Sr. Cloud/DevSecOps Engineer (Remote)

Job Description

Overview

We are seeking a Sr Cloud Engineer to support the technology group for our federal client located in Washington, DC. The Sr Cloud/DevSecOps Engineer will perform a variety of tasks and activities that are broad in nature and concerned with application migration to AWS; implementation and maintenance of DevSecOps environments and AWS services; and full SDLC support.

*This position requires either U.S. Citizenship or Green Card holder status. Additionally, the candidate must be eligible to secure a Public Trust Clearance.

What You'll Do

· Perform a variety of cloud engineering tasks and activities that are broad in nature and are concerned with the implementation and maintenance of AWS and DevSecOps services.

· Provide support with migration of applications from on premises to AWS or Azure.

· Coordinate technical solutions across various teams working closely with client management.

· Identify the needs for build automation, designing, and implementing CI/CD solutions.

· Create plug-and-play/reusable solutions and patterns for CI/CD pipelines.

· Create, develop, and implement automation and system integration for various build platforms.

· Build reusable CloudFormation or Terraform Scripts.

· Engage with application teams assisting with configuration and scripting using Python and Lambda to automate activities for Infrastructure as Code.

· Provide application development organizations with full SDLC support when needs arise.

· Performing capacity planning to ensure that servers can handle an organization’s workload without experiencing downtime or performance degradation.

· Work with Cloud Architects and conducting a well-architected review process.

· Recommend emerging technology cloud services.

Required Knowledge and Skills

· Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience

· Six years experience as a DevSecOps engineer supporting pipeline management for business applications that are deployed within AWS, with 10+ years total in information technology developing and deploying applications

· Comprehensive technical expertise in a variety of DevSecOps toolkits, including Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, CloudFormation, and/or comparable technologies.

· Fluent in Python and a variety of programming languages, software, and systems

· Experience with migrating applications to the Cloud (AWS and Azure)

· Expertise using serverless, event-driven compute services, such as AWS Lambda, to address client needs.

· Strong computing and scripting skills

· Knowledge and implementation experience of network/cloud architectures

· Comfortable with Agile practices

· Experience with SaaS processes and products (Salesforce, New Relic, and Akamai)

· Experience with Dynamic/Static (SonarQube) and Vulnerability (Invicti) Code Scanning.

· Excellent writing and communication skills

Abilities

· Ability to quickly understand cloud technologies and apply that knowledge to advance client transformation initiatives.

· The ability to use technical skills for the design and implementation of various CI/CD patterns while abiding by industry standards and policies.

Nice to Haves

· Experience with Content Delivery Networks and Drupal, a plus.

· Experience with TerraForms

· Experience using the Atlassian tools suite (Jira and Confluence)

· Federal government agency work experience

· Cloud and/or Agile Certifications

· Active Federal Agency ClearanceCompany Description

Goldman Edwards is a leader in the application of systems engineering across a wide array of large-scale system development and mission critical programs used by government and industry. We provide world-class talent, proven management, and technical processes to manage the most complex projects—from concept through deployment.

Full-time

Fully remote