Cloud-Secured DevOps Engineer | CI/CD & Automation

Worky; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

NS2 Mission in Chantilly, VA, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support secure software delivery, cloud infrastructure, and modern development practices for a high-impact Intelligence Community program.

The role involves designing SecDevOps pipelines, automating deployments with Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform, and maintaining cloud infrastructure across environments. Collaboration with Agile teams and stakeholders is essential to ensure reliable data exchange and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Demonstrated experience supporting DevOps, SecDevOps, cloud engineering, or software delivery initiatives.
• Hands-on experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based applications and microservices.
• Experience with DevOps and development tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, and Ansible.
• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Experience supporting and administering cloud infrastructure, servers, and application environments.
• Experience deploying and maintaining web services within cloud environments, including experience with the Sponsor's C2E environment or comparable cloud platforms.
• Experience working with Agile requirements management, sprint planning, and project management tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, customers, and leadership.
• Experience designing or supporting solutions using relational databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, or AWS RDS.
• Understanding of software testing, configuration management, system administration, and application lifecycle practices.
• Experience with object-oriented programming concepts and familiarity with software development languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain SecDevOps and CI/CD pipelines supporting cloud-based microservices and enterprise applications.
• Automate application and infrastructure deployment using tools such as Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform.
• Support the operation, maintenance, and administration of cloud infrastructure, servers, and technical environments.
• Deploy, configure, monitor, and sustain web services and applications within cloud environments, including the Sponsor's C2E environment.
• Collaborate with Agile development teams to support requirements management, sprint planning, backlog activities, and technical delivery.
• Facilitate requirements discussions and stakeholder interviews, ensuring requirements are documented, traceable, validated, and aligned with system objectives.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including deployment procedures, transition plans, testing plans, data validation strategies, and migration activities.
• Support system integration and interfaces connecting Sponsor and partner systems while ensuring reliable data exchange and operational performance.
• Apply security policies, controls, and best practices throughout infrastructure, application, and deployment activities.
• Monitor and troubleshoot application and infrastructure issues, identifying opportunities to improve system reliability, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with technical teams and leadership to communicate status, risks, dependencies, and technical recommendations.

Skills

DevOps

SecDevOps

CI/CD

Cloud

Automation

Agile

Java

Python

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer-related field

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Ansible

Terraform

Jira

Confluence

Job description

NS2 Mission in Chantilly, VA, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support secure software delivery, cloud infrastructure, and modern development practices for a high-impact Intelligence Community program.

The role involves designing SecDevOps pipelines, automating deployments with Ansible, GitHub, Jenkins, and Terraform, and maintaining cloud infrastructure across environments. Collaboration with Agile teams and stakeholders is essential to ensure reliable data exchange and performance.