Senior DevOps Engineer — AWS, CI/CD & IaC Expert

Rct Systems, Inc.; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life

Immediate 401k vesting

Generous PTO and flexible schedules

$500 annual technology allowance

Job summary

RCT Systems is seeking a DevOps professional with strong AWS experience and CloudFormation expertise. The role emphasizes OO programming (Ruby/Python/Node.js) and AWS SDK usage across languages. Proficiency in Jenkins Groovy pipelines and Puppet is highly valued to support CI/CD and automated provisioning.

The candidate will collaborate with engineering teams, implement container strategies using Docker, ECS, or Docker Compose, and promote best-practice cloud architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS) and CloudFormation.
• Proficient in OO languages (Ruby, Python or Node.js).
• Experience with AWS SDK in supported languages.
• Familiar with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy; sharing libraries is a plus.
• Familiar with Puppet for software installation.
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration (ECS, Docker Compose).
• Strong architectural sense and teamwork mindset.
• Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native deployments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AWS resources using CloudFormation and related tools.
• Assist development teams in leveraging AWS effectively and safely.
• Create and maintain Jenkins pipelines and shared libraries in Groovy.
• Manage container deployments and Docker-based environments.
• Collaborate across teams and promote best-practice patterns.

Skills

AWS platform proficiency

Cloud architecture

OO programming

Teamwork

Mentoring/knowledge sharing

Tools

AWS

EC2

S3

RDS

CloudFormation

AWS SDK

Ruby

Python

Node.js

Java

Jenkins

Groovy

Puppet

Docker

Docker Compose

ECS

Mesos/Marathon

Job description

RCT Systems is seeking a DevOps professional with strong AWS experience and CloudFormation expertise. The role emphasizes OO programming (Ruby/Python/Node.js) and AWS SDK usage across languages. Proficiency in Jenkins Groovy pipelines and Puppet is highly valued to support CI/CD and automated provisioning.

The candidate will collaborate with engineering teams, implement container strategies using Docker, ECS, or Docker Compose, and promote best-practice cloud architectures.