DEVOPS Cloud Engineer at Quevera LLC – Herndon, Virginia

Job Description:

Quevera is seeking a DEVOPS Cloud Engineer to join our team. At Quevera, we don’t just offer jobs—we provide opportunities to be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking community that fosters innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. You’ll work with industry experts, take on exciting challenges, and have the creative freedom to build cutting-edge solutions, all while advancing your career in a space that truly values your skills and ideas.

HIGHLIGHT'S OF WORKING FOR QUEVERA:

Quevera employees voted Quevera as a TOP EMPLOYER in the Baltimore /DC area by the Washington for 2025 for the 5th consecutive year!

Excellent Quevera's Benefits:

Medical/Dental/Vision (100% Employer Paid Medical Plan)

Short/Long Term Disability (Employer Paid)

Life Insurance (Employer Paid)

Yearly $5,000 towards education/training/certification.

Employees are in control of their career path through our Career Pathway Program.

Employer paid Company Vacation Package for you and a guest!

Retirement:

Quevera will match up to 6% towards your 401K and an additional 4% profit sharing!

REQUIRED - MUST have a current TS/SCI Polygraph clearance to apply for role. Only those with a current TS/SCI with Poly clearance will be considered.

Duties and Responsibilitie

-Design, implement, and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and deployment pipelines using Infrastructure as Code

-Lead and architect scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple cloud environments

-Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines for complex microservices architectures

-Develop and maintain full-stack applications while ensuring operational excellence and reliability

-Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for production systems

-Drive security-first infrastructure design and implementation

-Mentor team members on DevOps best practices and cloud-native technologies

Required Experience:

-TS/SCI with CI Poly required with current NGA eligibility and SBU/SECNet/COE accounts

-Must be willing to work in SCIF daily or as needed, and participate in on-call rotation for production support as needed

-5+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant DevOps focus

-5+ years of experience with bash/python scripting

-5+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and practices (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc)

-5+ years of experience with AWS services and cloud-native architecture patterns

-3+ years of experience with cloud-native technologies and AWS services (ECS, Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker, RDS, DynamoDB)

-3+ years of experience with IAM policies, security groups, and network security

-3+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation)

-3+ years of experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS) and container orchestration

-3+ years of experience with Authority to Operate (ATO) processes and security documentation

-Proven track record implementing security controls and compliance requirements (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP)

-3+ years of experience with secrets management and security automation

-Background in security scanning tools and DevSecOps practices (SonarQube, Snyk, etc)

-DevOps: Monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus, etc), logging, and alerting

Desired Experience:

-3+ years of experience with disaster recovery

-2+ years in TypeScript, Python (Or OOP), writing and reviewing code for enterprise scale applications

-Container security and runtime protection knowledge

-Security compliance automation and continuous monitoring

-Database administration and optimization (RDS, DynamoDB, MongoDB)

-Serverless architecture expertise (Lambda, API Gateway, etc)

-Background in full-stack web development (React, Node.js)

-Experience leading technical initiatives in large-scale environments

-System design experience with focus on scalability and reliability

-Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements

Quevera is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other characteristic protected by law. #LI-AA1