Senior DevOps Engineer

acuCyber; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

acuCyber is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to build, automate, and maintain cloud infrastructure and secure deployment environments supporting mission applications and core services.

This full‑time role focuses on automation, troubleshooting, and secure delivery in AWS environments, with container orchestration via Kubernetes/OpenShift and integration of automated security testing. The position is on a Government site with Charleston, SC preferred, but NCR candidates are also considered.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure.
• Strong automation and troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of security controls and compliance in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, automate, and maintain AWS infrastructure for development and deployments.
• Develop infrastructure as code and automation to ensure repeatable deployments.
• Deploy and operate containerized apps using Kubernetes/OpenShift; address scalability and reliability.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate builds, tests, and deployments.
• Configure DevOps toolchain, registries, artifact repos, and environments.
• Integrate automated security testing into delivery workflows and remediate vulnerabilities.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Automation

CI/CD

Team collaboration

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Ansible

Job description

acuCyber is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to build, automate, and maintain the cloud infrastructure and secure deployment environments supporting mission applications and core services. This role combines infrastructure as code, Kubernetes deployment, and automated security testing within Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.

The engineer will work closely with software developers to establish consistent environments and move services into reliable, scalable deployments. Candidates should understand how cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, networking, and security controls work together. We are looking for hands‑on experience designing and operating these environments, with an emphasis on automation, troubleshooting, and improving software delivery.

This role is full time on Government site. Charleston, SC preferred but highly qualified candidates in the National Capital Region (NCR) will also be considered.

What You’ll Do:

• Build, automate, and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting development, integration, testing, and operational deployments.
• Develop infrastructure as code and Ansible automation to create repeatable deployments, maintain consistent configurations, and reduce configuration drift.
• Deploy and operate containerized applications using Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift, addressing scalability, availability, networking, resource management, and persistent storage.
• Build and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines that automate software builds, testing, security checks, and deployments.
• Configure and maintain the DevOps toolchain, including container registries, artifact repositories, and environment configurations.
• Integrate automated security testing into delivery workflows and work with developers to remediate vulnerabilities and pipeline performance bottlenecks.
• Support AWS GovCloud deployments and environments subject to Department of Defense Impact Level 5 (IL5) requirements.
• Implement monitoring, centralized logging, and alerting to support troubleshooting, capacity planning, and service reliability.
• Configure platform access controls and integrate secrets management and certificate handling into deployment workflows.
• Troubleshoot issues involving Linux systems, cloud networking, permissions, storage, and container orchestration.
• Automate patching, deployment validation, rollback, and recovery procedures.
• Document pipeline configurations and operational procedures, contribute to implementation plans and security testing reports, and help developers use the delivery environment effectively.
• Evaluate tools and deployment approaches through proof‑of‑concept testing and improve deployment speed, vulnerability remediation, automated testing, and service availability.