AWS DevOps Engineer – Cloud Automation & Security

Strategic Business Systems (SBS); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) retirement plan with company 
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Paid Time Off and holidays

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Job summary

Strategic Business Systems, SBS, seeks an AWS DevOps Engineer to join the Chantilly cloud engineering team. Build secure AWS infrastructure, develop IaC, and drive CI/CD to automate deployments for government-grade workloads.

The role emphasizes collaboration with architects, developers, and security engineers, requires US citizenship and ability to obtain clearance, and offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 2–5 years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, systems engineering, software development, or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience deploying and supporting workloads in AWS.
• Experience with core AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, API Gateway, and CloudWatch.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK, Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Experience building, maintaining, or supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Git and modern source-control practices.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar languages.
• Understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, and load balancing.
• Understanding of REST APIs, databases, and modern application architectures.
• Understanding of cloud security principles, IAM, secrets management, and least-privilege access.
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative engineering team.
• U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Ability to work onsite in Chantilly, VA.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, configure, and maintain secure AWS cloud infrastructure supporting mission‑critical applications and services.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CDK, CloudFormation, and/or Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds, testing, infrastructure provisioning, and deployments.
• Support the deployment and operation of cloud‑native and serverless applications utilizing AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, S3, SQS, and other AWS services.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads and supporting AWS infrastructure.
• Support cloud‑hosted databases including Amazon RDS PostgreSQL and DynamoDB.
• Automate common infrastructure, deployment, configuration, and operational tasks using scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
• Implement and maintain cloud monitoring, logging, and alerting utilizing AWS CloudWatch and related services.
• Configure and support AWS IAM, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager, and other security services following least‑privilege and cloud security best practices.
• Troubleshoot application, infrastructure, networking, deployment, and cloud service issues across development and production environments.
• Work with Git‑based development workflows, including branching, pull requests, code reviews, and automated deployments.
• Partner with software developers to deploy and operate applications utilizing Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and API‑based architectures.
• Collaborate with security teams to implement cloud security controls and support Federal security and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Participate in Agile development processes, technical planning, peer reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate new AWS services, DevOps tools, and automation capabilities that can improve platform reliability, security, and deployment velocity.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline

Tools

AWS CDK

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git

Job description

Strategic Business Systems, SBS, seeks an AWS DevOps Engineer to join the Chantilly cloud engineering team. Build secure AWS infrastructure, develop IaC, and drive CI/CD to automate deployments for government-grade workloads.

The role emphasizes collaboration with architects, developers, and security engineers, requires US citizenship and ability to obtain clearance, and offers a comprehensive benefits package.