Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer

ECS Corporate Services; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

ECS Corporate Services in Arlington, VA is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud environments. This hybrid role emphasizes automation, infrastructure-as-code, and reliable delivery pipelines to support software and security teams.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform, CI/CD, containers, Linux, networking, and scripting in Python or Go.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on DevOps/Cloud experience across cloud platforms.
• Strong scripting or development experience in Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, or similar.
• Experience with automation and infrastructure-as-code for production infrastructure.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure, cloud, networking, and deployment issues.
• Ability to collaborate with software, security, and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and improve scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Bicep.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for applications and configurations.
• Develop automation, tooling, and integrations using Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Deploy and operate containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Design cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and scaling.
• Support microservices, APIs, and cloud-native platforms.

Skills

DevOps Engineering

Cloud Engineering

Platform Engineering

Unix/Linux Administration

Infrastructure Automation

CI/CD Engineering

Networking

Virtual Infrastructure

Containerization and Kubernetes

Application Deployment and Operations

Software Development or Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering / related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

Go

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

ECS is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to work in our Arlington, VA (hybrid) office. We are looking for a talented Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer who is passionate about building, automating, and operating modern cloud environments. Strong candidates will have deep hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, containers, Linux, networking, and infrastructure-as-code, with a desire to continuously improve the reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency of technical environments. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing, building, automating, and operating cloud platforms and delivery pipelines. The ideal candidate will be comfortable writing code and automation, troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems, implementing cloud-native solutions, and partnering directly with software, security, and infrastructure teams.

Salary Range: $140,000-$200,000

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and improve scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or equivalent tools.
• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines supporting application, infrastructure, and configuration deployments.
• Develop automation, tooling, scripts, and integrations using languages such as Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Deploy and operate containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native container platforms.
• Design and implement cloud architectures using services across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, scaling, and operational workflows.
• Support the development and operation of microservices, APIs, distributed applications, and cloud-native platforms.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, and performance-management capabilities across applications and infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex issues involving Linux systems, networking, containers, cloud services, application deployments, and automation pipelines.
• Improve system reliability, availability, resiliency, performance, and operational efficiency through automation and engineering.
• Implement and maintain secure configuration, identity and access controls, secrets management, certificates, and cloud security best practices.
• Partner with software engineers to improve development workflows, deployment processes, and application operability.
• Partner with security engineers to integrate security controls into cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and development workflows.
• Identify repetitive operational processes and replace them with scalable automation.
• Evaluate new cloud, DevOps, platform engineering, and automation technologies and determine where they can improve the environment.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship while remaining actively involved in implementation and troubleshooting.

General Description of Benefits

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or another technical discipline, or an associate degree with equivalent years of relevant technical experience.
• At least 8 years of overall technical experience, including significant hands-on experience in several of the following areas: DevOps Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, Unix/Linux Administration, Infrastructure Automation, CI/CD Engineering, Networking and Virtual Infrastructure, Containerization and Kubernetes, Application Deployment and Operations, Software Development or Scripting.
• Strong scripting or development experience in at least one language such as Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, Perl, or similar.
• Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating production infrastructure using automation and infrastructure-as-code.
• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot complex infrastructure, cloud, networking, application, and deployment issues.
• Ability to work directly with software, security, and infrastructure teams to translate technical requirements into reliable and maintainable engineering solutions.
• Must successfully complete a stringent Background Investigation and obtain the required Government Security Clearance.