AWS DevOps Engineer
Tysons Corner, VA - USA
Job Summary
Job Family:
Systems Engineering
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
What You Will Do:
We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to design automate and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines while ensuring applications are highly available scalable secure and cost-efficient.
Hands-on experience with AWS services automation frameworks and DevOps best practices while also capable of mentoring junior engineers and driving technical excellence across teams.
Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI AWS CodePipeline etc.) and support containerized workloads (Docker ECS EKS Kubernetes).
Enable automated testing artifact management and blue/green or canary deployments.
Implement observability monitoring and logging solutions using AWS CloudWatch X-Ray or third-party tools.
Troubleshoot system performance latency reliability issues and define and maintain SLAs SLOs.
Automate provisioning scaling monitoring recovery processes security scanning and vulnerability management with CI/CD.
Ensure systems meets security governance and regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA FedRAMP SOC 2 etc.) as applicable.
Implement IAM best practices encryption strategies and secure networking.
Work closely with developers architects and QA to ensure smooth releases.
What You Will Need:
Bachelors degree in computer science engineering or related field. Additional Four (4) expedience can be used in lieu of degree.
Minimum Four (4) years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure with atleast Three (3) years in cloud engineering DevOps or infrastructure automation
Expertise in AWS core services (EC2 S3 RDS Lambda ECS/EKS CloudFront Route 53 IAM etc.)
Assist senior transition team in account handoff validation CI/CD pipeline validation GitHub Actions audit CodeBuild job review Argo sync check artifact migration secrets verification deployment dry runs rollback prep cutover support.
Monitor deployment pipeline and build status build troubleshooting deployment automation Helm chart maintenance Dockerfile updates environment config management release coordination developer support.
Ownership of services like GitHub Actions AWS CodeBuild ArgoCD Helm charts Dockerfiles secrets management environment variables deployment workflows Terraform templates.
Hands on experience with IaC (Terraform CloudFormation CDK)
Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate mentor help and support other team members as needed to solve complex operational and reliability problems.
Strong development background in Python Bash or similar
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role and associated government clearance requirements candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders) to be eligible for consideration.
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional (Highly desirable).
AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other specialty certifications.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Assistance and ID theft protection etc.)
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
About Guidehouse
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Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Guidehouse is the only scaled advisory consultancy in the world to fully integrate commercial and public or government businesses within each of our industry segments because complex problems require both perspectives to address and outwit.