DevOps Cloud Engineer with Security Clearance

DevOps Cloud Engineer (Full time)

Location: Herndon, VA Our client is seeking a highly skilled DevOps Cloud Engineer to architect, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-native infrastructure in a classified environment. The ideal candidate will possess deep AWS expertise, strong Infrastructure-as-Code capabilities, and a security-first mindset aligned with federal compliance standards.

This role requires daily SCIF presence (as needed) and participation in on-call production support rotations. Key Responsibilities:

Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Architect scalable, secure, multi-environment cloud solutions

Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting complex microservices architectures

Develop and maintain full-stack applications with operational excellence standards

Implement enterprise-grade monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

Enforce security-first infrastructure design principles

Support ATO processes and maintain compliance documentation

Implement security controls aligned to NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP

Develop secrets management and security automation frameworks

Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies Required Skills:

Active TS/SCI with CI Poly and current NGA eligibility

Active SBU, SECNET, COE, and Privileged User accounts

Willingness to work in SCIF daily (as required)

5+ years professional software engineering experience with significant DevOps focus

5+ years Bash and Python scripting

5+ years CI/CD experience (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or equivalent)

5+ years AWS cloud experience and cloud-native architecture design

3+ years AWS services experience including:

ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker

RDS, DynamoDB

3+ years experience with:

IAM policies, security groups, network security

Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation)

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)

ATO processes and security documentation

Proven experience implementing NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP controls

3+ years secrets management and security automation experience

Experience with DevSecOps tools (SonarQube, Snyk, etc.)

Monitoring and observability expertise (CloudWatch, Prometheus, etc.) Preferred Skills:

3+ years disaster recovery planning and implementation

2+ years TypeScript or advanced OOP development (Python preferred)

Enterprise-scale code review and architecture experience

Container security and runtime protection knowledge

Continuous compliance automation experience

Database administration and optimization (RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB)

Serverless architecture expertise (Lambda, API Gateway)

Full-stack development background (React, Node.js)

Experience leading technical initiatives in large-scale environments

System design expertise emphasizing scalability and reliability

Strong understanding of federal security best practices and compliance frameworks

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