Senior DevOps Engineer

Thazen; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Thazen LLC is seeking experienced Cloud Engineers to design, deploy, and operate IL5/IL6 environments across AWS GovCloud (US)/AWS Secret and Azure Government/Azure Secret. You will build secure, automated cloud platforms for DoD and U.S. Government missions within RMF/ATO processes.

Responsibilities include provisioning IL5/IL6 workloads, implementing IaC, and integrating DevSecOps pipelines with monitoring and policy-as-code. Strong focus on security, compliance, and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 6+ years with AWS and/or Azure GovCloud/Secret regions.
• Experience delivering IL5/IL6 workloads in DoD/NIST/FedRAMP contexts.
• Proficiency with IaC (Terraform and at least one native framework).

Responsibilities

• Provision and maintain IL5/IL6 workloads in GovCloud / Secret regions.
• Architect secure, scalable cloud solutions aligned to DoD SRG and NIST 800-53.
• Implement infrastructure as code and CI/CD with DevSecOps practices.
• Operate and harden container platforms (EKS/ECS, AKS) and manage security tooling.

Skills

GovCloud/Secret experience

Terraform

Kubernetes

DevSecOps

Tools

CloudFormation/CDK

Bicep/ARM

Docker

AWS IAM/KMS/ Secrets Manager

Azure Entra ID

Job description

Clearance Required: Active Secret Clearance

Overview

Thazen LLC is seeking experienced Cloud Engineers to design, deploy, and operate secure, compliant IL5/IL6 environments across AWS GovCloud (US)/AWS Secret and Azure Government/Azure Secret. You'll build resilient, automated cloud platforms for DoD and U.S. Government missions within RMF/ATO processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provision and maintain IL5/IL6 workloads in AWS GovCloud/AWS Secret and Azure Gov/Azure Secret.
• Architect secure, scalable, highly available solutions aligned to DoD CC SRG, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP High.
• Implement infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation/CDK, Bicep/ARM) and automation.
• Integrate DevSecOps pipelines, logging/monitoring/alerting, and policy-as-code.
• Configure networking: VPC/VNet, private endpoints/PrivateLink, firewalls, load balancers.
• Operate container platforms (EKS/ECS and AKS), image scanning, cluster hardening.
• Optimize performance/reliability/cost; support incident response and ATO documentation.

Qualifications

Required

• 6+ years with AWS and/or Azure (preferably GovCloud/Secret regions).
• Professional experience with Palantir (e.g., Vantage or Maven).
• Delivery in IL5/IL6 environments compliant with DoD CC SRG, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP.
• Proficiency with Terraform and one native IaC framework (CloudFormation/CDK or Bicep/ARM).
• Containers/orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS and/or AKS).
• Strong CI/CD and DevSecOps practices (supply-chain security, artifact signing, policy-as-code).
• Identity/secrets: AWS IAM/KMS/Secrets Manager and/or Azure Entra ID, RBAC, Managed Identities, Key Vault.

Preferred

• Experience with DoD/IC/Federal high-security cloud programs.
• Familiar with monitoring/security (e.g., CloudWatch/CloudTrail/Config/GuardDuty, Azure Monitor/Log Analytics/Sentinel, Prometheus/Grafana).

Why Join Thazen?

Thazen is a U.S.-based, HUBZone-certified small business delivering secure, innovative, cloud-native solutions across defense, intelligence, and commercial missions.