DevOps Engineer IV, CI/CD Pipeline, Platform Engineering

Ad Hoc LLC

Senior DevOps Engineer leading CI/CD pipeline initiatives in public sector with critical digital services. Collaborating on infrastructure and supporting multiple engineering teams for successful delivery.

Posted 7/15/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Jenkins, along with strong skills in AWS, Terraform, and Docker for containerization. Proven ability to lead engineering teams, enforce security practices, and maintain comprehensive documentation in a collaborative Agile/SAFe environment.

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CI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentAWS Cloud ServicesTerraform Infrastructure as CodeDocker ContainerizationDevSecOps Practices

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Hard Skills

CI/CD Pipeline DevelopmentAWSTerraformGitLabJenkinsDockerECSEKSFargateSAST

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationDocumentation SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

GitLab CIJenkinsDockerAWS ECSAWS EKSFargateTrivySonarQubeOpen Policy Agent

Industry Keywords

DevOpsAgileSAFeDORA MetricsInfrastructure as Code

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularAWSDockerJavaJenkinsPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

DevOps Engineer IV serves as a senior individual contributor and technical leader within a team, providing leadership, guidance, and mentoring to other engineers.
You will be responsible for meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements, interacting with stakeholders, and driving improvements in DevOps processes and practices across the program.
Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines in GitLab CI and Jenkins with build-once promotion patterns, fail-fast verification, and automated rollbacks across dev, staging, and production.
Create and maintain shared deployment tooling, reusable GitLab CI templates, and Terraform modules that 5+ AppDev delivery teams consume as self-service infrastructure.
Maintain standard, secure base Docker images for Java, Python, and Angular applications; deploy containers on AWS ECS, EKS, or Fargate with zero-downtime patterns.
Enforce pipeline security and quality gates (Trivy container scanning, SonarQube static analysis, Open Policy Agent policy-as-code) at the commit/merge stage.
Mitigate over-privileged IAM configurations using least-privilege standards without disrupting active production services.
Develop the roadmap for and implement DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Change Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, MTTR) in the program's CI/CD capabilities.
Author and maintain runbooks, deployment documentation, and architecture documentation; lead knowledge-transfer sessions with engineering teams.
Participate in SAFe ceremonies including PI planning, dependency management, and CI/CD roadmap development.
Support recruiting efforts by evaluating homework assignments and potentially assisting with interviews.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree
5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform (or similar IaC), and Git/GitLab in production environments
Experience supporting 5 or more engineering teams from a shared DevOps/platform function
Demonstrated experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and/or Jenkins, including quality and security gates
Strong working knowledge of containerization using Docker and orchestration on AWS ECS/EKS/Fargate
Familiarity with DevSecOps practices including SAST, dependency scanning, and automated vulnerability remediation
Excellent communication and documentation skills; comfortable in a highly collaborative Agile/SAFe environment
Deep expertise designing reusable CI/CD templates and Terraform module libraries consumed by multiple teams

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