Senior DevOps Engineer - Remote USA

ICF; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 108,476 - 184,409; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a senior DevOps Engineer to design and operate cloud infrastructure in AWS using infrastructure as code and Terraform. You will build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and collaborate with security, networking, and software teams.

The role requires 5+ years of hands-on AWS experience, Terraform expertise, and the ability to obtain a Federal Public Trust clearance. Occasional travel (~5%) and US work authorization are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years setting up CI/CD pipelines with open-source plugins.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with configuration management, cloud orchestration and automation tools in AWS.
• 5+ years provisioning and managing infrastructure and applications in AWS.
• 2+ years of automation for CI/CD.
• 5+ years writing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust clearance.
• Must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Implement cloud-based solutions in AWS using infrastructure as code.
• Deploy, setup, and run infrastructure configurations for AWS services using Terraform.
• Engage with technical stakeholders across development, networking, security, IAM, and risk.
• Enable and optimize automation of application and infrastructure environments.
• Collaborate to build cloud infrastructure with AMI, containers, and serverless functions.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines across development, integration and production.
• Set up, integrate, and maintain a scalable CI/CD toolset for testing and security scans.
• Implement CloudWatch, Splunk and other monitoring solutions for real-time metrics.
• Translate business requirements into technical operational requirements for CI/CD pipelines.
• Make an impact as part of a small, boundary-pushing team.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

AWS Cloud

DevOps practices

Communications

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Job description

Responsibilities

• Implement best in class cloud-based solutions in AWS using infrastructure as code
• Deploy, setup, and run infrastructure configurations for various AWS services, utilizing Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform
• Engage with technical stakeholders including but not limited to application development, networking, infrastructure, information security, risk, enterprise identity and access management, and security operations
• Enable and optimize the automation of application and infrastructure environments
• Be part of a team where you collaborate to build cloud infrastructure, with an understanding of AMI, Containers and serverless functions
• Develop, maintain and improve continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for delivering features, fixes and system updates in development, integration and production environments.
• Set up, integrate, and maintain a scalable, stable set of CI/CD tools to support development, testing, and security scanning.
• Implement Amazon CloudWatch, Splunk and other third party monitoring solutions to provide continuous monitoring capabilities, track all aspects of the system, infrastructure, performance, application errors and roll up metrics.
• Analyze functional and non-functional business requirements, translate them into technical operational requirements, and propose CI/CD pipelines with tools and plugins.
• Making a big impact as part of a small team that’s pushing boundaries

Professional Skills

• Outstanding writing and verbal communication abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience in setting up CI/CD Pipelines with integration with open-source plugins.
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps/Agile/Scrum environments and development.
• 5+ years of strong hands‑on experience with configuration management, cloud orchestration and automation tools with AWS environments.
• 5+ years of experience with provisioning and managing infrastructure as well as applications in AWS cloud environments.
• 2+ years of experience with identifying and implementing automation for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment.
• 5+ years of experience writing infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust clearance.
• Must reside in the United States, be authorized to work in the United States, and perform all work within the United States.
• Must have lived in the United States for at least three (3) of the last five (5) years.

Preferred

• Experience with Java software development
• Experience with Datadog
• Working knowledge of Linux
• Design and implement automated monitoring capabilities to generate dashboards with trends, useful messages, and immediate notifications, and provide real‑time metrics using Splunk or similar services.
• Knowledge of multi‑account architecture, leveraging tools such as AWS Control Tower, SCPs, GuardRails, and Transit Gateways
• Wide technology experience that may include cloud architecture, cloud migrations, applications development, networking, security, storage, analytics, or machine learning
• AWS Solution Architect (Associate or Pro) certification.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures such as NIST, FISMA, FedRamp and Common Criteria regulations and standards.
• Familiarity with the MLOps, machine learning lifecycle and product landscape, for example: Amazon SageMaker, Apache Airflow, Looker, Trifacta etc. You don't need to be an expert in all these.

Job Location

• Must be able to travel approximately 5%

Pay Range

$108,476.00 - $184,409.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation, please email [e-mail] and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only as required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.