Cloud DevOps Engineer (.NET to EKS/EC2 with Jenkins (GovCloud)

Sensiple Inc.; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions firm is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer with expertise in AWS EKS and EC2 for a long-term contract. This role involves leading the migration of .NET applications and optimizing CI/CD processes using Jenkins. The ideal candidate will have 5 years in DevOps and practical knowledge of Docker and infrastructure-as-code. The position is remote, preferred candidates from Reston VA area are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 5 years in DevOps/SRE, with hands-on AWS EKS and EC2 deployments.
• Proven experience migrating .NET applications to containers or EC2.
• Strong Jenkins pipeline development skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration of .NET applications to Amazon EKS and/or EC2.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code for repeatable environments.
• Establish blue/green or rolling deployment strategies.

Skills

AWS EKS

EC2 deployments

Jenkins pipeline development

Docker

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or CloudFormation)

Tools

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Job description

Overview

Sensiple Inc is a New Jersey corporation with over two decades of expertise in technology-driven solutions specialising in Customer Experience, Contact Center Solutions, Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing & Independent Testing.

With an expert team that has enriched experience in executing & developing sustainable IT strategies in Healthcare, Technology, Retail, Logistics, Education, Telecommunications, Government and Media, we help our diverse customers to envision the future. By developing highly scalable and consistent solutions, our primary goal is to deliver excellence at all levels and delight our customers and drive them to a better future.

We are looking for a Cloud DevOps Engineer .NET to EKS/EC2 with Jenkins (GovCloud) opportunity with one of our clients.

Job Title: Cloud DevOps Engineer .NET to EKS/EC2 with Jenkins (GovCloud)

Location: Remote (preferred locations Reston VA, Washington DC, Maryland area)

Long term contract on W2/1099

Responsibilities

• Lead migration of .NET applications to Amazon EKS (Windows containers where applicable) and/or EC2 (lift-and-shift), including environment design and cutover strategy.
• Stand up/optimize Jenkins CI/CD for build, test, security scanning, container image packaging, and deployment to EKS/EC2.
• Define Kubernetes manifests/Helm charts, namespaces, networking/ingress, secrets management, and observability (CloudWatch/Prometheus).
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or CloudFormation) to provision repeatable environments (EKS node groups incl. Windows, EC2 ASGs, VPC, security groups).
• Establish blue/green or rolling deployment strategies with automated rollback, smoke tests, and change control alignment.

Qualifications

• 5 years in DevOps/SRE, with hands-on AWS EKS (cluster ops, node groups, Windows/Linux workloads) and EC2 deployments.
• Proven experience migrating .NET Framework/ASP.NET apps using Windows containers (or rehosting to EC2 where containers aren t feasible).
• Strong Jenkins pipeline development (declarative pipelines, shared libraries, integration with ECR/Kubernetes).
• Practical expertise with Docker, Amazon ECR, networking (VPC/ALB/NLB), IAM, and secrets (Secrets Manager/SSM Parameter Store).
• Solid grasp of logging/monitoring (CloudWatch, container logs, metrics/alerts) and security best practices in GovCloud environments.
• Familiarity with Windows authentication/gMSA and IIS in containers; migration to .NET 6/8 where feasible.

If you find yourself suitable for this position, kindly send your updated resume and expected hourly rate to ranjitnair at sensiple dot com

Regards

Ranjit Nair| Sensiple Inc.,

7 3 2 2 8 3 0 4 9 9 x 234

ranjitnair at sensiple dot com

555 US Highway 1 S, Ste 330 Iselin, NJ 08830

Sensiple, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, veteran or disability status.