Hybrid DevOps Expert II

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• Job title: DevOps Expert II
• Job type: Contract
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $145,000 - $165,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Python, SDLC, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Montgomery, United States

About the role

• DevOps II Expert at Alaska Northstar Resources performing cloud engineering and security configuration tasks. Collaborating with development teams and ensuring compliance with industry standards in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Builds, scripts, and tests Compliance as Code to apply security configuration(s) to cloud resources upon (or after) deployment
• Writes CaC and IaC for both cloud native service deployment and for hosted application deployment to cloud services (AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda, Azure App Services)
• Provides cloud service expertise to cloud-deployed applications, assisting application developers with integrating application-specific components into available cloud services
• Secures cloud service and application resources according to industry standards and cloud provider best practices and collects and provides evidence for security baseline adherence
• Prepares operating instructions, compiles documentation of IaC when necessary, and analyzes system capabilities to resolve questions of IaC intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls
• Works within Agile SDLC framework to include performing work activity within two- to three-week sprints, participating in daily scrums, and utilizing sprint tracking software to track and communicate individual work activity to stakeholders

Requirements

• Candidate must be a U.S. Citizen
• Candidate must have active DoD Secret Clearance, or eligibility to obtain/maintain DoD Secret Clearance
• Candidate must have a bachelor's Degree (preferred in STEM field)
• Candidate must have an active Security+ CE or other current 8140 IAT II certification
• Candidate must have at least 10 years of related experience with Cloud engineering, automation, security, and Agile delivery
• Expertise in cloud-native architectures, application refactoring, database migration, and SaaS integration
• Strong proficiency in AWS (Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, S3, etc.)
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures and managed services
• Experience in writing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline)
• Configuring and securing Cloud-based networking
• Scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
• Understanding of Docker or other containerization platform and container lifecycle, configuration and maintenance
• Ability to deploy and manage workloads on Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or self-managed clusters)
• Ability to own tasks independently within a sprint cycle

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Outstanding benefits
• Professional development opportunities
• Challenging work assignments
• Opportunities for advancement/career growth