DevOps Engineer

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DevOps Engineer building secure AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure for VA.gov. Automating Terraform-based deployments, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and developer tooling for government digital services.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting VA.gov Platform
  • Develop reusable infrastructure modules, libraries, and automation for multiple engineering teams
  • Improve platform scalability, resiliency, reliability, and operational efficiency
  • Contribute to internal platform capabilities that improve developer experience
  • Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Terragrunt)
  • Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Jenkins, or similar technologies
  • Participate in business-hours support rotation and production on-call responsibilities
  • Troubleshoot production infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, deployment failures, and cloud services
  • Build infrastructure meeting security, availability, and performance requirements
  • Collaborate with security engineers to improve the Platform’s security posture

Requirements:

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • 10 years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer
  • Hands-on production experience with AWS as a primary cloud provider
  • Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes (Amazon EKS or equivalent)
  • Strong proficiency with Terraform (Terragrunt preferred)
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar platforms
  • Strong Linux systems administration and shell scripting experience
  • Working knowledge of networking fundamentals, DNS, TLS, load balancing, reverse proxies, and container networking
  • Experience with containerization technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience troubleshooting production infrastructure and distributed systems
  • Experience participating in production support and on-call rotations
  • Ability to work effectively with engineering teams and government stakeholders
  • U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident (Required)
  • Reliable internet service that allows for effective telecommuting

Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision
  • Health Saving Account (when enrolled in eligible plan) with Company contribution
  • Company paid Life, Accidental Death, Short-term & Long-term Disability
  • Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, & Critical Care Insurance
  • Voluntary Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Accrued Paid Time Off & Company Paid Holidays
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company match