Gov-Grade DevOps Engineer for Secure Data Platform (Onsite)

J5 Consulting; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-paid health coverage

6% 401(k) match

PTO

tuition reimbursement

bonuses

professional development

Job summary

J5 Consulting is building a secure, data-centric platform for government and commercial clients in the Washington, DC area. You will drive DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure, focusing on scalable, compliant architectures and cross-functional collaboration.

You will work with AWS services, containerization, and IaC tools while coordinating with stakeholders to deliver robust solutions. A high-security clearance culture is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Agile/Scrum in fast-paced teams.
• Ability to gather requirements from stakeholders and translate into technical solutions.
• Self-directed with strong ownership of code quality, testing, and docs.
• Hands-on DevOps engineering with CI/CD, IaC, and cloud services.
• Experience with AWS services and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement a coherent secure data ecosystem aligned with Sponsor’s data strategy.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Operate AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch) and container platforms (Docker/Podman).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit requirements and deliver technical solutions.
• Mentor teammates on DevOps best practices and cloud fundamentals.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Cross-functional teamwork

Stakeholder collaboration

Code quality, testing, and docs

DevOps engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS

Docker/Podman

Bash/Python scripting

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Prometheus/CloudWatch

Git workflows

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

AWS

Docker

Podman

PostgreSQL

MySQL

CloudFormation

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Job description

J5 Consulting is building a secure, data-centric platform for government and commercial clients in the Washington, DC area. You will drive DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure, focusing on scalable, compliant architectures and cross-functional collaboration.

You will work with AWS services, containerization, and IaC tools while coordinating with stakeholders to deliver robust solutions. A high-security clearance culture is expected.