DevOps Engineer III – Cloud Automation, Orchestration

Ad Hoc LLC

DevOps Engineer III automating AWS infrastructure for Ad Hoc's federal civilian projects. Collaborating in small teams to deliver impactful digital services for government agencies.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in automating AWS infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and serverless technologies, alongside proficiency in CI/CD pipeline development and container orchestration with EKS. Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go enhance operational efficiency and support DevSecOps practices.

Highest-signal resume keywords

AWS Services (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)Terraform for Infrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD Pipeline Development (GitLab, Jenkins)Containerization (Docker, EKS, ECS)Scripting (Python, Bash, Go)

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Hard Skills

AWS ServicesTerraformCI/CD PipelinesContainerizationScriptingHelmKubernetesNetworking FundamentalsVirtualizationDevSecOps Practices

Tools & Technologies

GitLab CIJenkinsCloudWatchPrometheusGrafana

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure ProvisioningAutomationMonitoring InstrumentationCost OptimizationIncident Response

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerEC2GoGrafanaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Automate AWS infrastructure provisioning and administrative tasks using Terraform and serverless Lambda functions (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM roles)
Develop and maintain Helm charts and declarative configurations to standardize EKS-based deployments
Build reusable CI/CD templates in GitLab CI/Jenkins for adoption across 5+ AppDev workstreams
Script automation in Python, Bash, or Go to replace repetitive manual steps with code
Implement monitoring instrumentation and dashboards (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana); assist in configuring alerts and chat-based system notifications
Work with developers to debug local environment setups and resolve application-level pipeline issues
Support cost optimization through right-sizing, reserved instances, and storage audits
Participate in on-call and production triage rotations, supporting Tier 2/3 incident response

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree
Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, and CloudWatch
Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code provisioning and drift prevention
Demonstrated experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and/or Jenkins
Strong working knowledge of containerization using Docker and container orchestration on AWS ECS/EKS/Fargate
Familiarity with DevSecOps practices including SAST, dependency scanning, and automated vulnerability remediation
Solid understanding of networking, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals
Hands-on Helm and Kubernetes (EKS) deployment experience
Proficiency scripting in Python, Bash, or Go

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