Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

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Design, deploy, and operate AWS-based infrastructure
Own platform reliability objectives
Architect and optimize AWS services
Lead capacity planning, performance optimization, and cost-management
Establish and maintain infrastructure standards, operational runbooks, and documentation
Design, build, and govern CI/CD pipelines
Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices
Architect and support containerized workloads
Partner with software engineering teams to improve deployment reliability
Implement and refine progressive deployment strategies
Design and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
Lead incident response, root-cause analysis, and improvement activities
Drive improvements to observability, resiliency, and operational readiness
Implement and enforce AWS security best practices
Oversee secure handling of secrets, credentials, and sensitive data
Provide technical leadership for ATO renewal and compliance
Collaborate with stakeholders to remediate findings and apply improvements
Mentor junior and mid-level DevOps engineers

6–9+ years of experience in AWS DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or related roles
Senior-level ownership of production platforms
Deep, hands-on experience managing AWS infrastructure and services
Advanced experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines
Strong expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation
Extensive experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS)
Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash, Python, or similar languages
Strong understanding of networking, cloud security principles, and distributed system operations
Proven experience supporting systems with uptime, SLA, and on-call or operational support expectations
Experience working in Agile delivery environments
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly

Experience working with Federal agencies, particularly the Department of Veterans Affairs
Experience supporting integration platforms, APIs, or middleware ecosystems
Hands-on experience with observability platforms such as Datadog
Experience operating platforms subject to compliance, authorization, or audit requirements
AWS certifications (Professional or advanced Associate-level)

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