Senior Backend DevOps Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

VetsEZ is a company supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Joint Longitudinal Viewer (JLV) program, a clinical application that aggregates patient data from VA and DoD systems. The Senior Backend DevOps Engineer will operate AWS ECS-based microservices, build CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code solutions, and support observability, security, compliance, high availability, and production reliability in a remote role.

Responsibilities:

• Operate and optimize Amazon ECS deployments for JLV backend microservices
• Configure and manage service scaling, task definitions, health checks, and blue/green deployment strategies
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions aligned with VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) architecture standards
• Support multi-region high availability and disaster recovery environments within AWS GovCloud
• Design, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines for containerized microservices
• Automate build, test, security scanning, deployment, verification, and rollback processes
• Create repeatable deployment procedures and release workflows supporting VA governance requirements
• Automate system configuration, database updates, performance tuning, and post-deployment validation
• Build and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and notification systems for JLV backend services
• Execute backup, restore, outage recovery, and incident response procedures
• Develop operational runbooks and support production readiness activities
• Establish performance baselines and support load testing and release validation
• Implement security controls supporting FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, FISMA, and VA compliance frameworks
• Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines and operational workflows
• Support continuous monitoring, audit activities, and remediation efforts
• Implement IAM solutions following government cloud best practices
• Partner with backend engineers, product teams, security teams, and operations personnel
• Support production issue triage and service reliability improvements
• Guide releases through VA governance and approval processes
• Maintain architecture documentation, deployment guides, and operational procedures
• Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and ensure the success of the project

Requirements:

• Experience operating containerized microservices on AWS ECS
• Strong understanding of container orchestration, service scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring
• Proficiency with AWS CLI and production cloud operations
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines for enterprise environments
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code practices and automation frameworks
• Working knowledge of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, FISMA, and government cloud compliance requirements
• Experience implementing observability solutions, incident response processes, and SRE practices
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, security groups, and multi-region disaster recovery architectures
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance or higher
• Experience working in AWS GovCloud environments
• Familiarity with VA Enterprise Cloud architecture and deployment patterns
• Experience supporting healthcare applications or clinical viewer platforms
• Familiarity with deployment governance, operational readiness reviews, and production operations management
• Experience integrating with VA or DoD healthcare systems and services
• Knowledge of VIP lifecycle processes and associated release documentation