Job Description
Role: DevOps / HPC Infrastructure Engineer
Clearance: Active TS/SCI (US Citizen only)
Environment: AWS GovCloud (Secret deployment)
Location: US (onsite or hybrid depending on customer mandate)
Mandatory Requirements
- US Citizenship
- Active TS/SCI clearance (must be current; no sponsorship)
- Prior experience supporting Secret or classified cloud environments
- Hands-on experience with AWS GovCloud (US)
Core Skill Set
DevOps & Infrastructure
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
- CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar)
- Automation & configuration management (Ansible, scripting)
AWS & Secure Cloud
- AWS Landing Zone design (networking, IAM, security boundaries)
- VPCs, Transit Gateways, PrivateLink, security groups, NACLs
- IAM roles, SCPs, cross-account access (GovCloud constraints)
- Logging & monitoring (CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub)
HPC / Advanced Compute (Strong Plus)
- HPC workload orchestration (Slurm, PBS, or similar)
- Experience with AWS ParallelCluster or AWS PCS
- High-performance storage (FSx for Lustre, EFS, S3)
- GPU/compute-heavy workloads (optional but valuable)
Security & Compliance
- Familiarity with DoD SRG, NIST 800-53, ICD 503
- Experience operating in air-gapped / restricted egress environments
- Secure AMI pipelines, patching, STIG hardening
Responsibilities
- Build and operate secure AWS GovCloud landing zones
- Support Secret-level cloud deployments
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management
- Enable DevOps workflows under classified constraints
- Support HPC or compute-intensive workloads where required
- Collaborate with security teams to maintain compliance posture
Nice-to-Have
- Prior work with DoD, IC, or federal system integrators
- Experience migrating workloads from on-prem or commercial AWS to GovCloud
- Familiarity with Research IT / HPC environments