Remote DevOps Engineer – CI/CD, AWS, Terraform

Cogent People Inc.; Columbia (MD); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan with matching

Life Insurance & Disability Coverage

Paid Time Off: 3 weeks + 10 holidays

Job summary

Cogent People Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer (CI/CD) to support a mission-critical, large-scale system serving the Federal Government in the healthcare domain.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in CI/CD tools and practices, build systems (Gradle), AWS, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Linux operations. Responsibilities include creating automated CI/CD pipelines on AWS Linux environments, supporting toolchains, governance, and deployment automation, and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of direct experience with CI/CD processes and toolchain (Jenkins, Groovy).
• 2+ years of direct experience with RedHat Ansible.
• 5+ years of experience with AWS.
• 2+ years of experience with Linux operations, including scripting (bash, Python).
• Experience with build systems (Gradle) and JVM-based development platforms (Scala).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code via terraform.
• Strong attention to detail and high-quality work.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across teams.
• Able to manage time and prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines across multiple Linux environments on AWS.
• Support CI/CD toolchain integration, maintenance, change management, and testing.
• Develop policies, standards, guidelines, and governance for CI/CD operations.
• Support developers with source control operations through build automation, merge resolution, test automation, and deployments.
• Configuration management across multiple environments on AWS.
• Support development teams with containerization, infrastructure, and deployments.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

Groovy

Linux scripting

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Gradle

Scala

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Terraform

Gradle

Job description

Cogent People Inc. is seeking a DevOps Engineer (CI/CD) to support a mission-critical, large-scale system serving the Federal Government in the healthcare domain.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in CI/CD tools and practices, build systems (Gradle), AWS, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Linux operations. Responsibilities include creating automated CI/CD pipelines on AWS Linux environments, supporting toolchains, governance, and deployment automation, and collaborating with