4 months ago
Fairfax, VA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and operate IaaS and PaaS infrastructure in AWS and Azure commercial and government clouds.
- Engineer and maintain deployment automation, scripting, deployment platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Own the reliability of non-production and production delivery environments, including operational response and environment refresh or restore activities.
- Use Kubernetes for container orchestration and management with a focus on scalability, reliability, and high availability.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to support system performance and availability.
- Participate in an on-call rotation supporting software and cloud infrastructure.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- 8+ years of experience in automated cloud infrastructure and cloud computing platforms.
- Strong hands-on cloud engineering or DevOps experience with AWS or Azure, including production-grade application deployments.
- Strong hands-on Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience.
- Knowledge of networking and internet protocols.
- Experience with containers, orchestration, and serverless architectures in Azure environments.
- Familiarity with IDEs and source control tools such as GitHub or GitLab.
- A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field is required.
- FedRAMP experience is preferred.
- Computer Science or object-oriented coding experience is preferred.
Benefits
- 100% remote within the continental United States.
- Long-term contract expected to last 3+ years.
- No security clearance is needed.
Tech Stack
Categories
DevOpsSite Reliability
About Ascending
ASCENDING Inc. is an IT services firm that designs, builds, and operates cloud solutions for enterprises, with a focus on AWS, DevOps, and application modernization. The company delivers consulting and engineering services—including migrations, Kubernetes and serverless implementations—and staffs technical roles for client projects. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Merrifield, Virginia, it is privately held.