Responsibilities We are seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join our infrastructure team supporting critical systems at USCIS, where youll tackle complex technical challenges and build automated solutions that matter. As a Sr. DevOps Engineer you will mentor fellow engineers, architect scalable infrastructure solutions, and work alongside a collaborative DevOps team supporting 14 development teams. This is an opportunity for a self-motivated engineer who thrives in fast-paced environments and wants to make a meaningful impact on systems that serve thousands of federal workers. US Citizenship is required.

Responsibilities:

• Responding to infrastructure support requests; Triaging and investigating complexities
• Supporting our ecosystem by performing tasks such as Ubuntu hardening, Terraform provisioning, automation via AAP (Ansible Automation Platform) and making updates to address vulnerabilities
• Communicating with peers on issues, following/managing multiple MS Teams threads
• Participating in daily and weekly agile ceremonies including standups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives
• Supporting our ecosystem by performing tasks such as OS (Windows, Ubuntu, or any other Linux systems) hardening, deploying infrastructure with Terraform, Provisioning AMIs, making updates to address vulnerabilities
• May need to support monthly patching on weekends (approx. 2 hours, team members will flex time during week)
• Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to proactively document knowledge
• Ability to clearly articulate technical solutions to peers
• Ability to work in a high-speed delivery focused environment
• Ability to work on a fully remote team and maintain delivery tempo
• Ability to adapt and learn new technologies quickly

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Ability to receive DHS EOD suitability
• U.S. Citizenship
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience
• Possession of strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a high-speed delivery focused environment
• Ability to work on a fully remote team and maintain delivery tempo
• Ability to learn quickly
• Experience in the following is necessary:
• CI/CD automated pipelines
• AWS and its services (EKS, ECS, RDS, SQS, SES)
• IAC Frameworks like Terraform and/or Cloudformation
• Experience using and implementing Infrastructure As Code
• Containerization best practices
• Git or alternative source code repositories

Secondary Qualifications:

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools including New Relic and Splunk
• Kubernetes or other container orchestration platform experience
• Knowledge of streaming platforms like Kafka
• Database administration experience (PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB)
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence
• Active GitHub profile (feel free to share!)

If hired for this position, the base salary range would be within the range provided. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary based on various factors including but not limited to work location, skills, experience, gov con contractual requirements, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Empower AI's total compensation package for employees. Pay Band MinUSD $87,320.00/Yr. Pay Band MaxUSD $135,160.00/Yr.