Senior DevOps Platform Engineer (Remote Opportunity)

Role Overview

Senior DevSecOps / Platform Engineer to support a large federal healthcare technology program. You will design, implement, and maintain secure platform services, CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation capabilities across shared development, test, and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support CI/CD pipelines, build automation, and deployment workflows across environments.
• Engineer secure, scalable cloud platform capabilities using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container platforms, and automation tooling.
• Improve platform reliability and observability, including access controls, secrets management, and operational readiness.
• Partner with software engineers to enhance developer experience, deployment efficiency, and release repeatability.
• Implement and maintain DevSecOps controls across build, deploy, scanning, monitoring, and incident response workflows.
• Manage platform components such as containers, orchestration platforms, artifact repositories, and shared runtime services.
• Troubleshoot pipeline/environment/deployment issues and support root cause analysis and service restoration.
• Contribute to platform standards, runbooks, technical documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Support change management, patching, upgrades, and operational governance for shared services.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience in DevOps, platform engineering, systems engineering, or cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar.
• Experience with AWS, containerization, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Knowledge of security controls: secrets handling, vulnerability scanning, and compliance-oriented platform engineering.
• Experience supporting shared environments and release automation for enterprise applications.
• Familiarity with Linux, scripting, monitoring tools, and production troubleshooting.
• Strong collaboration skills across engineering, QA, security, and program leadership.
• Ability to document technical and operational procedures clearly.
• Bachelor’s degree (CS/IT/Engineering or related) or equivalent experience.
• Ability to obtain a Government clearance.

Additional Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Experience supporting federal contracting environments / Department of Veterans Affairs initiatives.
• Familiarity with InterSystems IRIS or healthcare integration platforms.
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Kubernetes, security, or DevOps).
• Experience in regulated environments with auditability and security requirements.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and Git-based delivery ecosystems.

Location / Remote

• Remote opportunity, but must reside within the continental US.

Hiring / Compliance Notes

• Selected candidates must complete fingerprinting at a government facility and undergo a background check.