Cloud DevOps Engineer

Summary

ECS is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to support secure, cloud-native infrastructure for federal customers. The role designs and deploys AWS infrastructure, builds secure CI/CD pipelines, automates deployments, supports containerized applications, and maintains compliance with federal security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy secure cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Ansible, and/or CloudFormation
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) that bake security in from the start
• Write automation in Ansible coupled with Infrastructure defined by Terraform code to cut down on manual work and keep deployments consistent
• Deploy and troubleshoot cloud-native applications across EC2, VPC, EKS, S3, RDS, AWS Bedrock, and related AWS services
• Implement and maintain security controls including IAM, encryption, network security, SELinux, and kernel hardening
• Apply DISA STIGs and ensure compliance with NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP requirements
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
• Collaborate with development and security teams to push DevSecOps practices forward
• Keep documentation current so the next person isn’t starting from scratch

Skills

• Must have US citizenship
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Minimum 3 years of general work experience
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field
• We will consider candidates without a degree who bring 4 or more years of directly relevant experience or equivalent military training
• 3+ years in Linux and/or Windows system and network administration (DNS, VPN, firewalls)
• 3+ years with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible
• 3+ years in Linux and/or Windows system and network administration (DNS, VPN, firewalls)
• 3+ years with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Must have US citizenship
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Minimum 3 years of general work experience
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field
• We will consider candidates without a degree who bring 4 or more years of directly relevant experience or equivalent military training
• 3+ years in Linux and/or Windows system and network administration (DNS, VPN, firewalls)
• 3+ years with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible
• 3+ years in Linux and/or Windows system and network administration (DNS, VPN, firewalls)
• 3+ years with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms

Benefits

• Remote work option