Senior DevOps Engineer
Company: Esimplicity
Location: Columbia, MD (Remote)
Salary: $106,300 - $136,600 a year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-04-07
About this role
Description:
About Us:
eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well-being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow.
We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). In this role, you will be responsible for integrating security best practices and automation into our CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure. You will work within a large-scale AWS environment that supports Big Data processing, web applications, and various reporting tools, ensuring the security and compliance of critical healthcare systems.
Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to deliver applications and infrastructure.
- Embed security controls, tools (SAST, DAST, SCA), and processes throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Manage and secure cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and Terragrunt.
- Implement and manage security for containerized applications using Docker.
- Collaborate with development teams (Java, Python, Django) to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in code and dependencies.
- Automate security monitoring, logging, and incident response procedures within the AWS cloud environment.
- Ensure systems and applications meet federal compliance standards (e.g., FISMA, NIST) and CMS-specific security requirements.
- Support the security of data platforms and services, including Databricks and Redshift.
- Work with cross-functional teams to foster a culture of security awareness and best practices.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications:
- All candidate...