DevOps Engineer (W2 only)

System One; Virginia (MN); Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer for a government contract. This role is 100% remote in the United States, requiring US citizenship and the ability to obtain a public trust clearance.

You will design, automate and optimize cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and security/compliance while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with developers, architects and QA to ensure reliable, scalable releases across teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in IT infrastructure, with 3+ years in cloud engineering or automation.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, engineering or related field; 4 years of exp may substitute.
• Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM).
• IaC experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Strong development background in Python, Bash or similar.
• US Citizenship required and ability to obtain a public trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence across teams.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CodePipeline) and support Docker/Kubernetes workloads.
• Enable automated testing, artifact management, and blue/green deployments.
• Implement observability, monitoring and logging (e.g., CloudWatch, X-Ray).
• Troubleshoot performance and reliability; define SLAs/SLOs.
• Automate provisioning, scaling, monitoring, security scanning and compliance.
• Ensure security, governance and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2).
• Implement IAM, encryption strategies, and secure networking.
• Collaborate with developers, architects and QA for smooth releases.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Mentoring

Python/Bash scripting

Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK

ArgoCD/GitHub Actions

Docker/Kubernetes

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Helm

Job description

AWS DevOps Engineer

US Citizenship is required per government contract

100% remote

What You Will Do:

• We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to design, automate and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines while ensuring applications are highly available, scalable, secure and cost-efficient.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services, automation frameworks, and DevOps best practices, while also capable of mentoring junior engineers and driving technical excellence across teams.
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline etc.) and support containerized workloads (Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes).
• Enable automated testing, artifact management, and blue/green or canary deployments.
• Implement observability, monitoring and logging solutions using AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray or third-party tools.
• Troubleshoot system performance, latency, reliability issues and define and maintain SLAs, SLOs.
• Automate provisioning, scaling, monitoring, recovery processes security scanning and vulnerability management with CI/CD.
• Ensure systems meets security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2 etc.) as applicable.
• Implement IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking.
• Work closely with developers, architects, and QA to ensure smooth releases.

What You Will Need:

• US Citizenship is required and the ability to obtain a public trust clearance
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related field. Additional Four (4) expedience can be used in lieu of degree.
• 6+ years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure, with atleast 3+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation
• Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, etc.)
• Assist senior transition team in account handoff validation, CI/CD pipeline validation, GitHub Actions audit, CodeBuild job review, Argo sync check, artifact migration, secrets verification, deployment dry runs, rollback prep, cutover support.
• Monitor deployment pipeline and build status, build troubleshooting, deployment automation, Helm chart maintenance, Dockerfile updates, environment config management, release coordination, developer support.
• Ownership of services like GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ArgoCD, Helm charts, Dockerfiles, secrets management, environment variables, deployment workflows, Terraform templates.
• Hands on experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
• Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate, mentor, help, and support other team members, as needed to solve complex operational and reliability problems.
• Strong development background in Python, Bash or similar

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (Highly desirable).
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other specialty certifications.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.