DevOps Engineer -Remote (DC, MD, VA- Locals only)

Location: Remote (with occasional travel to Baltimore, MD and Greenbelt, MD)

Swingtech Consulting, Inc. is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to support the operation, maintenance, enhancement, and secure delivery of web-based training and learning management systems supporting federal programs.

This role is focused on supporting reliable system operations, deployment processes, environment management, automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and collaboration between development, security, and operations teams. The ideal candidate should have practical DevOps experience in an enterprise or federal environment and be comfortable supporting production systems, test/staging environments, release activities, and operational improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support DevOps activities for web-based applications, learning management platforms, and related enterprise systems
• Assist with deployment, configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of development, test/staging, and production environments
• Support reliable operation of applications and systems through monitoring, troubleshooting, incident support, and performance analysis
• Collaborate with developers, system administrators, cybersecurity staff, and program teams to support system enhancements and releases
• Assist with automation of deployment, configuration, testing, reporting, and operational support processes
• Support release management activities, including build coordination, deployment planning, validation, rollback planning, and post-release monitoring
• Help maintain secure and stable application environments consistent with federal security, privacy, and operational requirements
• Support cloud-based or hybrid-cloud application operations, including environment readiness, connectivity, storage, and performance considerations

·       Lead vulnerability remediation efforts, manage patch coordination, apply configuration updates, and develop/maintain technical documentation

• Drive synchronization and validation of data and functionality across development, staging, and production environments
• Participate in troubleshooting production issues, user-impacting system problems, and application performance concerns
• Maintain operational documentation, deployment notes, configuration records, and standard operating procedures
• Drive continuous improvement of DevOps workflows, system reliability, deployment quality, and operational efficiency

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• At least 4 years of experience supporting DevOps, systems operations, application deployment, cloud operations, or related technical environments
• Experience supporting web applications, enterprise platforms, or learning management systems in development, staging, and production environments
• Working knowledge of deployment processes, release coordination, configuration management, and operational monitoring
• Experienced in cloud-hosted or hybrid-cloud application environments
• Experience troubleshooting system, application, connectivity, performance, or deployment-related issues
• Experienced in secure operations, vulnerability remediation, patching, and configuration control
• Ability to collaborate with development, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and program teams
• Strong documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and support operational requirements in a remote environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal, healthcare, or regulated IT environments
• Experienced in AWS, cloud migration activities, or hybrid-cloud operations
• Experience with CI/CD concepts, automation tools, scripting, or infrastructure support practices
• Experience supporting application monitoring, log analysis, alerting, or performance management tools
• Familiarity with privacy, security, or compliance requirements in federal environments
• Experience supporting Agile, DevSecOps, or collaborative delivery environments
• Relevant certifications such as AWS, Azure, Security+, Linux, DevOps, or cloud-related certifications are a plus

Summary of Benefits

• 15 PTO days
• 11 paid holidays
• Medical Insurance with – 3 options (HSA with $600 Employer Contribution).
• Dental Insurance with no age limit orthodonture.
• Vision Insurance through EyeMed in and out of network coverage.
• Short Term and Long-Term Disability coverage with 100% premium support,
• Life insurance and AD&D with 100% premium support
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Critical Care and Accident Insurance availability
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k with enrollment from day one. 4% deferral by company.
• $1500 Annual Training Budget
• $1500 Referral bonus
• Eligibility for annual merit and discretionary bonus
• Flexible work arrangements

Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disabled