DevOps Engineer III, Deployment, Release Safety & Disaster Recovery

Ad Hoc LLC

DevOps Engineer III managing AWS services and deployments, supporting federal agencies with a focus on high-impact digital services. Engage in incident response and CI/CD pipeline optimization.

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

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in AWS services, Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, and CI/CD pipeline optimization while ensuring robust security practices and effective deployment strategies. Capable of leading and mentoring within a DevOps team to enhance processes and stakeholder engagement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

AWS Services (EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch)Terraform for Infrastructure-as-CodeCI/CD Pipeline Optimization (GitLab, Jenkins)Containerization (Docker, AWS ECS/EKS/Fargate)DevSecOps Practices

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Hard Skills

AWS Compute OptimizerCost ExplorerData Encryption (KMS, TLS)IAM Least-Privilege PoliciesDeployment Strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, Linear)Rollback AutomationNetworking FundamentalsVirtualization Fundamentals

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringInfluential SkillsStakeholder Interaction

Tools & Technologies

GitLabJenkinsDockerTerraform

Industry Keywords

DevOpsInfrastructure-as-CodeContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeploymentDisaster Recovery

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerEC2JenkinsTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

DevOps Engineer III serves as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills.
You will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements.
You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in DevOps processes and practices.
Manage blue/green and linear application rollouts with automated rollback to ensure zero-downtime production deployments.
Build and maintain cost-optimization scripts using AWS Compute Optimizer and Cost Explorer to flag and clean up idle resources and orphaned volumes.
Validate data encryption controls at rest (KMS) and in transit (TLS) across databases and cloud storage.
Build and maintain authentication and access-control infrastructure supporting deployments, applying IAM least-privilege policies.
Expand Terraform/IaC coverage across AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, and IAM.
Support the observability/SRE lead during disaster recovery failover exercises; execute and document DR testing and maintain runbook accuracy.
Provide deployment support to AppDev teams; maintain deployment runbooks as part of the Definition of Done.
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
Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment
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 experience with deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, linear) and rollback automation

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