Job Description

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS & Automation)

Location: Mostly Remote but Candidate must be local to listed locations:

• USA - Bay Area Metro
• USA - Fulton/DC Metro
• USA - Austin, TX
• USA - Ann Arbor, MI
• USA - San Jose, CA
• USA - Atlanta Metro, GA
• USA - Boston Metro, MA

Job Type: [Contract ]

Pay Rate Range: $73/Hr. - $75/hr. on W-2

Note: Candidates must be US citizens on US soil due to FedRAMP.

Job Summary:

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, engineer, and maintain Cisco cloud infrastructure security microservices.
• Operate day-to-day Talos Backend platform functions using tools like Kubernetes , GitHub , and GitHub Actions .
• Monitor and maintain services for availability, latency, and overall health—introducing new technologies or tools to drive improvements.
• Implement long-term fixes and automation for recurring Talos Backend issues.
• Collaborate with Development, QA, and Automation teams to deploy and maintain scalable, reliable solutions.
• Supported and maintained FedRAMP documentation, such as System Security Plans (SSPs) and architecture diagrams .
• Promote and follow Test-Driven Development , CI/CD , and software development lifecycle (SDLC) best practices.
• Please participate in a weekly on-call rotation and provide 24x7 incident support when needed.

Minimum Requirements (Must-Have Qualifications):

• 10+ years of total experience in DevOps, Cloud Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, and Software engineering.
• 5+ years experience with automation of system processes .
• 5+ years of deep hands-on experience with AWS services , including but not limited to:
• EKS , Lambda , Spark , S3 , EC2 , etc.
• 5+ years of scripting experience with Python .
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be based within the 48 contiguous United States.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have):

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in DNS and name resolution technologies.
• Working experience in AWS GovCloud and with FedRAMP compliance.
• Experience with open-source technologies such as:
• Docker , Kafka , Prometheus , etc.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong communication, documentation, and team collaboration skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Our associates' benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings allow employees to choose the type of coverage that meets their needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave, including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records by federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

· The California Fair Chance Act

· Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance

· Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers

· San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

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