DevOps Engineer

Everforth ECS is seeking a DevOps Engineer to work at our Ft. Meate, MD

location.

Everforth ECS is seeking a DevOps Engineer to work in a hybrid capacity with 3

days a week onsite at DISA HQ in Ft. Meade, MD. This position will lead the

design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and reliable

infrastructure across cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) environment. A successful candidate

will be able to bridge the gap between development and operations teams,

optimizing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and

implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and efficiency.

This position will work as a member of a team managing and maintaining multiple

coalition Mission Partner network enclaves in support of the DoW community and

will work with a team to design, implement, and maintain enclaves' virtual

infrastructure in both AWS and Azure Cloud as well as on premises deployments.

The ideal candidate has exceptional problem-solving skills and a breadth of

expertise in cloud networking concepts, modern CI/CD pipeline, platform

automation, and infrastructure development supporting these technologies.

Primary

Responsibilities

• * Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, deploy, and maintain immutable
• infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native tools (ARM,
• CloudFormation) across multi-cloud environments
• * Deployment & CI/CD Pipelines: Build, optimize, and manage end-to-end
• automated deployment pipelines using platforms like GitHub Actions, Jenkins,
• Azure DevOps, GitLab CI to enable high-speed, secure software delivery
• * Containerization & Orchestration: Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/GKE),
• ensuring high availability for containerized applications
• * Observability & Reliability: Establish unified monitoring, log
• centralization, and alert systems across hybrid systems using Azure Monitor,
• Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch or relevant tech stacks.
• * Security & Compliance: Enforce DevSecOps practices, managing IAM policies,
• network security, and compliance guardrails (CIS/NIST)
• * Mentorship & Strategy: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior
• engineers, while improving deployment processes and promoting a DevOps
• culture
• * Other duties as assigned.
• Salary Range: $120,000 - $160,000
• General Description of Benefits [https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits]

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: Expert knowledge in at least one major cloud provider
• (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• * IaC/Config Management: Experience with Terraform (required) and Ansible.
• * Containerization and orchestration: Strong experience with Kubernetes,
• Docker, and Helm.
• * Scripting: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Powershell for automation.
• * CI/CD Platforms: Expert knowledge defining automated pipelines using YAML
• configurations in standard industry pipelines
• * CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Azure Devops GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
• * OS Knowledge: Strong proficiency in Linux-based environments,
• * Domain Knowledge: Understanding of classified environments, sovereign clouds,
• and intelligence community IT frameworks
• * Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven
• ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and
• identify the most appropriate solution.
• * Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with
• the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of
• stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).