform reliability, developer experience, and software-delivery outcomes. It includes operating CloudBees CI on AWS EKS, administering Grafana, Prometheus, SonarQube, JMaaS, and Structurizr, and automating infrastructure, configuration, testing, security scanning, and deployments. The engineer will apply CMS and NIST security requirements, support continuous ATO activities, and maintain operational and release documentation. The position is remote within the continental United States, with travel to CMS Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland several times a year. Work follows CMS business hours, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET, for non-production support and includes an on-call rotation for 24×7 production support. The role is contingent upon contract award, projected in January 2027.
Requirements
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field; additional relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree.
- At least 5 years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD engineering, cloud operations, platform engineering, or systems administration.
- Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines using CloudBees CI, Jenkins, or a comparable enterprise platform.
- Experience with AWS, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes or EKS, GitHub integrations, and dynamically provisioned build agents.
- Experience with infrastructure as code and automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Packer, Python, Bash, or comparable technologies.
- Experience integrating automated testing, code-quality controls, vulnerability scanning, and container security into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response, patching, secure configurations, and vulnerability remediation.
- Understanding of CMS or federal security requirements, NIST guidance, FISMA controls, and ATO processes.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across pipelines, applications, containers, observability platforms, and cloud infrastructure.
- Ability to work CMS business hours, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET, for non-production support and participate in an on-call rotation for 24×7 production support.
- Remote work from within the continental United States and ability to travel to CMS Headquarters in Bethesda, MD several times a year.
Nice To Haves
- Relevant AWS, CloudBees, Kubernetes, Grafana, SonarQube, DevOps, or security certification.
- Experience administering CloudBees Jenkins Operations Center, managed controllers, and Kubernetes-based build agents at enterprise scale.
- Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, SonarQube, JMeter/JMaaS, Structurizr, Artifactory, Xray, or test-management platforms.
- Experience creating dashboards, Prometheus scrape targets, alerting rules, SonarQube Quality Gates, and performance-test integrations.
- Familiarity with SSO, SAML, LDAP, RBAC, secrets management, and least-privilege access.
- Experience with high availability, zero-downtime upgrades, SRE practices, DORA metrics, and AWS cost optimization.
- Experience supporting CMS or another federal agency within continuous A&A, FISMA, and ATO boundaries.
- Experience supporting CMS, federal healthcare, or another federal government environment.
- Familiarity with CMS information security requirements and federal security and compliance frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Install, configure, operate, and maintain DevOps tools, CI/CD build agents, and supporting server, container, and cloud infrastructure.
- Perform tool upgrades, patching, backups, user and access provisioning, and license management.
- Monitor system health, utilization, and logs; respond to alerts and incidents and escalate complex issues as needed.
- Develop scripts to automate routine tasks and maintain system documentation and runbooks.
- Support application teams as they onboard to tools and pipelines.
- Collaborate with developers, senior engineers, security teams, and CMS stakeholders to improve platform reliability, developer experience, and software-delivery outcomes.
- Operate and optimize CloudBees CI on AWS EKS, including Jenkins controllers, Kubernetes build agents, GitHub integrations, and pipelines supporting approximately 70,000 builds per month.
- Administer Grafana, Prometheus, SonarQube, JMaaS, and Structurizr, including dashboards, alerts, quality gates, performance tests, access controls, and platform integrations.
- Automate infrastructure, configuration, testing, security scanning, and deployments; monitor platform health and resolve build, deployment, telemetry, and environment issues.
- Apply CMS and NIST security requirements and support continuous ATO activities.
- Maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, pipeline documentation, and release and change records.
- Provide non-production support during CMS business hours and participate in an on-call rotation for 24×7 production support.
- Travel to CMS Headquarters in Bethesda, MD several times a year, with travel required listed as up to 10% in the job description.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Competitive pay and paid time off.
- Full-flex work weeks where possible.
- Medical plan options, including some with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- Vacation, sick and personal time off plans, holidays, paid parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance, provided or available.
- AI-powered career tool to identify career steps and learning opportunities.
- Internal mobility team focused on helping employees achieve career goals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
