Principal DevOps Engineer (AWSMSA-PRIN-04.012925)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Onsite / Hybrid (Springfield, VA or Herndon, VA)
• Job Type: Full-Time (FT)
• Salary: Not specified
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraphs required (VA)
• Requisition ID: AWSMSA-PRIN-04.012925

Description: This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code. The Principal DevOps Engineer will lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments, build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, and ensure operational excellence and reliability for full-stack applications. Responsibilities include implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions, driving security-first infrastructure design, and mentoring team members.

Requirements

• Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraphs required, current Customer eligibility (SBU, SIPR, JWICS, COE & Privileged User Accounts – requiring DoD 8140 Compliance).
• IC Green Badge: Required (YES)
• Customer Eligibility: Actively cleared with the Springfield, VA customer.
• Work Environment: Willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed, and participate in on-call rotation for production support.
• Experience: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a significant DevOps focus.
• Scripting: 5+ years of experience with bash/python scripting.
• CI/CD Tools: 5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc).
• AWS Experience: 5+ years experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Cloud-Native Technologies: 3+ years of experience with cloud-native technologies and AWS services (ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB).
• Security: 3+ years of experience with IAM policies, security groups, and network security.
• Infrastructure as Code: 3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation).
• Containerization: 3+ years of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS) and container orchestration.
• ATO & Security Documentation: 3+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and security documentation.
• Security Controls & Compliance: Proven track record implementing security controls and compliance requirements (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP).
• Secrets Management & Automation: 3+ years of experience with secrets management and security automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code.
• Lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex microservices architectures.
• Develop and maintain full-stack applications while ensuring operational excellence and reliability.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for production systems.
• Drive security-first infrastructure design and implementation.
• Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with disaster recovery.
• 2+ years in TypeScript, Python (Or OOP), writing and reviewing code for enterprise-scale applications.
• Container security and runtime protection knowledge.
• Security compliance automation and continuous monitoring.
• Database administration and optimization (RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Serverless architecture expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, etc).
• Background in full-stack web development (React, Node.js).
• Experience leading technical initiatives in large-scale environments.
• System design.