Everforth ECS is seeking a DevOps Engineer to work at our Ft. Meate, MD location.
Everforth ECS is seeking a DevOps Engineer to work in a hybrid capacity with 3 days a week onsite at DISA HQ in Ft. Meade, MD. This position will lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure across cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP) environment. A successful candidate will be able to bridge the gap between development and operations teams, optimizing continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and efficiency. This position will work as a member of a team managing and maintaining multiple coalition Mission Partner network enclaves in support of the DoW community and will work with a team to design, implement, and maintain enclaves' virtual infrastructure in both AWS and Azure Cloud as well as on premises deployments. The ideal candidate has exceptional problem-solving skills and a breadth of expertise in cloud networking concepts, modern CI/CD pipeline, platform automation, and infrastructure development supporting these technologies.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, deploy, and maintain immutable infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native tools (ARM, CloudFormation) across multi-cloud environments
- Deployment & CI/CD Pipelines: Build, optimize, and manage end-to-end automated deployment pipelines using platforms like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI to enable high-speed, secure software delivery
- Containerization & Orchestration: Manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS/GKE), ensuring high availability for containerized applications
- Observability & Reliability: Establish unified monitoring, log centralization, and alert systems across hybrid systems using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch or relevant tech stacks.
- Security & Compliance: Enforce DevSecOps practices, managing IAM policies, network security, and compliance guardrails (CIS/NIST)
- Mentorship & Strategy: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers, while improving deployment processes and promoting a DevOps culture
- Other duties as assigned.
Salary Range: $120,000 - $160,000
General Description of Benefits
Preferred Qualifications- U.S. Citizen.
- Active Secret security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years of related professional experience.
- Active DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ (or higher).
- Cloud Platforms: Expert knowledge in at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- IaC/Config Management: Experience with Terraform (required) and Ansible.
- Containerization and orchestration: Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
- Scripting: Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Powershell for automation.
- CI/CD Platforms: Expert knowledge defining automated pipelines using YAML configurations in standard industry pipelines
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Azure Devops GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions.
- OS Knowledge: Strong proficiency in Linux-based environments,
- Domain Knowledge: Understanding of classified environments, sovereign clouds, and intelligence community IT frameworks
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate solution.
- Highly developed interpersonal and oral/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively and professionally interact with a diverse set of stakeholders (from peers to end-users to executive management).
Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Active Secret security clearance
- Bachelor's degree and at least 5 years of related professional experience
- Active DoD 8140 IAT Level II Security+ certification or higher
- Expert knowledge of at least one major cloud platform: Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Experience with Terraform
- Experience with Ansible
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
- Proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
- Expertise defining automated CI/CD pipelines using YAML
- Experience with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions
- Strong proficiency in Linux-based environments
- Understanding of classified environments, sovereign clouds, and intelligence community IT frameworks
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
