DevOps Engineer
The Swift Group2 months ago
Herndon, VA, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure for multiple development teams.
- Automate complete infrastructure deployments using CloudFormation and Ansible.
- Manage infrastructure scripts and templates in GitHub using git for version control.
- Manage AWS EC2 Elastic Load Balancers and auto-scaling groups.
- Configure AWS CloudWatch alarms, dashboards, and alerts.
- Manage files and permissions in AWS S3.
- Build and maintain Jenkins pipelines.
- Troubleshoot Linux systems and write Bash scripts.
- Assist security teams with implementing security controls and compliance measures.
- Monitor servers and infrastructure for issues.
- Set up and manage API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, SNS, and Kubernetes infrastructure as needed.
Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant DevOps experience.
- Experience with AWS Elastic Load Balancers, auto-scaling groups, EC2, CloudWatch, S3, and CloudFormation.
- Experience building infrastructure as code with YAML-based AWS CloudFormation templates.
- Strong Linux troubleshooting and Bash scripting skills.
- Experience building and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience using Ansible for server automation.
- Strong knowledge of git and GitHub for infrastructure-as-code version control.
- Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
- AWS certification and experience with API Gateway, Lambda, SQS, SNS, Kubernetes, and multi-team environments are desired.
Benefits
- Onsite position in Herndon, Virginia.
- A $5,000 employee referral bonus is paid at the referred hire’s 90-day mark.
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About The Swift Group
The Swift Group is a privately held IT services and solutions firm headquartered in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2019. It delivers software development, systems engineering, data science, cyber enablement, logistics, and training to U.S. civilian, defense, and intelligence community clients, largely via federal contracts. Engagements often involve global operations and secure environments, and many positions require U.S. citizenship and high-level clearances (e.g., TS/SCI with polygraph).