DevOps Engineer III

Ad Hoc LLC

. Serve as an emerging individual contributor within a team while expanding leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills .

Posted 10/1/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in cloud infrastructure development and CI/CD pipeline management, with a strong focus on AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Capable of collaborating across teams to enhance developer experience and ensure compliance with security and performance standards.

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AWS Cloud InfrastructureKubernetes ManagementCI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentTerraform Infrastructure as CodeLinux Environment Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Cloud Infrastructure DevelopmentCI/CD Pipeline ManagementContainerizationShell ScriptingNetworking BasicsLoad BalancingStatic Analysis IntegrationAutomated DeploymentInfrastructure Libraries DevelopmentProblem Solving in Architecture

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal CommunicationCollaboration with EngineersMentoring SkillsGuidance and Leadership

Tools & Technologies

JenkinsGitHub ActionsCircleCIGitLab CITerragruntArgo CDHAProxyNGINXDatadogCloudWatch

Industry Keywords

DevOpsFederal IT EnvironmentsSecurity ComplianceSLA RequirementsPerformance Requirements

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudHAProxyJenkinsKubernetesLinuxNGINXPythonShell ScriptingTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as an emerging individual contributor within a team while expanding leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills
Support scope, schedule, and delivery requirements with guidance from leadership
Collaborate across teams to consolidate and simplify DevOps tools and services
Solve problems by driving simplicity in architecture and operations
Complete cloud infrastructure and automated deployment tasks under the direction of a senior engineer
Build libraries, modules, and packages for infrastructure engineers
Build cloud infrastructure supporting applications
Improve the developer experience for engineers
Support CI/CD processes to deliver higher-quality software faster
Integrate tools for quality thresholds, security vulnerabilities, and static analysis
Build application test and deployment pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, GitLab CI, or similar automated tooling
Work with government partners and application teams to meet security, SLA, and performance requirements
Perform DevOps support rotation during business hours and on-call responsibilities beyond business hours

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Hands-on production experience with AWS as a primary cloud provider
Working proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS or equivalent), including deploying, troubleshooting, and managing containerized workloads
Proficient with Terraform or comparable IaC tool
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar
Comfortable working in a Linux environment, including shell scripting, systemd, networking basics, and package management
Background in containerization, virtualization, networking, and load balancing/reverse proxies
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to work with other engineers to resolve issues
Ability to explain technical decisions and tradeoffs regarding complex infrastructure
Meaningful contributions to planning discussions
Ability to perform DevOps support rotation during business hours and on-call responsibility beyond business hours
U.S. citizenship or current legal authorization to work and reside in the United States without employer sponsorship
Ability to successfully complete and maintain any required government background investigation
Preferred: Direct experience with Terragrunt
Preferred: Experience with Argo CD / Argo Workflows or other GitOps deployment tooling
Preferred: Familiarity with HAProxy, OpenResty, NGINX, Envoy, or Kong
Preferred: Proficiency with Go, Bash, Python, or another scripting/coding language
Preferred: Experience with GitHub Actions reusable workflows, composite actions, and self-hosted runners
Preferred: Experience integrating SAST/DAST and dependency scanning into pipelines
Preferred: Experience in federal/government IT environments, including ATO processes, FedRAMP, or STIGs
Preferred: Experience building internal developer platforms or golden-path tooling
Preferred: Experience with observability stacks such as Datadog or CloudWatch

Benefits

Comp & perks

Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible PTO
401K with employer match
Paid parental leave after one year of service
Employee Assistance Program
Remote work culture and tools