DevOps Systems Engineer

We are seeking an experiencedDevOps Systems Engineerto support the design automation deployment and maintenance of modern cloud-based platforms and mission-critical applications. The ideal candidate brings strong AWS knowledge hands-on CI/CD experience and a deep understanding of containerized environments and DevOps best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design implement and support cloud-based infrastructure and application environments
• Build maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate build test security and deployment processes
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code to ensure reliable and consistent deployments
• Enhance platform observability through monitoring logging alerting and troubleshooting
• Support container orchestration platforms Kubernetes clusters and associated tooling
• Collaborate across development security and operations teams to improve platform resilience and performance
• Maintain strong version control discipline across all code repositories

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI FSP Clearance
• Technical bachelors degree (Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or related field)
• 5 years of relevant professional experience in DevOps cloud engineering or systems engineering
• AWS Cloud Platform
  • Foundational-to-intermediate experience using AWS Console and CLI with working knowledge of: SNS SQS API Gateway CloudWatch Logs CloudTrail CloudFormation (CFN) Step Functions Route 53 DynamoDB
  • EBS EFS S3 EC2 Lambda ECR ECS EKS KMS IAM Secrets Manager
• CI/CD & Automation
  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance
  • Familiarity with tools such as GitLab CI GitHub Actions Jenkins Argo Workflows or similar
  • Ability to integrate automated testing scanning and deployment orchestration
• Containerization & Orchestration
  • Strong experience with Docker/Podman
  • Expert understanding of Kubernetes (EKS or on-prem)
• Familiarity with:
  • Argo CD (GitOps deployment)
  • Helm
  • Istio service mesh
  • Keycloak for identity and access management
• Version Control & DevOps Practices
  • Strong understanding of Git workflows branching strategies and code review best practices
  • Experience working within automation-driven DevOps environments
  • Ability to document architectures processes and operational runbooks

About Us
For more than 20 years NewGen Technologies has solved our clients toughest IT challenges with integrity security and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror aided the identification of criminals and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance. #CJ