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US - VA, McLean, United States of America
Onsite
Not Available
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:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field. Additional Four (4) expedience can be used in lieu of degree.
Minimum Six (6) years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure, with at least Five (5) 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
Care.com 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
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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