DevOps Engineer

aqua ITHerndon OR Springfield, VA
Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines. You will lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments, build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex microservices architectures, and develop and maintain full-stack applications. The position requires a strong focus on operational excellence, reliability, and security-first design. You will also implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for production systems and mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies.

Requirements

  • TS/SCI with CI Poly required
  • Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed, and participate in on-call rotation for production support as needed
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant DevOps focus
  • 5+ years of experience with bash/python scripting
  • 5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc)
  • 5+ years of experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture patterns
  • 3+ years of experience with cloud-native technologies and AWS services (ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB)
  • 3+ years of experience with IAM policies, security groups, and network security
  • 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation)
  • 3+ years of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS) and container orchestration
  • 3+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and security documentation
  • Proven track record implementing security controls and compliance requirements (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP)
  • 3+ years of experience with secrets management and security automation
  • Background in security scanning tools and DevSecOps practices (SonarQube, Snyk, etc)
  • DevOps: Monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus, etc), logging, and alerting

Nice To Haves

  • Current NGA eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts
  • 3+ years of experience with disaster recovery
  • 2+ years in TypeScript, Python (Or OOP), writing and reviewing code for enterprise scale applications
  • Container security and runtime protection knowledge
  • Security compliance automation and continuous monitoring
  • Database administration and optimization (RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB)
  • Serverless architecture expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, etc)
  • Background in full-stack web development (React, Node.js)
  • Experience leading technical initiatives in large-scale environments
  • System design experience with focus on scalability and reliability
  • Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code
  • Lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments
  • Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex microservices architectures
  • Develop and maintain full-stack applications while ensuring operational excellence and reliability
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for production systems
  • Drive security-first infrastructure design and implementation
  • Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies
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