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 

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).