Cloud Native Architect — AWS, DevSecOps & Containers

ZipStaff Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) + 401(k) matching

Paid time off

Referral Program

Job summary

ZipStaff is hiring a Cloud Computing Application Architect for a government technology client. You will design, build, secure and operate a cloud-native container platform on AWS, and contribute to DevOps strategy for critical mission systems.

This role emphasizes automation of builds, testing and releases across environments, and advising on secure container adoption using IaC such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation or Terraform.

Qualifications

• 2+ years developing tools and processes to drive DevOps/DevSecOps maturity.
• Experience developing, managing and securing cloud-native container solutions in AWS.
• Experience with IaC such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of DevOps/DevSecOps experience, or 8+ years in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Engineer container management and cloud management solutions on AWS.
• Contribute to strategy and design, ensuring standards are met throughout containerization.
• Automate builds, regression testing, monitoring and releases across environments.
• Recommend resources to help the client securely adopt containers.

Skills

DevOps maturity

AWS containers

IaC CDK/TF

Secret clearance

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree + 4+ years DevOps/DevSecOps

8+ years in lieu of a degree

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS CDK

TypeScript

CloudWatch

OpenSearch

AWS Organizations

Python

Bash

Job description

ZipStaff is hiring a Cloud Computing Application Architect for a government technology client. You will design, build, secure and operate a cloud-native container platform on AWS, and contribute to DevOps strategy for critical mission systems.

This role emphasizes automation of builds, testing and releases across environments, and advising on secure container adoption using IaC such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation or Terraform.