DevOps Engineer
About the role
It’s not just about the tech; it’s about the people.
What You'll Do
Your responsibilities will include
- Design, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code.
- Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, reliable, and frequent software deployments.
- Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized applications running on Kubernetes.
- Automate operational workflows and eliminate repetitive manual processes through scripting and infrastructure automation.
- Improve platform observability through logging, monitoring, metrics, alerting, and dashboards.
- Optimize systems for performance, scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Partner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and deployment reliability.
- Participate in production incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous operational improvements.
- Implement security best practices across cloud infrastructure, identity management, networking, secrets management, and application delivery.
- Support compliance initiatives for government-hosted environments, including AWS GovCloud deployments and security frameworks applicable to public sector software.
- Help evolve our platform architecture while continuously improving automation, resilience, and operational excellence.
- Participate as a collaborative member of an Agile Scrum team, contributing to planning, design discussions, and continuous improvement.
Technologies You'll Work With
Our platform is built using modern cloud-native technologies, including:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS & AWS GovCloud)
- Kubernetes (Amazon EKS)
- Docker
- Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- GitHub Actions
- Node.js / TypeScript
- MongoDB Atlas
- Amazon S3, IAM, Lambda, Secrets Manager, Route 53, CloudFront, and related AWS services
- Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, OpenSearch, and modern observability tooling
- Linux and Bash scripting
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience writing automation scripts using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals, cloud security, IAM, DNS, TLS, and secrets management.
- Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience operating production workloads in AWS GovCloud or other regulated cloud environments.
- Experience supporting applications that process sensitive or regulated data.
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, GovRAMP, SOC 2, or CJIS.
- Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
- Experience supporting Node.js services and MongoDB in production.
- Experience optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost, scalability, and reliability.
- Experience working within Agile software development teams.
About Career Team
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- Named by Inc. Magazine as one of America's 500 fastest growing privately held companies
- Recipient of the US Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip Enterprise Award for innovation
- Featured by 60 Minutes, CNN, Money Magazine, Inc. Magazine and the British Broadcasting Network as an innovative, government funded solutions program
- Invited to the White House after being cited by the National Welfare-to-Work Partnership and National Alliance of Business as a top 10 US training provider
As a socially conscious organization, Career Team has found a healthy balance between for-profit innovation and community enrichment. Looking ahead, the organization will continue to close the nation’s opportunity divide with additional government-funded workforce sites; while also building staff capacity of workforce funding sources and industry providers. See
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Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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