Remote Cloud DevSecOps Engineer (Edifecs/AWS)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG); Charlottesville (VA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) seeks a talented Edifecs DevSecOps Engineer to lead cloud migration and secure AWS architecture for VA environments. You will design CI/CD pipelines, configure IAM, and implement monitoring and encryption strategies across multi-account AWS setups.

The role requires 8+ years in cloud engineering with strong Edifecs experience, HIPAA/GDPR/PCI DSS awareness, and the ability to work remotely on a US-based team supporting VA missions.

Qualifications

• A proven track record of designing, deploying, and managing AWS infrastructure and services.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability, and scalable cloud architecture.
• Expertise in core AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and Route 53.
• Experience with AWS security practices and services including IAM, Shield, and WAF.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, or NodeJS for automation.
• Experience with IaC tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK.
• Proficiency in monitoring or logging tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and third-party tools.
• Experience in performance optimization and troubleshooting AWS resources.
• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSS).
• Sponsors encryption, key management, and identity/access management solutions within AWS.
• Knowledge of AWS database services such as RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, and Redshift.
• Experience in CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CodePipeline, CodeBuild).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead the migration to the cloud.
• Create data flow diagrams, cloud diagrams, transition diagrams, and high-level architecture diagrams on Cloud Infrastructure, applications, and systems.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation technologies for CI/CD.
• Manage and control permissions in the cloud service provider for each cloud application, storage, and service.
• Implement, manage, and design monitoring capabilities for cloud architecture and cloud-hosted systems and applications to ensure optimal performance and compliance with VA and federal policies.
• Provide customer-focused support for VA Enterprise Cloud environments.
• Provide cloud support services for VAEC AWS GovCloud environments, ensuring VIP development, release, and documentation requirements.
• Adopt a DevOps mindset with an understanding of CI/CD practices and tooling.
• Provide Cloud Security Provider Documentation.
• Design VAEC/cloud-hosted solutions and address cloud-readiness gaps.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Terraform

CloudFormation

EC2

S3

IAM

CloudWatch

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Edifecs

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) seeks a talented Edifecs DevSecOps Engineer to lead cloud migration and secure AWS architecture for VA environments. You will design CI/CD pipelines, configure IAM, and implement monitoring and encryption strategies across multi-account AWS setups.

The role requires 8+ years in cloud engineering with strong Edifecs experience, HIPAA/GDPR/PCI DSS awareness, and the ability to work remotely on a US-based team supporting VA missions.