[Remote] Senior AWS DevOps / Platform Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Guidehouse is a consulting and technology services company seeking a Senior AWS DevOps / Platform Engineer. The role focuses on automating and maintaining secure AWS and hybrid cloud infrastructure, developing CI/CD pipelines, managing containerized workloads, and supporting monitoring, compliance, resilience, and incident response. The engineer will collaborate across technical teams and document operational processes and root-cause findings.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning and lifecycle management of AWS services — identity, compute, storage, backups, networking, logging, and monitoring — using Terraform
• Deploy, configure, harden, and maintain infrastructure across AWS and hybrid environments following secure baseline standards
• Build and standardize reusable Terraform modules; improve consistency across Environments
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (Groovy/YAML pipeline-as-code), Git, and Docker
• Manage containerized workloads on ECS/Docker, including deployment strategies and rolling updates
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and automation issues to ensure reliability and mission continuity
• Implement and maintain monitoring/observability using Splunk, Zabbix, and AppDynamics, with actionable dashboards and alerting
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production incident response and mission continuity for critical workloads
• Apply cybersecurity best practices and support compliance-aligned infrastructure operations (NIST, CIS, ISO 27000, FedRAMP/FISMA)
• Collaborate with security and networking teams on secure configurations, change controls, and audit-ready processes
• Support business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) readiness
• Partner with engineering, security, networking, and application teams to support mission needs and delivery timelines
• Maintain SOPs, system diagrams, and secure configuration baselines
• Produce clear Root Cause Analysis(RCA) documentation and present findings to technical and non-technical/federal stakeholders

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, IT, Computer Science, or related field or additional four (4) years of experience in lieu of degree
• Minimum Six(6) years hands-on experience in AWS cloud and DevOps/platform engineering
• Strong hands-on Terraform experience for AWS infrastructure automation
• Strong Jenkins/CI-CD pipeline experience, including YAML and Groovy pipeline scripting
• Docker containerization experience
• Strong scripting skills (Python and/or Bash)
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices, zero-trust concepts, and compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO 27000)
• Self-starter, comfortable working across Engineering, DevOps, and Architecture functions
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD 'PUBLIC TRUST'; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred
• Backstage or other internal developer platform (IDP) experience
• ServiceNow administration experience
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional (or equivalent)
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools: Splunk, Zabbix, AppDynamics
• Experience with AI-assisted coding tools (Copilot, Kiro or Cursor) to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality via testing/review

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Care.com annual membership
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

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