Cloud/DevOps Engineer - Hybrid

Tenet 3 LLC; Dayton (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Health Coverage

HSA Contribution

Retirement Plan (401k)

Educational Support

Disability & Life Insurance

Flexible Work Hours

Job summary

Tenet3 seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong IaC and automation background to support our client’s cloud initiatives. You will build resilient CI/CD pipelines, optimize cloud network topologies, and maintain proactive observability across environments.

The ideal candidate is an automation-driven systems thinker who bridges development and IT operations to ensure secure, scalable, and highly available systems. This hybrid role is based in Dayton, Ohio, and requires U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps or Cloud Engineering experience.
• Experience with multi-environment or hybrid setups.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong scripting skills in Python or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for repeatable and secure cloud deployments.
• Build, maintain, and refactor CI/CD pipelines to accelerate feature delivery, minimize risk, and reduce technical debt.
• Configure and manage observability tools, dashboards, and proactive alerting to detect and resolve issues.
• Respond to production issues, perform root cause analysis, and contribute to incident postmortems.
• Collaborate with development teams to align infrastructure design with application requirements.
• Document technical designs, runbooks, and standard operating procedures to ensure team alignment.
• Participate in sprint planning and advocate for automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
• Utilize Cloud & DevOps skills to design, provision, and maintain core cloud network topologies and troubleshoot connectivity across multi-environment setups.
• Enhance secrets management, access controls, and audit IAM roles/policies for least-privilege access in collaboration with security engineers.
• Improve visibility into cloud resource utilization and cost to support budget-aware engineering decisions.

Skills

DevOps

Cloud Engineering

Terraform

CI/CD

Python scripting

Observability

IAM security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/SE

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

Tenet3® is a digital knowledge management company based in Dayton, Ohio. We have deep roots in cybersecurity, system trustworthiness, and software/hardware assurance. We develop software products involving advanced machine learning and property graph representations to enhance human cognition. Tenet3 is a recognized leader in creating novel solutions for managing knowledge about complex systems. Our capabilities put data in context so that teams can generate meaningful insights. We leverage our knowledge management platform, MeTRA®, and sophisticated AI/ML tooling to rapidly build digital knowledge graphs using open data standards that make them accessible and usable across the lifecycle. Tenet3 is growing by applying our knowledge management platform to systems assurance, cybersecurity, and engineering change analyses.

Why Work Here

At Tenet3, our employee’s contributions are highly visible, valued, and rewarded. Be part of a team that supports both your personal and professional growth. Our team thrives in a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where we’re continuously pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. If you’re looking to work in a place that combines cutting-edge technology with a strong sense of culture and team spirit, and amazing benefits, then we are the place for you!

The Role

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer with a strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and automation to serve as a technical advocate supporting our client's cloud initiatives. This role involves collaborating with development and security teams to build resilient CI/CD pipelines, optimize core cloud network topologies, and maintain proactive observability and alerting tools. You will have the opportunity to leverage your expertise in cloud orchestration, scripting, and access management, working closely with our team to deliver high-impact, secure, and repeatable cloud deployments.

The ideal candidate would be an automation-driven systems thinker who understands that infrastructure is only as reliable as the code that provisions it. This position will bridge the gap between application development and IT operations, ensuring our client's mission-critical systems are secure, scalable, and highly available.

• Develop, maintain, and optimize infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for repeatable and secure cloud deployments
• Build, maintain, and refactor CI/CD pipelines to accelerate feature delivery, minimize risk, and reduce technical debt
• Configure and manage observability tools, dashboards, and proactive alerting to detect and resolve issues
• Respond to production issues, perform root cause analysis, and contribute to incident postmortems
• Collaborate with development teams to align infrastructure design with application requirements
• Document technical designs, runbooks, and standard operating procedures to ensure team alignment
• Participate in sprint planning and advocate for automation opportunities to improve operational efficiency
• Utilize Cloud & DevOps Skills to:
• Design, provision, and maintain core cloud network topologies and troubleshoot connectivity across multi-environment setups
• Enhance secrets management, access controls, and audit IAM roles/policies for least-privilege access in collaboration with security engineers
• Improve visibility into cloud resource utilization and cost to support budget-aware engineering decisions

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Core Technical Experience: 5+ years of professional engineering experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering, with a track record of identifying automation gaps, recommending IaC improvements, and troubleshooting multi-environment or hybrid setups.
• Cloud Infrastructure & IaC: Proficiency in modern IaC and orchestration tools (e.g., Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, CloudFormation), with experience managing core cloud network topologies.
• CI/CD & Automation Proficiency: Solid experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD) and strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash) for automating routine tasks and reducing manual toil.
• Observability & Reliability: Hands-on experience with industry-standard observability tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana) to develop proactive alerts, metrics, and dashboards.
• Security & Compliance: Experience managing secrets and access using tools like AWS Secrets Manager, Vault, or SSM, with a strong understanding of cloud IAM roles and least-privilege enforcement.
• Technical Communication & Collaboration: Clear communication of infrastructure requirements, risks, and opportunities, with a proven ability to partner effectively with developers and IT to support secure, reliable delivery pipelines.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, systems engineering, or a related technical field.

At Tenet3, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support both your personal and professional well-being:

• Generous Paid Time Off: Including PTO, sick days, and floating holidays to help you recharge.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: 100% paid medical, vision, and dental insurance for you and your family.
• HSA Contribution: Company contribution to help offset costs of the health insurance deductibles.
• Retirement Plan: 401(k) with company match
• Educational Support: Reimbursement for higher education, conferences, and self-study programs to support your continued learning.
• Disability & Life Insurance: Short-term and long-term disability, along with life insurance.
• Flexible Work Hours: Flex time to accommodate your work-life balance.

Tenet3 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.

This position requires current U. S. citizenship in order to achieve and maintain a security clearance.

The National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, section 2-209, indicates that Non-U.S. citizens are not eligible for security clearances in nearly all situations and are not eligible for access to Top Secret information under any circumstances.

This position is HYBRID in Dayton, Ohio.

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As set forth in Tenet3’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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