Senior DevOps Engineer – Multi-Cloud & IaC Leader (Hybrid)

Socket.dev; Fort Meade, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS in Ft. Meade, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure across multi-cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP).

The role bridges development and operations, optimizing CI/CD pipelines and applying IaC practices to automate and secure deployments. The ideal candidate has strong Linux expertise, hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps), and a background in DoD/IC security

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of related professional experience.
• Active DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ (or higher).
• Cloud Platforms: Expertise in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• IaC/Config Management: Terraform and Ansible.
• Containerization and orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm.
• Scripting: Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• CI/CD: Experience defining automated pipelines in YAML across major tools.
• CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• OS: Linux proficiency; Knowledge of classified environments and sovereign clouds.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, deploy, and maintain immutable infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native tools across multi-cloud environments.
• Deployment & CI/CD Pipelines: Build, optimize, and manage end-to-end automated deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/GKE) for high-availability.
• Observability & Reliability: Establish monitoring, log centralization, and alerting across hybrid systems with Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce DevSecOps, manage IAM, network security, and guardrails (CIS/NIST).
• Mentorship & Strategy: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers; improve deployment processes and DevOps culture.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

IaC

Linux

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Helm

Python

Bash

Security

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

GitLab CI

CloudFormation

ARM templates

Job description

Everforth ECS in Ft. Meade, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure across multi-cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP).

The role bridges development and operations, optimizing CI/CD pipelines and applying IaC practices to automate and secure deployments. The ideal candidate has strong Linux expertise, hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps), and a background in DoD/IC security