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Cloud DevOps Architect at Core One
McLean, VAFull-timeApplication Development Posted 6 days ago
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Join our team at Core One! Our mission is to be at the forefront of devising analytical, operational and technical solutions to our Nation's most complex national security challenges. In order to achieve our mission, Core One values people first! We are committed to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining top talent! We offer a competitive total compensation package that sets us apart from our competition. Core One is a team-oriented, dynamic, and growing company that values exceptional performance!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Clearance Required: Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph</span></p>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">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 the Sponsor's classified environment. You will own the DevOps pipeline from code to deployment, driving engineering excellence across the full software development lifecycle while ensuring all systems remain secure, compliant, and mission-ready.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows for a classified AWS cloud environment, ensuring rapid and reliable delivery of application updates and infrastructure changes</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Define and enforce DevOps standards across the team including branching strategies, code review practices, automated testing suites, and release management processes</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ensuring environments are reproducible, auditable, and compliant with Sponsor and federal requirements</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead integration of APIs, databases, and microservices to ensure seamless interoperability and performance for mission users</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using Splunk, Elasticsearch, and ServiceNow to provide full operational visibility and enable rapid incident response</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Embed automated security and compliance checks within the pipeline to support continuous ATO, RMF adherence, and federal compliance frameworks</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with the IT PM, compliance officers, legal, and Sponsor stakeholders to translate mission requirements into automated, scalable technical solutions</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Drive system reliability through proactive performance tuning, infrastructure optimization, and automation of routine operational tasks</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Lead post-deployment operations including maintenance windows, patch management, feature enhancements, and incident response</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and foster a culture of automation-first engineering</li>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></p>
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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Bachelor's Degree or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">3+ years of cumulative experience spanning IT systems administration, software development and integration, system testing, cybersecurity compliance, troubleshooting, and incident response</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">2+ years of experience in system administration of Sponsor Systems</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">6+ years of experience in application design, development, and deployment of classified IC systems of similar scope and complexity</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">4+ years of combined experience in Sponsor's Amazon Web Services environment (C2S or C2E) including cloud systems administration, containerization, cloud environment management, and compliance assessments</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with SecDevOps tools including CI/CD pipelines, code repositories, and testing suites</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience providing troubleshooting support for IT systems within an IC environment</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">AWS certification or equivalent cloud technology certification</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with object-oriented programming languages, relational databases, NoSQL data solutions, software testing, and configuration management practices</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience using AWS operational status tools and implementing IT operations situational awareness using monitoring and logs such as Splunk dashboards, Elasticsearch, and ServiceNow</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">TS/SCI with Polygraph</li>
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<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Desired Qualifications</strong></p>
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<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience with Agile requirements management and sprint planning for technical IT development teams</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Master's Degree in any of the above disciplines</li>
<li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Security+, CISSP, or equivalent certification</li>
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