Location: Fully Remote (Maryland, U.S.)
Type: Contract
Start: Immediate
Compensation: TBD — based on skills and experience
Important Screening Requirements
• This position requires eligibility to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship. (Green Card holder)
• Candidates must be willing to undergo fingerprinting and a government background investigation (CJIS-type clearance process).
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Cloud Automation Architect to design, automate, and optimize cloud infrastructure and deployment processes. This is a highly hands-on role focused on automation, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and cloud-native operations.
Key Responsibilities
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK
• Build and optimize automated deployment and testing workflows
• Develop observability, monitoring, and logging solutions
• Support containerized workloads using ECS and EKS/Kubernetes
• Create automation scripts using Python, Bash, and PowerShell
• Drive operational excellence and cloud platform reliability
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or related experience
• Strong experience with AWS cloud environments
• Hands-on expertise with Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or AWS CDK
• Experience with Kubernetes, EKS, and container platforms
• Strong scripting and automation skills
Preferred Qualifications
• AWS Professional-level certification
• Experience leading cloud automation initiatives
• Deep knowledge of observability and monitoring platforms