Senior DevOps Engineer - Cloud-Native Weather Systems

Stcnet; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off: Starting at 80 hrs/yr

11 Federal holidays

401(k) with up to 4% employer matching contribution

Flexible spending account

Health savings account

Job summary

Stcnet is looking for a Senior DevOps Specialist to support the National Weather Service in hybrid deployment environments. This role focuses on designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical applications, utilizing AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in DevOps, AWS, Docker, and GitLab. The position offers a hybrid work model with competitive pay ranging from $130,000 to $147,000 per year, along with various benefits including PTO and healthcare options.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of DevOps experience.
• 2+ years of AWS experience including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and EKS.
• 2+ years of experience with GitLab CI/CD (or GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• Experience with scripting languages including Python, Bash, or Node.js.
• Experience with Terraform or AWS CDK (Terraform preferred).
• Linux administration experience and Bash/Python scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for micro‑frontends and microservices.
• Implement automated testing, security scanning (SAST/DAST), and deployments.
• Manage container builds and AWS ECR container registry.
• Implement blue‑green and canary deployment strategies.
• Provision infrastructure using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code).

Skills

DevOps experience

AWS knowledge

GitLab CI/CD

Docker experience

Kubernetes experience

Scripting (Python, Bash, Node.js)

Terraform

Tools

AWS EKS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

Job description

Stcnet is looking for a Senior DevOps Specialist to support the National Weather Service in hybrid deployment environments. This role focuses on designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for mission-critical applications, utilizing AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in DevOps, AWS, Docker, and GitLab. The position offers a hybrid work model with competitive pay ranging from $130,000 to $147,000 per year, along with various benefits including PTO and healthcare options.