Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer

ECS is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer to work in our Arlington, VA (hybrid) office. 

We are looking for a talented Senior DevOps / Cloud Engineer who is passionate about building, automating, and operating modern cloud environments. Strong candidates will have deep hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, containers, Linux, networking, and infrastructure-as-code, with a desire to continuously improve the reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency of technical environments.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing, building, automating, and operating cloud platforms and delivery pipelines. The ideal candidate will be comfortable writing code and automation, troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems, implementing cloud-native solutions, and partnering directly with software, security, and infrastructure teams.

• →Design, build, operate, and improve scalable, reliable, and secure cloud infrastructure.
• →Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, or equivalent tools.
• →Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines supporting application, infrastructure, and configuration deployments.
• →Develop automation, tooling, scripts, and integrations using languages such as Python, Go, PowerShell, or Bash.
• →Deploy and operate containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native container platforms.
• →Design and implement cloud architectures using services across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• →Automate provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, scaling, and operational workflows.
• →Support the development and operation of microservices, APIs, distributed applications, and cloud-native platforms.
• →Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, observability, and performance-management capabilities across applications and infrastructure.
• →Troubleshoot complex issues involving Linux systems, networking, containers, cloud services, application deployments, and automation pipelines.
• →Improve system reliability, availability, resiliency, performance, and operational efficiency through automation and engineering.
• →Implement and maintain secure configuration, identity and access controls, secrets management, certificates, and cloud security best practices.
• →Partner with software engineers to improve development workflows, deployment processes, and application operability.
• →Partner with security engineers to integrate security controls into cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and development workflows.
• →Identify repetitive operational processes and replace them with scalable automation.
• →Evaluate new cloud, DevOps, platform engineering, and automation technologies and determine where they can improve the environment.
• →Provide technical leadership and mentorship while remaining actively involved in implementation and troubleshooting.

Salary Range: $140,000-$200,000

General Description of Benefits 

• →Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information technology, or another technical discipline, or an associate degree with equivalent years of relevant technical experience.
• →At least 8 years of overall technical experience, including significant hands-on experience in several of the following areas:
• →DevOps Engineering
• →Cloud Engineering
• →Platform Engineering
• →Unix/Linux Administration
• →Infrastructure Automation
• →CI/CD Engineering
• →Networking and Virtual Infrastructure
• →Containerization and Kubernetes
• →Application Deployment and Operations
• →Software Development or Scripting
• →Strong scripting or development experience in at least one language such as Python, Go, PowerShell, Bash, Perl, or similar.
• →Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating production infrastructure using automation and infrastructure-as-code.
• →Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot complex infrastructure, cloud, networking, application, and deployment issues.
• →Ability to work directly with software, security, and infrastructure teams to translate technical requirements into reliable and maintainable engineering solutions.