Guidehouse

IT Architecture/Cloud

SeniorCloudDevOpsEngineer

$113–188k Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at Guidehouse. Skills: Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes. Provide infrastructure support. Provide engineering support”

Industry & Context.

IT Architecture/Cloud
Problems you'll solve

Analytical skills; Advanced troubleshooting; Problem-solving skills; Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

Up to 10% travel, Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10 years relevant IT/engineering experience, 3+ years cloud engineering experience, Ability to work independently, Analytical and advanced troubleshooting/problem-solving skills, Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication skills, Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, Ability to rapidly learn emerging technologies, Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud/Azure Government, Deep expertise with Terraform, Deep expertise with Ansible, Deep expertise with Kubernetes, Experience with CI/CD tools, Experience with containerization technologies, Experience with cloud networking, Experience with cloud security, Experience with cloud identity management, Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, Experience implementing secure pipeline automation, Experience implementing monitoring solutions, Experience implementing logging solutions, Experience implementing alerting solutions, Understanding of distributed systems, Understanding of microservices architectures, Understanding of system performance, Understanding of system scalability, Understanding of system resilience, Must be able to OBTAIN FEDERAL PUBLIC TRUST

Nice to Have

Master's degree may substitute for experience, Candidates with ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST preferred, Experience with federal compliance frameworks, Experience with service mesh, Experience with API gateways, Experience with Kubernetes security tooling, Familiarity with PKI, Familiarity with identity services, Familiarity with credential management systems, Experience supporting large-scale enterprise systems, Knowledge of automation scripting

What You'll Do.

Provide infrastructure support

Provide engineering support

Provide operational support

Design cloud architectures

Implement cloud architectures

Maintain cloud architectures

Develop Infrastructure as Code

Manage Infrastructure as Code

Provision cloud environments

Configure cloud environments

Design containerized platforms

Implement containerized platforms

Support containerized platforms

Lead CI/CD pipeline development

Lead CI/CD pipeline maintenance

Automate environment provisioning

Implement secure pipelines

Implement packaging pipelines

Implement deployment pipelines

Design monitoring solutions

Implement monitoring solutions

Design logging solutions

Implement logging solutions

Design alerting solutions

Implement alerting solutions

Establish performance baselines

Ensure system availability

Troubleshoot infrastructure issues

Troubleshoot platform issues

Troubleshoot application issues

Perform root cause analysis

Enforce security best practices

Improve automation processes

Improve system reliability

Improve operational processes

Develop technical documentation

Maintain technical documentation

Mentor junior engineers

Mentor mid-level engineers

Provide technical leadership

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with development teams; Collaborate with security teams; Collaborate with infrastructure teams

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication; Stakeholder communication; Technical documentation

Process & Methodology

Technical initiatives

Full Job Description

**_Job Family_ :** IT Architecture/Cloud ** _Travel Required_ :** Up to 10% **_Clearance Required_ :** Ability to Obtain Public Trust _**What You Will Do**_ * Provide advanced infrastructure, engineering, and operational support for mission-critical applications hosted in government cloud environments (AWS GovCloud and/or Azure Government). * Work independently or lead small teams to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architectures. * Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure cloud environments across Linux and Windows systems. * Design, implement, and support containerized application platforms using Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/OpenShift or similar). * Lead development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps automation frameworks across enterprise applications. * Automate provisioning of development, testing, staging, and production environments to support rapid and reliable deployments. * Implement secure build, packaging, and deployment pipelines aligned with government and industry best practices. * Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions, establish performance baselines, and ensure system availability. * Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, platform, and application issues, performing deep-dive root cause analysis. * Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure high availability, performance, and compliance. * Enforce security best practices, including identity, access management, and system hardening for federal environments. * Continuously improve automation, system reliability, and operational processes. * Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs, consistent with contract expectations for technical support and documentation. * Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical leadership across DevOps practices. **_What You Will Need_** * Minimum 10 years of relevant IT/engineeri

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