ICF: Senior DevOps Engineer

Headquarters: Nationwide Remote Office (US99)
URL: http://icf.com

The Company

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.

Our Health Engineering Solutions team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We are looking for a seasoned DevOps Engineer who will be a key driver to make this happen.

In this position, you will be part of the team building best-in-class health care reporting services. Learn and grow using AWS Infrastructure, DevSecOps, Agile Scrum, and an incremental delivery philosophy with highly supportive peers constantly sharing subject matter expertise.

Core Work Hours: 9am - 5pm Eastern Time (with the option to start earlier or work later depending on your time zone).

Responsibilities

Implement best-in-class cloud-based solutions in AWS using infrastructure as code.
Deploy, setup, and run infrastructure configurations for various AWS services, utilizing Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform.
Engage with technical stakeholders including application development, networking, infrastructure, information security, risk, enterprise identity and access management, and security operations.
Enable and optimize the automation of application and infrastructure environments.
Collaborate to build cloud infrastructure, with an understanding of AMI, Containers, and serverless functions.
Develop, maintain, and improve continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for delivering features, fixes, and system updates in development, integration, and production environments.
Set up, integrate, and maintain a scalable, stable set of CI/CD tools to support development, testing, and security scanning.
Implement Amazon CloudWatch and other third-party monitoring solutions to provide continuous monitoring capabilities, track all aspects of the system, infrastructure, performance, application errors, and roll-up metrics.
Analyze functional and non-functional business requirements, translate them into technical operational requirements, and propose CI/CD pipelines with tools and plugins.
Make a big impact as part of a small team that’s pushing boundaries.

Professional Skills

Outstanding writing and verbal communication abilities.
Meticulous attention to detail.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
3+ years of experience in setting up CI/CD Pipelines with integration with open-source plugins.
3+ years of experience in DevOps/Agile/Scrum environments and development.
5+ years of strong hands-on experience with configuration management, cloud orchestration, and automation tools within AWS environments.
5+ years of experience with provisioning and managing infrastructure as well as applications in AWS cloud environments.
2+ years of experience with identifying and implementing automation for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment.
5+ years of experience writing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust clearance.
Must reside in the United States, be authorized to work in the United States, and perform all work within the United States.
Must have lived in the United States for at least three (3) of the last five (5) years.

Preferred Qualifications

Working knowledge of Linux.
Design and implement automated monitoring capabilities to generate dashboards with trends, useful messages, and immediate notifications, and provide real-time metrics using Splunk or similar services.
Knowledge of multi-account architecture, leveraging tools such as AWS Control Tower, SCPs, GuardRails, and Transit Gateways.
Wide technology experience that may include cloud architecture, cloud migrations, applications development, networking, security, storage, analytics, or machine learning.
AWS Solution Architect (Associate or Pro) certification.
Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures such as NIST, FISMA, FedRamp, and Common Criteria regulations and standards.
Familiarity with the MLOps, machine learning lifecycle, and product landscape (e.g., Amazon SageMaker, Apache Airflow, Looker, Trifacta).

Job Location & Travel

This position requires that the job be performed in the United States. ICF monitors employee work locations and blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and prohibits personal VPN connections.
Must be able to travel approximately 5%.

Pay Range

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $108,476.00 - $184,409.00

Note: There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

Working at ICF

ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider. We are an equal opportunity employer. For more information, please read our EEO policy.

Reasonable Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs. To request an accommodation, please email Candidateaccommodation@icf.com.

Candidate AI Usage Policy: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews is not permitted. If an accommodation involving AI is needed, please contact candidateaccommodation@icf.com in advance.

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