Cloud DevOps Engineer

RedLine Performance Solutions; College Park (MD); Remote; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

PTO & holidays

401k match

Wellness programs

Employee assistance

Professional development

Job summary

RedLine Performance Solutions is seeking a mid-level DevOps Engineer to support NOAA NESDIS contracts. The role focuses on Linux/Windows environments, AWS cloud services, and container-based data workflows.

You will implement scalable cloud architectures, automation, and secure access control in an Agile team. You will work remotely, collaborating with an AWS-focused team, adhering to Eastern Time core hours, and leveraging IaC and K8s to deploy HPC-friendly solutions with strong security

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related discipline
• 5+ years in Linux and/or Windows environments
• 5+ years building enterprise Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) on AWS, GCP, Azure
• Hands-on AWS cloud technologies and cloud infrastructure experience
• Experience with CI/CD, IaC, and DevOps tools (Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with microservice architectures and serverless (Lambda/Azure Functions)
• Experience with monitoring, networking, FEDRAMP awareness
• Proficient in Perl, Java, PowerShell, Bash, Python, YAML

Responsibilities

• Implement and support AWS services (API Gateway, WAF, Lambda, SQS, EC2, S3, VPC).
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and IaC via CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Manage AWS EKS clusters and containerized microservices for scalable data workflows.
• Configure, deploy, and secure AWS IAM roles, policies, and access controls.
• Collaborate on cloud platform development using multiple languages and tools.
• Develop tooling and documentation for support teams addressing complex cloud issues.

Skills

Linux/Windows

Cloud services

AWS

Azure

GCP

CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

FedRAMP

Python

PowerShell

YAML

Education

BS in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

CloudFormation

Ansible

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Puppet

Chef

Gradle

Maven

Terraform

Job description

RedLine Performance Solutions (RedLine) has been in the HPC solutions engineering services business for over 26 years and is consistently determined to keep the "bar of excellence" quite high for new hires. This enables RedLine to accomplish what other firms cannot and promotes a high level of staff retention. We offer services ranging from full life cycle HPC systems engineering to remote managed services to HPC program analysis and development. We are located in the Washington, DC area and are looking for the right candidate to join us as a DevOps Engineer.

This position will support the NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) Integrated Information Services contract. This is a mid-level DevOps position supporting variety of projects to evaluate emerging technologies and solutions for the enterprise. Ideal candidates will have strong technical aptitude, hands on programming capability, curiosity, and desire to build cool innovative tools while working as a member of an Agile team. This position involves work in a Linux/AWS Cloud environment supporting analytics-focused cloud data architectures.

The Cloud DevOps Engineer will collaborate with the AWS Cloud Architect and AWS DevOps/Automation Engineer in architecting, configuring, and testing AWS cloud native services to implement an authoritative data environment using AWS services.

US citizenship, living in the US for the last 3 years and the ability to obtain a Public Trust security clearance are mandatory requirements for this position. This is a remote position but will work Eastern Time core hours. This full-time, direct hire position offers a full benefits package including paid time off, 401k match, short- and long-term disability coverage and PPO health care benefits.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Implement and support AWS services: API Gateway, WAF, Lambda, SQS, EC2, IAM, S3, Security Group, VPC, etc.
• Strong familiarity with modern DevOps principles, practices, methods, and tools.
• Provide implementation guidance/support to the customer throughout the project life cycle.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large- and small-scale systems
• Provide experienced knowledge and/or develop competency on Terraform, Ansible, Cloud native automation tools
• Provision, maintain, and support AWS EKS clusters and containerized microservices to enable scalable, reliable data processing workflows.
• Configure, deploy, and manage AWS EC2 instances running PBS (Portable Batch System) to support batch processing and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
• Administer AWS IAM roles, policies, and permissions, ensuring appropriate access controls based on user and group assignments.
• Collaborate with team to develop, stand-up, and support of cloud platform using a variety of programming languages and cloud-native technologies.
• Develop and implement systems using Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager)
• Develop tools and documentation to enable the support organizations to resolve customer issues, including complex technical scenarios dealing with cloud architecture.
• Implement and support containerization (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) framework solutions in deployment and operations
• Integrate systems using a wide variety of protocols like REST, SOAP, MQ, TCP/IP, JSON, and others.

Minimum Requirements:

• BS in Computer Science or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in Linux and/or Windows
• 5+ years of experience developing & engineering enterprise Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) using leading cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure. Must include networking, compute, storage, database, identify management/access control, monitoring, etc.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies and cloud infrastructure, including networking, VPCs, S3, RDS, ELB, Route53, HPC, SQS, Auto Scaling, Direct Connect, VGWs, and DNS
• Experience with Azure cloud technologies including ARM, VN, Blob, Files, VMs, ACS, VM Scale Sets, PaaS services
• Must possess hands‑on experience with some of these using industry standard DevOps tools: CI/CD, CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, Git, scripting, Gradle, Maven, Chef, Puppet, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Must possess hands‑on experience building Micro‑Service Architectures and decoupled systems (e.g., Lambda, Azure Functions)
• Experience with monitoring and network management tools and technologies and network engineering concepts (e.g., IPsec, Routing, NAT, DNS).
• Working knowledge of FEDRAMP and experience applying best practices for building/deploying secure and reliable services and applications on FEDRAMP- compliant Cloud platforms
• Experience using coding languages such as Perl, Java, PowerShell, Bash, Python, and YAML

Preferred Certifications:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional;
• Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies; Architect with Google Cloud Platform:
• Infrastructure, MS Network Certifications

Total Rewards:

• Salary band: $100,000 – $110,000/year
• Medical, dental & vision coverage with substantial company contribution
• Paid time off (PTO) + 11 paid holidays
• Company Match retirement savings (401k)
• Employee wellness programs & gym discounts
• Employee assistance & concierge services
• Professional development resources