Cloud Engineer (DevOPS) - CLEARANCE with POLYGRAPH REQUIRED
Constellation Technologies, Inc8 months ago
Springfield, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$125k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement distributed applications using cloud-native AWS architectures.
- Develop Bash and Python scripts and enterprise-scale software.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and related tools.
- Implement infrastructure as code using AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
- Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, and ECS.
- Configure AWS services including ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.
- Implement IAM policies, security groups, network security, secrets management, and security automation.
- Support ATO processes, security documentation, NIST 800-53 controls, FedRAMP requirements, and DevSecOps practices.
- Use SonarQube and Snyk for security scanning and code quality activities.
- Monitor, log, and alert on production systems using CloudWatch and Prometheus.
- Participate in production on-call rotation and support systems in SCIF environments.
- Contribute to disaster recovery, database optimization, serverless architecture, and scalable system design.
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active polygraph are required.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, or four additional years of relevant experience in place of the degree.
- Five years of professional software engineering experience with significant DevOps focus.
- Five years of experience with Bash or Python scripting, CI/CD tools and practices, and AWS services or cloud-native architecture patterns.
- Three years of experience with AWS cloud-native services, IAM policies, security groups, network security, infrastructure as code, containerization, container orchestration, ATO processes, and security documentation.
- Five years of relevant design, implementation, or consulting experience with distributed applications.
- Three years of software development experience using Python and three years of experience with secrets management and security automation.
- Experience implementing security controls and compliance requirements, including NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP.
- Background with SonarQube, Snyk, DevSecOps, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
- Willingness to work in a SCIF daily or as needed and participate in an on-call rotation.
- Preferred qualifications include disaster recovery, TypeScript, object-oriented programming, container security, security compliance automation, database administration, serverless architecture, React, Node.js, technical initiative leadership, scalable system design, AWS certifications, and AWS Delivery Certification in Solution Services.
Benefits
- Healthcare options with 80% employer-paid premiums and a company-funded HSA.
- Dental insurance and vision insurance with 80% employer-paid premiums.
- Employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance at 100%.
- Annual training, continued education, professional membership reimbursement, and access to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and AWS training and accreditation.
- Annual technology reimbursement for items such as phones, computers, and printers.
- 401(k) with up to 5% company match and 100% immediate vesting after 90 days.
- Professional development investment, paid time off for training, leadership mentorship, team-building events, performance recognition, and complimentary branded apparel.
- Contract and work locations are available in Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Florida, and Hawaii; the role requires SCIF work daily or as needed.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBAWSBashDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDKubernetesMongoDBNode.jsPrometheusPythonReactSonarQubeTerraformTypeScript
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