DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities

The DevOps Engineer will operate secure enterprise platforms and automate build, test, deployment, and observability services for the CMS ATLAS program. Responsibilities include maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing cloud infrastructure, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve platform reliability.

Requirements

Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud operations, or systems administration and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. A bachelor's degree in a related field is required, though additional relevant experience may be considered as a substitute.

Skills

• AWS
• CloudFormation
• DevOps
• DevSecOps
• Infrastructure As Code
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Python
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• SonarQube

Benefits

• Medical plan options
• Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid time off
• Vacation
• Sick leave
• Personal time
• Holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Military leave
• Bereavement leave
• Jury duty leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Life insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Critical illness insurance

About this role

Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Confidential
Public Trust/Other Required:
Other
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
AWS CloudFormation, DevOps, DevOps Tools, DevSecOps, Infrastructure As Code (IaC)
Certifications:
None
Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our team to support Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Agile Tools, Licensing and Shared Services (ATLAS) program.
NOTE: This position is contingent upon contract award, projected in January 2027.

As a DevOps Engineer supporting the ATLAS software-delivery ecosystem, you will be trusted to operate secure enterprise platforms and automate reliable build, test, deployment, and observability services. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team supporting CMS digital modernization and the delivery of secure, scalable healthcare services. You will install, configure, operate and maintain DevOps tools, CI/CD build agents and supporting server, container and cloud infrastructure under the direction of senior engineering staff. Perform tool upgrades, patching, backups, user and access provisioning, and license management. Monitor system health, utilization and logs, and respond to alerts and incidents, escalating complex issues as required. You will also develop scripts to automate routine tasks, maintain system documentation and runbooks, and support application teams onboarding to tools and pipelines.
MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT:
Collaborating with developers, senior engineers, security teams, and CMS stakeholders to improve platform reliability, developer experience, and software-delivery outcomes.
Operating and optimizing CloudBees CI on AWS EKS, including Jenkins controllers, Kubernetes build agents, GitHub integrations, and pipelines supporting approximately 70,000 builds per month.
Administering Grafana, Prometheus, SonarQube, JMaaS, and Structurizr while maintaining dashboards, alerts, quality gates, performance tests, access controls, and platform integrations.
Automating infrastructure, configuration, testing, security scanning, and deployments; monitoring platform health and resolving build, deployment, telemetry, and environment issues.
Applying CMS and NIST security requirements, supporting continuous ATO activities, and maintaining runbooks, architecture diagrams, pipeline documentation, and release and change records.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED - REQUIRED:
Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field; additional relevant experience may be considered in place of a degree.
Years of Experience: 5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD engineering, cloud operations, platform engineering, or systems administration.
Technical Skills:
Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines using CloudBees CI, Jenkins, or a comparable enterprise platform.
Experience with AWS, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes or EKS, GitHub integrations, and dynamically provisioned build agents.
Experience with infrastructure as code and automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Packer, Python, Bash, or comparable technologies.
Experience integrating automated testing, code-quality controls, vulnerability scanning, and container security into CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, incident response, patching, secure configurations, and vulnerability remediation.
Understanding of CMS or federal security requirements, NIST guidance, FISMA controls, and ATO processes.
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across pipelines, applications, containers, observability platforms, and cloud infrastructure.
Schedule: CMS business hours (9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET) for non-production support; on-call rotation for 24×7 production support
Location: Remote (CONUS), with the ability to travel to CMS Headquarters in Bethesda, MD several times a year.
Travel: Up to 10%
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Relevant AWS, CloudBees, Kubernetes, Grafana, SonarQube, DevOps, or security certification.
Experience administering CloudBees Jenkins Operations Center, managed controllers, and Kubernetes-based build agents at enterprise scale.
Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, SonarQube, JMeter/JMaaS, Structurizr, Artifactory, Xray, or test-management platforms.
Experience creating dashboards, Prometheus scrape targets, alerting rules, SonarQube Quality Gates, and performance-test integrations.
Familiarity with SSO, SAML, LDAP, RBAC, secrets management, and least-privilege access.
Experience with high availability, zero-downtime upgrades, SRE practices, DORA metrics, and AWS cost optimization.
Experience supporting CMS or another federal agency within continuous A&A, FISMA, and ATO boundaries.
Experience supporting CMS, federal healthcare, or another federal government environment.
Familiarity with CMS information security requirements and federal security and compliance frameworks.
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At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
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Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
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