AWS Devops Engineer

Job Family:

Software Development & Support (Digital)

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

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, and reliability issues and define and maintain SLAs and SLOs.
• Automate provisioning, scaling, monitoring, recovery processes, security scanning, and vulnerability management with CI/CD.
• Ensure systems meet 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:

• US Citizenship is required or Green Card Holder
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain an approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field. A Minimum of TEN(10) years of experience can be used in lieu of a degree.
• A minimum of SIX(6) years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure, A minimum of THREE (3) years of experience 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, and cutover support.
• Monitor deployment pipeline and build status, build troubleshooting, deployment automation, Helm chart maintenance, Dockerfile updates, environment config management, release coordination, and 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

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (Highly desirable).
• Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other specialty certifications.

The annual salary range for this position is $80,000.00-$133,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

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

• Care.com annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program