Cloud DevOps Architect

Job summary

Core One is seeking a Cloud DevOps Architect to lead the technical design, automation, and continuous delivery of a web-based tool built on AWS cloud services within a classified environment. This role involves owning the DevOps pipeline from code to deployment, driving engineering excellence, and ensuring systems remain secure, compliant, and mission-ready.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in IT systems administration, software development and integration, system testing, cybersecurity compliance, troubleshooting, and incident response.
• 2+ years of experience in system administration of Sponsor Systems.
• 6+ years of experience in application design, development, and deployment of classified IC systems.
• 4+ years of experience in Sponsor's Amazon Web Services environment (C2S or C2E) including cloud systems administration, containerization, cloud environment management, and compliance assessments.
• Experience with SecDevOps tools including CI/CD pipelines, code repositories, and testing suites.
• Experience providing troubleshooting support for IT systems within an IC environment.
• AWS certification or equivalent cloud technology certification.
• Experience with object-oriented programming languages, relational databases, NoSQL data solutions, software testing, and configuration management practices.
• Experience using AWS operational status tools and implementing IT operations situational awareness using monitoring and logs such as Splunk dashboards, Elasticsearch, and ServiceNow.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design, automation, and continuous delivery of web-based tools on AWS cloud services in a classified environment.
• Own the DevOps pipeline from code to deployment, ensuring secure, compliant, and mission-ready systems.
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for classified AWS cloud environments.
• Define and enforce DevOps standards including branching strategies, code review practices, automated testing, and release management.
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Lead integration of APIs, databases, and microservices for seamless interoperability and performance.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Splunk, Elasticsearch, and ServiceNow.
• Embed automated security and compliance checks within the pipeline for continuous ATO, RMF adherence, and federal compliance.
• Partner with IT PM, compliance officers, legal, and stakeholders to translate mission requirements into automated, scalable technical solutions.
• Drive system reliability through performance tuning, infrastructure optimization, and automation of operational tasks.
• Lead post-deployment operations including maintenance, patch management, feature enhancements, and incident response.
• Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and foster an automation-first engineering culture.

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