Job Description

DevOps Engineer

Education and Years of Experience: Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.

Program Description: This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a DevOps Engineer. We are seeking a DevOps Engineer supporting AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location: This position will be remote.

Responsibilities:
Candidates for this role should demonstrate working knowledge in the following areas:
• AWS Infrastructure Fundamentals
o Understanding of core AWS services (EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, S3)
Ability to manage, troubleshoot, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure
Familiarity with networking concepts (subnets, security groups, routing)

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
o Experience writing, modifying, and deploying Terraform configurations
Understanding of state management, modules, and environment separation
o Ability to troubleshoot failed deployments and configuration issues

• Git-Based Source Control (GitLab Preferred)
o Proficiency with Git workflows (branching, merging, version control)
o Experience working with GitLab or similar platforms
o Ability to manage and review infrastructure code changes

• CI/CD Pipelines
o Understanding of pipeline-based deployments (build, test, deploy stages)
o Experience troubleshooting pipeline failures
o Familiarity with automating infrastructure deployments

• System Administration (Linux/Server Management)
o Basic system administration skills (file systems, services, permissions)
o Experience managing server configurations and performance
o Ability to troubleshoot system-level issues

• Security Hardening & STIG Compliance
o Familiarity with system hardening practices
o Understanding of STIGs or similar security baselines
o Ability to apply and validate secure configurations

• Backup and Recovery Operations
o Understanding of backup strategies and data protection concepts
o Experience verifying backups and performing restore operations
o Awareness of disaster recovery principles

• ServiceNow (Basic Administration)
o General familiarity with ServiceNow platform structure and environments
o Ability to support administrative tasks and environment operations
o Understanding of how platform performance ties to underlying infrastructure

• Troubleshooting & Operational Support
o Ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, pipelines, and applications
o Strong problem-solving skills across multiple technical layers
o Experience supporting production systems

Required Skills:
• Bachelor's and 8+ years or more of experience; Master's and 6+ years or more of experience. Additional experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain Secret clearance required to maintain employment
• US citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
• ITIL Certification