Senior DevOps Engineer

TL;DR

Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/DevSecOps): Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure for large-scale AWS environments supporting Big Data processing, web applications, and healthcare reporting tools with an accent on embedding security controls, IaC, and compliance. Focus on automating security monitoring, remediating vulnerabilities, and ensuring federal standards like FISMA and NIST in containerized and data platform services.

Location: Fully remote within Eastern time zone (U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder required; must pass public trust clearance, lived in US 3/5 years).

Salary: $106,300 - $136,600

Company

Modern digital services company partnering with U.S. government agencies like CMS to build intuitive products for healthcare systems.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for applications and infrastructure.
• Embed security controls (SAST, DAST, SCA) throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage cloud infrastructure with IaC using Terraform and Terragrunt; secure Docker containerized applications.
• Collaborate with Java/Python/Django teams to remediate code and dependency vulnerabilities.
• Automate security monitoring, logging, and incident response in AWS; support Databricks and Redshift.
• Ensure compliance with FISMA, NIST, and CMS security requirements; promote security best practices.

Requirements

• All candidates must pass U.S. Federal public trust clearance: U.S. citizen, Green Card holder, or qualify via Foreign National system (lived in US 3/5 years, valid passport, visa/permit).
• Bachelor’s in CS/Engineering or 10+ years relevant experience (8 years specialized may substitute).
• 8+ years DevOps experience; proven in DevSecOps/Security Engineering.
• Strong AWS and cloud security; IaC with Terraform/Terragrunt; CI/CD with GitHub Actions.
• Containerization (Docker security); scripting (Python/Bash).

Nice to have

• CMS/federal agency experience; FISMA/NIST familiarity.
• Maven, Databricks/Redshift, Django security.
• Tools like Chompy, Nessus, BurpSuite, OWASP; AWS IAM/security groups.
• Certifications: AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, GSEC.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote in Eastern time zone (9 AM-5 PM ET); occasional travel <5%.
• Competitive salary and full healthcare benefits.
• Equal opportunity employer.