DevOps Engineer

This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a DevOps Engineer. SES is seeking a DevOps Engineer supporting AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Clouds. This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location

Hybrid with on-site support as needed. Candidate must be within 50 miles of Boston, MA or Huntsville/Montgomery, AL.

AWS Infrastructure Fundamentals

• Understanding of core AWS services (EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, S3)
• Ability to manage, troubleshoot, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure
• Familiarity with networking concepts (subnets, security groups, routing)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Experience writing, modifying, and deploying Terraform configurations
• Understanding of state management, modules, and environment separation
• Ability to troubleshoot failed deployments and configuration issues

Git-Based Source Control (GitLab Preferred)

• Proficiency with Git workflows (branching, merging, version control)
• Experience working with GitLab or similar platforms
• Ability to manage and review infrastructure code changes

CI/CD Pipelines

• Understanding of pipeline-based deployments (build, test, deploy stages)
• Experience troubleshooting pipeline failures
• Familiarity with automating infrastructure deployments

System Administration (Linux/Server Management)

• Basic system administration skills (file systems, services, permissions)
• Experience managing server configurations and performance
• Ability to troubleshoot system-level issues

Security Hardening & STIG Compliance

• Familiarity with system hardening practices
• Understanding of STIGs or similar security baselines
• Ability to apply and validate secure configurations

Backup and Recovery Operations

• Understanding of backup strategies and data protection concepts
• Experience verifying backups and performing restore operations
• Awareness of disaster recovery principles

ServiceNow (Basic Administration)

• General familiarity with ServiceNow platform structure and environments
• Ability to support administrative tasks and environment operations
• Understanding of how platform performance ties to underlying infrastructure

Troubleshooting & Operational Support

• Ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, pipelines, and applications
• Strong problem-solving skills across multiple technical layers
• Experience supporting production systems

Required Skills

• Bachelor'sand 8+ years or more of experience. Additionalexperience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Coding language experience required: C#, .NET, Angular (Javascript)
• Interim Secret clearance required to start; Ability to obtain Secret clearance required to maintain employment
• US citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform 1
• ITIL Certification

SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• AD&D
• STD
• LTD
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401k with employer contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Pet Insurance