Senior AWS DevOps Engineer: AI-Driven Platform, Remote

Koniag Government Services; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Commuter benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Koniag Professional Services, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to deliver platform capabilities across AWS, Kubernetes, and automation layers for government IT environments. This remote role requires ability to obtain a Public Trust and collaborates with stakeholders to align delivery with federal requirements.

The candidate will work on CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability practices, supporting platform delivery for CRM,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in platform delivery in complex enterprise or government environments.
• Hands-on experience with AWS implementation, configuration, development, integration, testing, or operations.
• Experience working with Agile delivery teams and translating stakeholder needs into maintainable technical outcomes.
• Desirable: AWS certs (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps) or Kubernetes/Terraform certs.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, develop, integrate, test, document, and sustain AWS capabilities using AWS, EKS, ECS, Terraform, Packer, Vault, Consul, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, container platforms, and security automation.
• Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, container platform operations, monitoring, alerting, and secure deployment automation.
• Translate business, mission, security, accessibility, and operational requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Support platform architecture, backlog refinement, implementation planning, release readiness, and production transition activities.
• Develop reusable patterns, configuration standards, automation, documentation, and support procedures that reduce delivery and sustainment risk.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across platform configuration, code, data, APIs, identity, security, performance, and user experience.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data, infrastructure, QA, and change management teams to align delivery with federal operating expectations.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, design decisions, implementation notes, test evidence, and operational runbooks.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Public Trust

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Packer

Vault

Consul

GitHub Actions

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Koniag Professional Services, a Koniag Government Services company, is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to deliver platform capabilities across AWS, Kubernetes, and automation layers for government IT environments. This remote role requires ability to obtain a Public Trust and collaborates with stakeholders to align delivery with federal requirements.

The candidate will work on CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability practices, supporting platform delivery for CRM,