Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer

Everforth ECS; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Professional development

Job summary

Everforth ECS seeks a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable cloud platforms and delivery pipelines in our Arlington, VA hybrid office. You will collaborate with software, security, and infra teams and contribute to automation, security, and efficient cloud operations.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, writing code, and tooling across Terraform, CloudFormation, IaC, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a technical discipline; 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps/Cloud
• Experience designing, building, and operating production infra with automation and IaC
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex infra, cloud, networking, and deployment issues

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and improve scalable cloud infra.
• Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or equivalent.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for application, infra, and config deployments.
• Develop automation, tooling, scripts, and integrations using Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Deploy and operate containerized apps using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native platforms.
• Design cloud architectures using AWS, Azure, and/or GCP services.
• Automate provisioning, config management, deployment, monitoring, scaling, and workflows.
• Support microservices, APIs, distributed apps, and cloud-native platforms.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, and performance-management.
• Troubleshoot Linux, networking, containers, cloud services, deployments, and automation pipelines.
• Improve reliability, availability, resiliency, performance, and efficiency via automation.
• Ensure secure configurations, IAM, secrets, certificates, and cloud security best practices.
• Collaborate with software and security to improve workflows and deployment processes.
• Identify and replace repetitive ops tasks with scalable automation.
• Evaluate new cloud/DevOps technologies and adoption as appropriate.

Skills

Cloud infra

CI/CD

Terraform

Python

Go

PowerShell

Bash

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Security

SRE

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or related technical field

Associate degree + equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Pulumi

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Job description

ECS is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineerto work in our Arlington, VA (hybrid)office.

We are looking for a talentedSenior DevOps / Cloud Engineerwho 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 ahands-on engineering rolefocused 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.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and improve scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using technologies such asTerraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or equivalent tools.
• Build, maintain, and improveCI/CD pipelinessupporting application, infrastructure, and configuration deployments.
• Develop automation, tooling, scripts, and integrations using languages such asPython, Go, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Deploy and operate containerized applications usingDocker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native container platforms.
• Design and implement cloud architectures using services acrossAWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Automate provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, scaling, and operational workflows.
• Support the development and operation ofmicroservices, 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.
• 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 least8 years of overall technical experience, including significant hands-on experience in several of the following areas:
• Infrastructure Automation
• 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 asPython, 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.

Desired Skills

• Strong understanding ofGitand modern source-control workflows.
• Strong experience withPython, Golang, C#, Java, or another general-purpose programming language.
• Strong experience withBash and/or PowerShell.
• Deep knowledge ofLinux administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and core system services.
• Strong understanding ofTCP/IP networking, DNS, HTTP/S, load balancing, firewalls, routing, proxies, and network troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience withAWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience withTerraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Pulumi, or equivalent infrastructure-as-code technologies.
• Experience withDocker, Kubernetes, Helm, and container orchestration platforms.
• Experience designing and maintainingCI/CD pipelinesusing platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or equivalent tools.
• Experience with configuration-management technologies such asAnsible, Puppet, Chef, or equivalent tools.
• Experience implementingmonitoring, logging, alerting, and observabilityusing platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Splunk, Elastic, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience with cloud identity and access management, secrets management, encryption, certificates, and secure cloud configuration.
• Familiarity withSite Reliability Engineering (SRE)concepts such as service-level objectives, availability, resiliency, capacity management, and incident response.
• Experience supporting highly available, fault-tolerant, and distributed systems.
• Experience integrating automated testing, security scanning, policy checks, and deployment controls into CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases, messaging systems, caching platforms, and other common cloud application services.

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ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

Everforth ECS is the federal segment of Everforth, a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengths technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.

We value:

• Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
• Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven

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ECS Federal LLC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.

Everforth ECS is the federal segment of Everforth , a $4B global organization with over 10,000 employees. Our nearly 3,500 professionals deliver advanced technology solutions in data and AI, cybersecurity, and enterprise transformation, serving defense, intelligence, and federal civilian agencies.

Our work powers mission-critical outcomes, strengths technology partnerships, and creates meaningful opportunities for our people. We are defined by a commitment to excellence in delivery, a culture of innovation, and an environment where talent can thrive and grow.

We value:

• Attracting and developing top talent and high-performing teams
• Fostering a culture that is engaging, accountable, and mission-driven

Meet the challenge. Make a difference with Everforth ECS!

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