Cloud DevOps Engineer

ECS is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to support secure cloud and infrastructure solutions for federal customers. The role designs and deploys AWS infrastructure, builds CI/CD pipelines, automates deployments with Infrastructure as Code, supports cloud-native and containerized workloads, and maintains security and compliance controls.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy secure cloud infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, Ansible, and/or CloudFormation
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD) that bake security in from the start
• Write automation in Ansible coupled with Infrastructure defined by Terraform code to cut down on manual work and keep deployments consistent
• Deploy and troubleshoot cloud-native applications across EC2, VPC, EKS, S3, RDS, AWS Bedrock, and related AWS services
• Implement and maintain security controls including IAM, encryption, network security, SELinux, and kernel hardening
• Apply DISA STIGs and ensure compliance with NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP requirements
• Support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
• Collaborate with development and security teams to push DevSecOps practices forward
• Keep documentation current so the next person isn’t starting from scratch

Requirements:

• strong hands-on experience across Linux, Windows, and cloud-native environments
• You've built and maintained CI/CD pipelines, written IaC at scale, and worked in compliance-driven environments where NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, and DISA STIGs aren't foreign concepts
• You operate independently, you communicate well across technical and non-technical stakeholders, and you take ownership of your work from design through deployment
• Must have US citizenship
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Minimum 3 years of general work experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related technical field
• 3+ years in Linux and/or Windows system and network administration (DNS, VPN, firewalls)
• 3+ years with IaC tools such as Terraform, Ansible
• 3+ years with Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms
• Experience supporting federal customers in air-gapped environments is a meaningful differentiator for this role
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)