DevOps Engineer

Ses Corporation; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k with employer contribution

Paid Time Off

Pet Insurance

Job summary

SES is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle). The role focuses on modernizing infrastructure for resiliency, security, and cost efficiency while enabling seamless deployment pipelines.

The position is hybrid with on-site support as needed and requires candidates to be within 50 miles of Boston, MA or Huntsville, AL, with an interim Secret clearance to start and pro-active security practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years of experience in DevOps or related field preferred.
• Experience with AWS, multi-cloud environments, and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Support and modernize a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle).
• Manage and troubleshoot cloud-based infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure security hardening and STIG compliance across systems.
• Provide operational support for production systems and disaster recovery.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

GitLab

CI/CD

Linux

Security STIG

Backup & Recovery

C#

.NET

Angular

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

ServiceNow

ITIL

Job description

This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a DevOps Engineer. SES is seeking a DevOps Engineer supporting AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location

This position required is hybrid with on-site support as needed. Candidate must be within 50 miles of Boston, MA or Huntsville/Montogomery, AL.

Requirements

Candidates for this role should demonstrate working knowledge in the following areas:

• AWS Infrastructure Fundamentals
• Understanding of core AWS services (EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, S3)

Ability to manage, troubleshoot, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure

Familiarity with networking concepts (subnets, security groups, routing)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Experience writing, modifying, and deploying Terraform configurations
• Understanding of state management, modules, and environment separation

• Ability to troubleshoot failed deployments and configuration issues
• Git-Based Source Control (GitLab Preferred)
• Proficiency with Git workflows (branching, merging, version control)
• Experience working with GitLab or similar platforms
• Ability to manage and review infrastructure code changes
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Understanding of pipeline-based deployments (build, test, deploy stages)
• Experience troubleshooting pipeline failures
• Familiarity with automating infrastructure deployments
• System Administration (Linux/Server Management)
• Basic system administration skills (file systems, services, permissions)
• Experience managing server configurations and performance
• Ability to troubleshoot system-level issues
• Security Hardening & STIG Compliance
• Familiarity with system hardening practices
• Understanding of STIGs or similar security baselines
• Ability to apply and validate secure configurations
• Backup and Recovery Operations
• Understanding of backup strategies and data protection concepts
• Experience verifying backups and performing restore operations
• Awareness of disaster recovery principles
• ServiceNow (Basic Administration)
• General familiarity with ServiceNow platform structure and environments
• Ability to support administrative tasks and environment operations
• Understanding of how platform performance ties to underlying infrastructure
• Troubleshooting & Operational Support
• Ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, pipelines, and applications
• Strong problem-solving skills across multiple technical layers
• Experience supporting production systems

Required Skills

• Bachelor's and 8+ years or more of experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Coding language experience required: C#, .NET, Angular (Javascript)
• Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain Secret clearance required to maintain employment
• US citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
• ITIL Certification

Benefits

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance