Guidehouse

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Guidehouse$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field; additional experience can substitute for degree.
  • Minimum six years in IT infrastructure, with five years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure automation.
  • Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) for infrastructure provisioning.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Bash or similar languages.
  • Ability to work autonomously while mentoring and supporting team members.
  • U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency required, with ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Design, automate, and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence across teams.
  • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
  • Support containerized workloads using Docker, ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes.
  • Implement observability and monitoring solutions with AWS tools.
  • Troubleshoot system performance and reliability issues, maintaining SLAs and SLOs.
  • Ensure adherence to security and regulatory compliance requirements.

Benefits

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Full Job Description

Job Family:

Systems Engineering


Travel Required:

Up to 10%


Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

  • We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to design, automate and optimize cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines while ensuring applications are highly available, scalable, secure and cost-efficient.

  • Hands-on experience with AWS services, automation frameworks, and DevOps best practices, while also capable of mentoring junior engineers and driving technical excellence across teams.

  • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline etc.) and support containerized workloads (Docker, ECS, EKS, Kubernetes).

  • Enable automated testing, artifact management, and blue/green or canary deployments.

  • Implement observability, monitoring and logging solutions using AWS CloudWatch, X-Ray or third-party tools.

  • Troubleshoot system performance, latency, reliability issues and define and maintain SLAs, SLOs.

  • Automate provisioning, scaling, monitoring, recovery processes security scanning and vulnerability management with CI/CD.

  • Ensure systems meets security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2 etc.) as applicable.

  • Implement IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking.

  • Work closely with developers, architects, and QA to ensure smooth releases.


What You Will Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field. Additional Four (4) expedience can be used in lieu of degree.

  • Minimum Six (6) years of prior relevant experience in IT infrastructure, with at least Five (5) years in cloud engineering,  DevOps, or infrastructure automation.

  • Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, etc.)

  • Assist senior transition team in account handoff validation, CI/CD pipeline validation, GitHub Actions audit, CodeBuild job review, Argo sync check, artifact migration, secrets verification, deployment dry runs, rollback prep, cutover support.

  • Monitor deployment pipeline and build status, build troubleshooting, deployment automation, Helm chart maintenance, Dockerfile updates, environment config management, release coordination, developer support.

  • Ownership of services like GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ArgoCD, Helm charts, Dockerfiles, secrets management, environment variables, deployment workflows, Terraform templates.

  • Hands on experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)

  • Proven ability to work autonomously and collaborate, mentor, help, and support other team members, as needed to solve complex operational and reliability problems.

  • Strong development background in Python, Bash or similar.

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role and associated government clearance requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders) to be eligible for consideration.

  • Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.


What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (Highly desirable).

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other specialty certifications.


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

  • Parental Leave

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

  • Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

  • Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

  • Care.com annual membership

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is a management consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. The firm provides consulting services to clients in the public and commercial sectors, with a focus on energy, financial services, healthcare, national security, and aerospace and defense. Guidehouse was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from PwC. The firm has over 7,000 employees and operates in more than 50 locations worldwide.
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