Lead DevOps/Cloud Engineer

K2United is an organization that houses two distinct, national, customer-facing brands tied together by a shared purpose: setting the standard for an extraordinary workplace. The Lead DevOps/Cloud Engineer will be responsible for leading DevOps and cloud engineering efforts while mentoring other engineers and ensuring the reliability, security, and compliance of cloud platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Leading DevOps and cloud engineering through technical direction, not hierarchy
• Building and evolving CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and automation frameworks that make deployments predictable, repeatable, and low-risk
• Embedding security and compliance into the way systems are built and deployed, not as a separate step, but as part of how the platform operates day to day
• Engineering and improving cloud infrastructure across AWS, GovCloud, and Azure, ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, and cost-effective
• Partnering closely with Application Development, Architecture, and Security to ensure platforms support fast, reliable, and secure delivery
• Strengthening platform reliability and operational discipline, resolving complex issues when they arise and reducing the likelihood they happen again
• Contributing directly to the work
• Design and operate CI/CD pipelines that enable fast, reliable deployments
• Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Standardize deployment patterns and eliminate manual processes
• Engineer scalable, high-availability cloud environments
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management
• Optimize cost, performance, and system reliability
• Integrate security scanning, controls, and auditability into pipelines
• Support environments aligned to NIST 800-171 and similar frameworks
• Improve monitoring, alerting, and observability
• Lead root cause analysis and implement long-term fixes
• Support backup, recovery, and resilience practices
• Set and enforce engineering standards
• Mentor engineers and improve team capability
• Drive clarity, ownership, and accountability through how work is executed

Requirements:

• 7–10+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud, or infrastructure engineering
• Strong hands-on experience designing and operating cloud environments (AWS required)
• Deep experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Proven ability to build and operate CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Strong Linux systems experience in cloud environments
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and observability tools
• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues without relying on escalation
• Experience mentoring other engineers and improving team capability through hands-on guidance
• Comfortable working in a highly accountable environment where priorities and outcomes are explicit
• GovCloud/Azure experience
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments (NIST, FedRAMP, etc.)