Remote AWS DevOps Engineer: CI/CD, Security & Observability

NTT DATA North America; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA North America seeks a DevOps Engineer to join our Arlington team in a remote-capable role. You’ll shape cloud architecture, mentor teammates, and accelerate adoption of AWS-based operations across the organization.

The ideal candidate has extensive AWS, IaC, and CI/CD experience, plus strong scripting and monitoring skills to drive secure, observable cloud environments. Eligible for company benefits and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience supporting production environments as a DevOps, Cloud, or SRE engineer.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures.
• Minimum 3 years of experience designing, deploying, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitHub runners, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Minimum 3 years of experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, or CDK).
• Minimum 3 years of experience with containerization and container orchestration (Docker, ECS, EKS, or Fargate).
• Minimum 3 years of experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash or Ansible for automation tasks.
• Minimum 2 years of experience implementing automated testing, static analysis, and security scanning within pipelines.
• Minimum 2 years of experience integrating APIs, ingesting data, and supporting cloud-based data workflows.
• Minimum 2 years of experience troubleshooting complex cloud environments and optimizing system performance.
• Minimum 2 years of experience creating system documentation, runbooks, and operational workflows.
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, CloudFormation, or CDK.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines supporting automated testing, secure deployments, and environment consistency.
• Implement and maintain logging, monitoring, and alerting for cloud systems using CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Splunk Prometheus, or similar tools.
• Support deployment and operational lifecycle of cloud applications using services such as Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3, Step Functions, SQD, SNS, EventBridge, and Fargate.
• Automate configuration management, environment provisioning, and operational workflows using Python, Bash, and other scripting languages.
• Integrate security controls, static code analysis, vulnerability checks, and compliance automation into DevOps pipelines.
• Collaborate closely with cybersecurity teams, software engineers, and data teams to ensure secure, reliable cloud operations.
• Review system architectures, reduce operational complexity, and ensure alignment with secure development and cloud best practices.
• Generate automated operational dashboards, documentation, and reporting to support system visibility and readiness.
• Mentor junior engineers, lead knowledge-sharing sessions, and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Drive improvements across automation, observability, and performance optimization.

Job description

NTT DATA North America seeks a DevOps Engineer to join our Arlington team in a remote-capable role. You’ll shape cloud architecture, mentor teammates, and accelerate adoption of AWS-based operations across the organization.

The ideal candidate has extensive AWS, IaC, and CI/CD experience, plus strong scripting and monitoring skills to drive secure, observable cloud environments. Eligible for company benefits and a competitive compensation package.