Senior DevOps Engineer — US Federal / AWS GovCloud
Core
Lead the greenfield build of a compliant AWS GovCloud enclave for US federal workloads, managing the full lifecycle from architecture to FedRAMP authorization.
Role type
Senior DevOps Engineer (Federal Infrastructure)
Builds
AWS GovCloud infrastructure, Kubernetes (EKS) workloads, and FedRAMP-compliant CI/CD pipelines
Domain
US Federal Government / Cloud Infrastructure / Compliance (via careerplan.io/jobs/31-002-4A-27E-senior-devops-engineer-us-federal-aws-govcloud)
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS GovCloud, Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD, Security Auditing, People Management, Incident Response, Policy-as-Code, Cloud Cost Management, Migration Planning
Preferred skills
TS/SCI Clearance, CMMC Level 2, DISA STIGs, SingleStore, MongoDB Atlas for Government
Technologies
AWS GovCloud, EKS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Coralogix, incident.io, Semgrep, MongoDB Atlas
Responsibilities
Build the entire GovCloud environment from scratch including networking, identity, and encryption; Lead the end-to-end migration of federal workloads; Conduct full internal audits and stand behind assessments with external assessors; Define and defend the FedRAMP authorization boundary; Own infrastructure as code and production Kubernetes workloads; Implement continuous monitoring and incident response; Hire and lead the US federal infrastructure team.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management responsibilities
