Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - Top SECRET - Fully ONSITE

Visual Soft, Inc; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 3 weeks

Public holidays

Health insurance match

401k with company match

Profit sharing

Life insurance

Job summary

Visual Soft, Inc in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and maintain mission-critical cloud infrastructure in a classified AWS environment. This fully onsite role requires TS clearance and a Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience.

The candidate will implement CI/CD pipelines, manage Linux systems, and enforce security/compliance standards in a DoD/IC context, utilizing AWS, Terraform, and DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• US citizenship with active TOP SECRET clearance (required).
• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience in cloud architecture and automation for DoD/IC environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using AWS and Terraform (IaC).
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Administer and optimize Linux-based systems for availability, security, and compliance.
• Develop automation scripts with Bash, Python, or PowerShell for provisioning and monitoring.
• Configure VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and encryption in AWS.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevSecOps practices and improve release cycles.
• Monitor production systems with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and related tools.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies to support rapid delivery cycles.
• Support accreditation and compliance activities under DoD/IC security frameworks (NIST, RMF, FedRAMP).
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of DevOps workflows.

Skills

Cloud DevOps expertise

Agile/Scrum

Security/compliance knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Linux

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

AWS CodePipeline

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - Top SECRET - Fully ONSITE

• Information Technology

Visual Soft, Inc is seeking qualified candidates (US Citizens with active TOP SECRET clearance - a requirement onits Project with a Major Prime) for the following position for a federal agency.

Job Title: DevOps Engineer - Senior
Location: Huntsville, AL - fully ONSITE
Salary: based on experience on other qualifications.
Clearance: TOP SECRET is a must and job is fully ONSITE
Education: Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to support the design, automation, deployment, and maintenance of mission-critical cloud infrastructure in a classified AWS environment. This is a fully onsite role in Huntsville, AL, supporting national security and defense programs that demand strict adherence to security and compliance standards.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in AWS cloud services, Terraform infrastructure as code, Linux system administration, and Agile/Scrum practices, with a proven track record in building scalable, secure, and automated DevSecOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using AWS services and Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Administer and optimize Linux-based systems, ensuring high availability, security, and compliance.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, or PowerShell for provisioning and monitoring.
• Configure and manage networking, VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and encryption policies in AWS environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevSecOps practices, improving release cycles and reliability.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) to support rapid delivery cycles.
• Support accreditation and compliance activities under DoD/IC security frameworks (NIST, RMF, FedRAMP).
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of DevOps workflows.

Standard benefits

• 3 weeks of Paid time off (PTO that includes sick leave).
• Any unused PTO will be issued as a check at the end of an employee's anniversary with us.
• we also provide 2 floating and 8 public holidays.
• Floating and holidays expire at the end of every year of service of an employee.
• In addition, company will cover 50% of health and dental insurances only for all full time employees, however, dependents can be added at extra cost.
• Employee's health and dental coverage becomes effective after 30 days or first of the month after an employee completes initial 30 working days, we cover 50% for the employee's health and dental insurances.
• An employee has to finish all of your paper work for health and dental in the first 30 days of your employment with us.
• We provide STD, LTD and one time salary equivalent of life insurance at NO cost to all full time employees.
• All full time employees or w-2 employees with no benefits will be eligible to participate in company's 401k program after 90 days of employment with a company match of 4%, immediate vesting.
• In addition, all w-2 employees are eligible to be part of company's profit sharing, no employee contributions required.