DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a DevOps Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• As a DevOps Engineer, you will develop scalable cloud-native solutions, and implement best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security and you will work within a group of DevOps/SRE engineers. This role is essential to ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You’ll work closely with cloud engineers, cybersecurity analysts, and program leadership to drive continuous improvement and deliver value to the mission. **
• Work with a group of 5-15 DevOps and SRE engineers to fulfill the requirements for the program
• Implement using software engineering principles to build and maintain scalable, highly reliable, and performant large-scale systems
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, automated software delivery.
• Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant systems for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
• Help define, implement and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure service reliability and performance
• Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and CloudWatch
• Support incident response and postmortem processes to drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability into application design and deployment
• support capacity planning including forecasting resource needs to ensure systems can scale effectively.
• Ensure compliance with security best practices, including IAM, VPC design, and encryption standards
• Implement DevSecOps pipelines for a variety of technical stacks on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Configure and optimize container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Maintain high availability, scalability, and performance of cloud-based systems.
• Configure and maintain virtualized environments to ensure performance, scalability, and security
• Support infrastructure modernization efforts by integrating virtualization solutions into hybrid cloud environments.
• Implement automated security tools for vulnerability scanning, static/dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), and container security.
• Drive consistency for deployment and build processes
• Help establish proactive monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Respond to and troubleshoot production incidents, performing root cause analysis and resolution.
• Embed security best practices into the SDLC and CI/CD processes.
• Supports the development of strategy and integration methodology around design, development and implementation of cloud-based solutions
• Enable the quick development and release of changes and bug-fixes on an as-required basis and incorporate feedback from developers/users.
• Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Must have an active Secret clearance.
• Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
• Strong documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and practices.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and/or Kanban.
• Strong knowledge of security principles, including threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and encryption techniques.
• Deep understanding of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Argo CD).

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Cyber Security
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• Grafana
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Oracle
• Prometheus
• SDLC
• Terraform

Benefits

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance