Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer / Top SECRET / FULLY ONSITE

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Job Title : Cloud Developer - Senior
Location : Huntsville, AL - fully ONSITE
Salary : based on experience on other qualifications.
Clearance :TOP SECRET is a must and job is fully ONSITE
Education: Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience
Job description:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to support the design, automation, deployment, and maintenance of mission-critical cloud infrastructure in a classified AWS environment . This is a fully onsite role in Huntsville, AL , supporting national security and defense programs that demand strict adherence to security and compliance standards.

The ideal candidate has deep technical expertise in AWS cloud services , Terraform infrastructure as code , Linux system administration , and Agile/Scrum practices , with a proven track record in building scalable, secure, and automated DevSecOps pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, automate, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure using AWS services and Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Administer and optimize Linux-based systems, ensuring high availability, security, and compliance.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash, Python, or PowerShell for provisioning and monitoring.
• Configure and manage networking, VPCs, IAM roles, security groups, and encryption policies in AWS environments.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate DevSecOps practices, improving release cycles and reliability.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar tools.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies (daily standups, sprint planning, retrospectives) to support rapid delivery cycles.
• Support accreditation and compliance activities under DoD/IC security frameworks (NIST, RMF, FedRAMP).
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvement of DevOps workflows.

Standard benefits

• 3 weeks of Paid time off (PTO that includes sick leave).
• Any unused PTO will be issued as a check at the end of an employee's anniversary with us.
• we also provide 2 floating and 8 public holidays.
• Floating and holidays expire at the end of every year of service of an employee.
• In addition, company will cover 50% of health and dental insurances only for all full time employees, however, dependents can be added at extra cost.
• Employee's health and dental coverage becomes effective after 30 days or first of the month after an employee completes initial 30 working days, we cover 50% for the employee's health and dental insurances.
• An employee has to finish all of your paper work for health and dental in the first 30 days of your employment with us.
• We provide STD, LTD and one time salary equivalent of life insurance at NO cost to all full time employees.
• All full time employees or w-2 employees with no benefits will be eligible to participate in company's 401k program after 90 days of employment with a company match of 4%, immediate vesting.
• In addition, all w-2 employees are eligible to be part of company's profit sharing, no employee contributions required.