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AI Platform & DevSecOps Engineer

Sim*** · Washington, DC, United States
Washington, DC, United StatesExp: 8+ yrsRemote
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Washington, DC, United States
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa

Job summary

The AI Platform & DevSecOps Engineer builds and operates secure, multi-environment AWS platforms and delivery pipelines for AI workloads in federal and regulated settings. Responsibilities include managing infrastructure with Terraform, enforcing CI/CD controls, coordinating releases, securing Amazon Bedrock services, and automating compliance evidence and observability. The role also supports AWS-native client platforms and administers AI development tooling such as Claude Code.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insuranceProfessional development and trainingPerformance-based incentives401(k) retirement savings planWork-from-home stipendUnlimited paid time offPaid holidaysFlexible work scheduleProfessional development budget for training and certifications

Qualifications

  • At least 8 years of professional experience in DevOps, platform, cloud, or site-reliability engineering, including at least 4 years on AWS and 2 years supporting generative AI or machine-learning workloads.
  • Demonstrated experience delivering Terraform infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment applications.
  • Experience supporting a federal or regulated system through an authorization process such as FedRAMP, RMF/ATO, or CJIS compliance.
  • Expert-level Terraform and AWS skills, including multi-account organization, IAM, VPC networking, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Security Hub.
  • Hands-on experience securing and operating Amazon Bedrock and related AI services, including guardrails, model access, and usage and cost controls.
  • Strong CI/CD skills with GitHub Actions or an equivalent, including automated testing, container builds, and artifact and secrets management.
  • Working knowledge of Python or TypeScript for automation, pipeline steps, and platform tooling.
  • Familiarity with Claude Code, agentic development tooling, and administration of AI accounts and shared team configuration.
  • U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
  • Required AWS and Claude certifications must be earned within 12 months of hire.
  • DC Metro-area residence is preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain DEV, TST, STG, and PRD AWS environments using Terraform and reusable infrastructure modules.
  • Build and operate CI/CD pipelines that enforce SDLC gates, including automated tests, coverage thresholds, security scans, and promotion approvals.
  • Coordinate releases across environments and maintain release notes and rollback procedures.
  • Secure AWS AI workloads using Amazon Bedrock guardrails, model access controls, least-privilege IAM, encryption, logging, and network isolation.
  • Generate and maintain evidence for FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, and CJIS compliance and support authorization and continuous-monitoring processes.
  • Implement AI application observability, including tracing, evaluation metrics, cost monitoring, and alerting.
  • Administer Claude Code accounts and configuration, shared agent and skill repositories, and Jira, GitHub, and pipeline integrations.
  • Provide AWS platform engineering for client engagements, including landing zones, account structures, and well-architected reviews.
  • Automate lifecycle tasks between requirements and end-to-end testing.
  • Document platforms, runbooks, and standards, and coach engineers on their use.

Skills

AWSAWS KMSCloudWatchGitHubGitHub ActionsIAMJiraKubernetesPythonTerraformTypeScriptDocker

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAWS Certified DevOps Engineer – ProfessionalClaude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F)Claude Certified Associate – Foundations (CCAO-F)AWS Certified Security – SpecialtyHashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateCompTIA Security+CISSPCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Degrees

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a

Work schedule

Flexible work schedule

Travel

Occasional travel to client sites and company events

Industry

Federal GovernmentRegulated systems

Security clearance

Public Trust

Relocation

No