Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote)

The Company

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference. 

Our Digital Modernization team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We know success doesn't happen by accident. It takes the right team of people, working together on the right solutions for the customer. We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer who will be a key driver to make this happen.

In this position, you will be part of the team building best in class government systems. Learn and grow using AWS Infrastructure, DevSecOps, Agile Scrum, incremental delivery philosophy with highly supportive peers constantly sharing subject matter expertise.

Our core work hours are 10am - 4pm Eastern Time with the option to start earlier or work later depending on your time zone.

Responsibilities:

• Implement best in class cloud-based solutions in AWS using infrastructure as code
• Deploy, setup, and run infrastructure configurations for various AWS services, utilizing Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform
• Engage with technical stakeholders including but not limited to application development, networking, infrastructure, information security, risk, enterprise identity and access management, and security operations
• Enable and optimize the automation of application and infrastructure environments
• Be part of a team where you collaborate to build cloud infrastructure, with an understanding of AMI, Containers and serverless functions
• Develop, maintain and improve continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for delivering features, fixes and system updates in development, integration and production environments.
• Set up, integrate, and maintain a scalable, stable set of CI/CD tools to support development, testing, and security scanning.
• Implement Amazon CloudWatch, Splunk and other third party monitoring solutions to provide continuous monitoring capabilities, track all aspects of the system, infrastructure, performance, application errors and roll up metrics.
• Analyze functional and non-functional business requirements, translate them into technical operational requirements, and propose CI/CD pipelines with tools and plugins.
• Making a big impact as part of a small team that’s pushing boundaries

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science: Information Systems, Engineering or other related scientific or technical discipline
• 3+ years of experience in setting up CI/CD Pipelines with integration with open-source plugins.
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps/Agile/Scrum environments and development.
• 3+ years of strong hands-on experience with configuration management, cloud orchestration and automation tools with AWS environments.
• 3+ years’ experience with provisioning and managing infrastructure as well as applications in AWS cloud environments.
• 2+ years of experience with identifying and implementing automation for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment.
• 2+ years’ experience writing infrastructure as code using Terraform
• 10 years of professional experience
• Ability to get Public Trust Clearances
• Must be US Citizen or US Permanent Resident for Federal Clearance

Professional Skills:

• Outstanding writing and verbal communication abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Working knowledge of Linux
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Candidate must reside in the US, be authorized to work in the US, and work must be performed in the US
• Must be able to travel approximately 5%

Preferred Skills:

• Design and implement automated monitoring capabilities to generate dashboards with trends, useful messages, and immediate notifications, and provide real-time metrics using Splunk or similar services.
• Knowledge of multi-account architecture, leveraging tools such as AWS Control Tower, SCPs, GuardRails, and Transit Gateways
• Wide technology experience that may include cloud architecture, cloud migrations, applications development, networking, security, storage, analytics, or machine learning
• AWS Solution Architect (Associate or Pro) certification.
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures such as NIST, FISMA, FedRamp and Common Criteria regulations and standards. 
• Familiarity with the MLOps, machine learning lifecycle and product landscape, for example: Amazon SageMaker, Apache Airflow, Looker, Trifacta etc. You don't need to be an expert in all these.

Job Location: This position requires that the job be performed in the United States.  If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations and blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and also prohibits personal VPN connections.

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email Candidateaccommodation@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more here: Requesting an Accommodation for the ICF interview process.

Read more about workplace discrimination rights, the Pay Transparency Statement, or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act.

 

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$84,533.00 - $143,706.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)