Remote Federal Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer

Koniag Government Services; Chantilly (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Koniag Technology Solutions, inc a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an Architect/DevOps Engineer to support KTS and our government customer. The position is remote and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

You will design scalable cloud-native architectures and lead secure deployment across Federal systems. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, implementing Zero Trust per NIST, data encryption, and ensuring high availability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 8 years of combined experience in systems architecture and DevOps or infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years focused on federal government systems.
• Certifications in AWS/GCP/Azure or Kubernetes are strongly preferred; security certifications are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and document a scalable, multi-tenant system architecture that supports 10+ USDA agencies.
• Ensure architecture aligns with cloud.gov hosting requirements and federal data standards.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CircleCI) for automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Implement and maintain Zero Trust Architecture per NIST SP 800-207.
• Ensure all data is encrypted at rest and in transit using FIPS 140-2 validated solutions.
• Manage deployment scripts and infrastructure configuration as the system evolves.
• Support API design for integration with USDA mission systems.
• Conduct vulnerability scanning and support security assessments and penetration testing.
• Ensure systems meet 99.99% availability requirements during business hours.
• Maintain an inventory of all devices and media storing sensitive government information.

Skills

CI/CD tools

Infrastructure as code

FedRAMP & NIST controls

Zero Trust principles

Cloud platforms (cloud.gov, AWS Gov/AA

API design

DevSecOps

Security tooling (ZAP, Snyk)

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Cybersecurity

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CircleCI

OWASP ZAP

Snyk

Job description

Koniag Technology Solutions, inc a Koniag Government Services company is seeking an Architect/DevOps Engineer to support KTS and our government customer. The position is remote and requires the ability to obtain a Public Trust.

You will design scalable cloud-native architectures and lead secure deployment across Federal systems. Responsibilities include building CI/CD pipelines, implementing Zero Trust per NIST, data encryption, and ensuring high availability.