Company Name: - JTSi (Johnson Technology Systems, Inc.)
Title: Senior DevOps Engineer - Private Cloud Edition (PCE)
Location: Remote / Hybrid - Candidate can be remote but if they are within 30 miles of the Herndon office they will be asked to be on site 3 days a week (May increase based on business needs
Salary : $146K - $ 151K/ year

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT AND TASKS:

*MUST be a US Citizen and ONLY hold US citizenship (No Dual Citizens)
*Candidate can be remote but if they are within 30 miles of the Herndon office they will be asked to be on site 3 days a week (May increase based on business needs)*
*Possible convert to hire after 1 year*

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer - Private Cloud Edition (PCE)

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Architecture & Provisioning
- Lead the design, deployment, configuration, and maintenance of client solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with a focus on high availability, scalability, and security.
- Architect and implement standardized, reusable infrastructure patterns (e.g., templates, modules) to support PCE deployments at scale.
- Own and enhance automated provisioning processes to accelerate deployment cycles, minimize manual intervention, and improve reliability.
- Partner with development, QA, and platform teams to plan and provision environments for complex testing, performance, and release activities.

Operations, Reliability & Optimization
- Serve as an escalation point for complex operational issues, performing advanced troubleshooting across application, infrastructure, and network layers.
- Design and implement strategies for reliability, capacity planning, performance tuning, and cost optimization across multi-cloud environments.
- Drive adoption of SRE/DevOps practices such as error budgets, SLIs/SLOs, and post incident reviews, and ensure follow through on corrective actions.
- Implement and refine continuous monitoring and observability solutions to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve issues.

Security, Compliance & Governance
- Work closely with security, compliance, and governance teams to design, implement, and maintain robust security architectures and controls in cloud environments.
- Ensure adherence to industry standards and regulatory requirements relevant to U.S. national security and critical infrastructure customers.
- Lead regular security reviews, audits of access controls, configuration baselines, and infrastructure policies; drive remediation and hardening initiatives.
- Champion securebydesign and DevSecOps practices within CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
- Automation, Tooling & CI/CD
- Design and develop advanced automation frameworks, scripts, and tools to eliminate manual work, reduce risk, and improve operational efficiency.
- Architect, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for code deployment, configuration management, and infrastructure as code, including governance and quality gates.
- Evaluate, recommend, and integrate new DevOps tools, platforms, and technologies that improve velocity, reliability, and security of deployments.
- Ensure consistency, standardization, and best practices in the use of configuration management (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) across teams and environments.

Technical Leadership, Collaboration & Documentation
- Act as a technical leader and subject matter expert for DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, and automation within the team and across adjacent teams.
- Mentor and coach junior and midlevel engineers, providing guidance on design, implementation, troubleshooting, and professional development.
- Lead cross-functional initiatives with developers, QA engineers, system administrators, security, and operations teams to deliver complex projects.
- Produce and maintain high quality documentation for reference architectures, runbooks, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
- Influence and help define team standards, best practices, and roadmaps for DevOps and cloud operations.

Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent work experience.
- Substantial hands-on experience (typically 7+ years) in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or cloud infrastructure roles, including:
- Proven track record deploying, managing, and optimizing solutions on public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong expertise with scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation and tooling.
- Advanced experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates).
- Deep understanding of DevOps principles and practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, continuous monitoring, and incident management.
- Practical experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack or similar) and logging/tracing strategies.
- Strong knowledge of security best practices for cloud environments, including identity and access management, network security, and encryption.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and collaborate across diverse technical and business stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to perform under pressure in mission critical environments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certifications in one or more cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Google Cloud Professional DevOps Engineer).
- Experience with SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform services, or SAP Private Cloud Edition implementations.
- Knowledge of networking concepts and protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, load balancing, firewalls) in a cloud and hybrid context.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and related ecosystem tools.
- Previous experience supporting government, defense, or other highly regulated environments, including exposure to compliance frameworks and accreditation processes.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and working within cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams.