Senior DevOps Engineer

Job Description Key Responsibilities Cloud Architecture \& Provisioning \- Lead the design, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Client’s solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with a focus on high availability, scalability, and security. \- Architect and implement standardized, reusable infrastructure patterns (e.g., templates, modules) to support Client’s PCE deployments at scale. \- Own and enhance automated provisioning processes to accelerate deployment cycles, minimize manual intervention, and improve reliability. \- Partner with development, QA, and platform teams to plan and provision environments for complex testing, performance, and release activities. Operations, Reliability \& Optimization \- Serve as an escalation point for complex operational issues, performing advanced troubleshooting across application, infrastructure, and network layers. \- Design and implement strategies for reliability, capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization across multi\-cloud environments. \- Drive adoption of SRE/DevOps practices such as error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, and post incident reviews, and ensure follow through on corrective actions. \- Implement and refine continuous monitoring and observability solutions to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve issues. Security, Compliance \& Governance \- Work closely with security, compliance, and governance teams to design, implement, and maintain robust security architectures and controls in cloud environments. \- Ensure adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements relevant to U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers. \- Lead regular security reviews, audits of access controls, configuration baselines, and infrastructure policies; drive remediation and hardening initiatives. \- Champion securebydesign and DevSecOps practices within CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation. \- Automation, Tooling \& CI/CD \- Design and develop advanced automation frameworks, scripts, and tools to eliminate manual work, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency. \- Architect, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for code deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure as code, including governance and quality gates. \- Evaluate, recommend, and integrate new DevOps tools, platforms, and technologies that improve velocity, reliability, and security of deployments. \- Ensure consistency, standardization, and best practices in the use of configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) across teams and environments. Technical Leadership, Collaboration \& Documentation \- Act as a technical leader and subject matter expert for DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, and automation within the team and across adjacent teams. \- Mentor and coach junior and midlevel engineers, providing guidance on design, implementation, troubleshooting, and professional development. \- Lead cross\-functional initiatives with developers, QA engineers, system administrators, security, and operations teams to deliver complex projects. \- Produce and maintain high quality documentation for reference architectures, runbooks, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides. \- Influence and help define team standards, best practices, and roadmaps for DevOps and cloud operations. Qualifications \- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience. \- Substantial hands\-on experience (typically 7\+ years) in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles, including: \- Proven track record deploying, managing, and optimizing solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). \- Strong expertise with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tooling. \- Advanced experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates). \- Deep understanding of DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, continuous monitoring, and incident management. \- Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack or similar) and logging/tracing strategies. \- Strong knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments, including identity and access management, network security, and encryption. \- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and collaborate across diverse technical and business stakeholders. \- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to perform under pressure in mission critical environments. \- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and nontechnical audiences. Preferred Qualifications \- Professional certifications in one or more cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer). \- Experience with SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform services, or SAP Private Cloud Edition implementations. \- Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, firewalls) in a cloud and hybrid context. \- Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and related ecosystem tools. \- Previous experience supporting government, defense, or other highly regulated environments, including exposure to compliance frameworks and accreditation processes. \- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and working within cross\-functional, multidisciplinary teams.