Infrastructure Engineer - TS/SCI w/ Poly required

Leading Path Consulting; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical premiums

PTO

Holidays

401K

Tuition reimbursement

SPOT bonuses

Team events

Career growth

Job summary

Leading Path Consulting seeks an Infrastructure DevOps Lead to design and implement complex cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions. You will be a hands-on technical leader with AWS expertise, IaC, and container orchestration to build scalable platforms.

In an Agile environment, you will mentor a DevOps team, drive security hardening, migrations to AWS, and continuous deployment pipelines, shaping architecture and collaborating with stakeholders to meet enterprise needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum eight years of experience leading development and implementation of complex infrastructure and DevOps solutions using Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead an Agile team using Kanban to deliver infrastructure and DevOps solutions.
• Provide hands-on leadership in cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment strategies.
• Guide technical direction using infrastructure as code principles and best practices.
• Navigate security processes and accreditation requirements with the customer to ensure compliance.
• Harden AWS environments and architectures to meet security and operational requirements.
• Mentor and manage a team of DevOps engineers; foster collaboration.
• Collaborate with external stakeholders to map requirements and deployments tasks.
• Work with development teams to align infrastructure with application needs.
• Lead cloud migration efforts from on-premises to AWS.
• Manage Kubernetes orchestration platforms (EKS preferred).
• Deploy and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous delivery.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Kanban

Cloud migrations

Infrastructure automation

Leadership

Security hardening

Architecture reviews

Collaboration with dev teams

DevOps best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Computer Engineering or related

Tools

Kubernetes (EKS)

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

Linux

Job description

The Infrastructure DevOps Lead will manage the design and implementation of complex cloud
infrastructure and DevOps solutions. In addition to being a hands-on technical leader with
experience in cloud migrations, infrastructure as code, and container orchestration, the lead will
use their firsthand technical expertise in AWS technologies and security hardening to develop
robust, scalable infrastructure platforms and solutions. They must be at ease working in an Agile
environment using Kanban methodologies, as well as embody a passion for continuous
improvement and innovation in infrastructure automation and deployment processes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead an Agile team using Kanban methodologies to deliver infrastructure and DevOps solutions
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader in cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment strategies
• Guide technical direction using infrastructure as code principles and best practices
• Navigate security processes and accreditation requirements with the customer to ensure compliance
• Harden AWS environments and architectures to meet stringent security and operational requirements
• Manage and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborative environment.
• Work with external stakeholders to map requirements and tasks for infrastructure deployments
• Collaborate with development teams to find integrated solutions that align infrastructure with application needs
• Lead cloud migration efforts from on-premises hardware to AWS infrastructure
• Manage container orchestration platforms, particularly Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Deploy and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous delivery of applications and infrastructure
• Scale COTS and GOTS applications to meet large enterprise application requirements
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in infrastructure automation and deployment processes
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance infrastructure offerings

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• Minimum of eight (8) years current experience leading the development and implementation of complex infrastructure and DevOps solutions applying Agile methodologies

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience leading Agile teams using Kanban methodologies to deliver infrastructure solutions
• Proven ability to navigate security processes and accreditation requirements with customers in complex environments
• Expertise in guiding technical direction using infrastructure as code technologies and frameworks
• Demonstrated experience hardening AWS environments and architectures to meet customer security and compliance requirements
• Established experience working with external stakeholders to map requirements and coordinate deployments tasks
• Proven ability to collaborate with development teams to identify and implement integrated solutions
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Kubernetes container orchestration (EKS preferred)
• Demonstrated experience leading cloud migration projects from on-premises hardware to AWS infrastructure
• Subject matter expert in infrastructure automation languages including Ansible and Terraform
• Proficiency with scripting languages including Python and Bash, and extensive Linux system administration experience
• Demonstrated experience deploying and managing CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and ArgoCD
• Proven ability taking COTS and GOTS applications and deploying them at scale for large enterprise applications
• Prior experience delivering software, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps solutions that adhere to the client or IC data handling, compliance, and security requirements

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience managing and securing networks enclaves in complex environments
• Experience deploying serverless solutions using AWS Lambda for automation and event-driven architectures
• Experience managing and scaling ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) clusters for logging and monitoring
• Experience with x.509 certificate management, PKI Infrastructure, and certificate lifecycle automation

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead an Agile team using Kanban methodologies to deliver infrastructure and DevOps solutions
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader in cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment strategies
• Guide technical direction using infrastructure as code principles and best practices
• Navigate security processes and accreditation requirements with the customer to ensure compliance
• Harden AWS environments and architectures to meet stringent security and operational requirements
• Manage and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, fostering a collaborative environment.
• Work with external stakeholders to map requirements and tasks for infrastructure deployments
• Collaborate with development teams to find integrated solutions that align infrastructure with application needs
• Lead cloud migration efforts from on-premises hardware to AWS infrastructure
• Manage container orchestration platforms, particularly Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
• Deploy and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous delivery of applications and infrastructure
• Scale COTS and GOTS applications to meet large enterprise application requirements
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in infrastructure automation and deployment processes
• Conduct architecture reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance infrastructure offerings

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
• Minimum of eight (8) years current experience leading the development and implementation of complex infrastructure and DevOps solutions applying Agile methodologies

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience leading Agile teams using Kanban methodologies to deliver infrastructure solutions
• Proven ability to navigate security processes and accreditation requirements with customers in complex environments
• Expertise in guiding technical direction using infrastructure as code technologies and frameworks
• Demonstrated experience hardening AWS environments and architectures to meet customer security and compliance requirements
• Established experience working with external stakeholders to map requirements and coordinate deployments tasks
• Proven ability to collaborate with development teams to identify and implement integrated solutions
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Kubernetes container orchestration (EKS preferred)
• Demonstrated experience leading cloud migration projects from on-premises hardware to AWS infrastructure
• Subject matter expert in infrastructure automation languages including Ansible and Terraform
• Proficiency with scripting languages including Python and Bash, and extensive Linux system administration experience
• Demonstrated experience deploying and managing CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and ArgoCD
• Proven ability taking COTS and GOTS applications and deploying them at scale for large enterprise applications
• Prior experience delivering software, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps solutions that adhere to the client or IC data handling, compliance, and security requirements

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience managing and securing networks enclaves in complex environments
• Experience deploying serverless solutions using AWS Lambda for automation and event-driven architectures
• Experience managing and scaling ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) clusters for logging and monitoring
• Experience with x.509 certificate management, PKI Infrastructure, and certificate lifecycle automation

Leading Path provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package including fully paid medical/dental/vision premiums, generous PTO, 11 Paid Holidays, 6% 401K contribution, annual training and tuition reimbursement, SPOT Award bonuses, regular team events, opportunities for professional growth and advancement and much more!

• fully paid medical/dental/vision premiums
• generous PTO
• 11 Paid Holidays
• 6% 401K contribution
• annual training and tuition reimbursement
• SPOT Award bonuses
• regular team events
• opportunities for professional growth and advancement and much more!