Maximus is a trusted federal partner supporting mission-critical programs across national security, defense, and public service delivery. The DevOps / Release Management Engineer will design, implement, and maintain DevSecOps pipelines, automate deployment activities, and ensure system reliability while collaborating with various teams to streamline delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Designs, implements, and maintains DevSecOps pipelines supporting cloud-hosted mission systems
- Automates build, test, release, and deployment activities across development and operational environments
- Maintains system reliability, scalability, performance, and availability
- Implements Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for environment provisioning and configuration
- Supports software release management, version control, and change management activities
- Troubleshoots issues across development, test, and production environments
- Collaborates with developers, QA, cybersecurity, and operations teams to streamline delivery
- Ensures solutions comply with DoD cybersecurity, RMF, and secure configuration requirements
- Supports documentation, integration, testing, and accreditation activities
- Participates in Agile program increment (PI) planning and activities requiring periodic travels
Requirements:
- Active Secret security clearance required
- Bachelor's degree in related field required
- 5 years of experience in DevOps, software development, or system administration
- 3 years managing cloud services (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)
- 3 years developing and automating CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- 3 years collaborating with development, QA, and operations teams
- 3 years implementing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible)
- 3 years troubleshooting development, test, and production environments
- Practical experience supporting release management and deployment processes
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer certification
- Kubernetes Administrator certification
- Azure DevOps Engineer / Solution Expert certification
- Experience supporting DoD DevSecOps environments
- Experience supporting RMF accreditation and secure system deployments