Senior DevOps Engineer
Core
Design, build, and audit scalable cloud-native infrastructure and automation pipelines for mission-critical AI systems in defense and national security.
Role type
Senior DevOps Engineer (SRE)
Builds
Multi-account, multi-region AWS environments, Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and observability stacks for high-stakes decision platforms.
Domain
Defense, National Security, Critical Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS cloud engineering, Kubernetes administration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Helm), CI/CD engineering, Security hardening, Linux systems, Scripting (Bash, Python, Go), Observability stacks
Preferred skills
MLOps/LLMOps, On-premise Kubernetes, Prometheus, AWS Karpenter, Compliance literacy (ISO 27001, NIST)
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes (EKS/OpenShift), Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Docker, Prometheus, GuardDuty, CloudWatch, IAM
Responsibilities
Architect and maintain multi-account AWS environments using IaC; manage Kubernetes clusters and service meshes; lead security-posture reviews and implement IAM best practices; uphold SLAs through observability and performance tuning; mentor developers and champion DevSecOps; steward regular audits for industry compliance; design backup and disaster recovery plans; optimize capacity and cloud costs; coordinate incident response and rollbacks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC