Staff DevOps Engineer

Code for America

Staff DevOps Engineer at Code for America improving compliance with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. A role focused on building secure, scalable solutions with hands-on execution across technology stacks.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $128,945 - $157,850 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for secure, automated deployments
Implement, maintain, and monitor containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS)
Automate cloud resource provisioning, scaling, and governance with reusable modules and policy-as-code
Manage and monitor infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost optimization
Contribute to and enforce secure DevOps best practices (least privilege, secrets management, audit logging, vulnerability scanning)
Support platform integration for AI/ML workloads, container orchestration, and environment isolation
Actively seeks and applies emerging practices in cloud infrastructure, security, and AI/ML tooling; adapts approaches in response to shifts in compliance requirements, platform needs, or organizational priorities
Mentors peers on DevOps best practices and contributes to team-wide standards
Collaborate closely with engineering and security teams to ensure compliance with frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, and NIST 800-53

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of relevant software engineering experience
3–5+ years of hands-on DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering experience
Experience building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) modules to provision and manage cloud-based deployments
Deep experience with AWS (CloudFormation, IAM, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, S3, VPC, RDS)
Strong communication, documentation, and collaboration skills in matrixed organizations
Familiarity with Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) a plus
Proficient in GitHub Actions, Docker, and Kubernetes
Experience working in regulated or compliance-heavy environments (SOC 2, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Laptop provided
A one-time $700 payment for remote environment setup; $200 stipend (in first paycheck) and up to $500 reimbursement, in accordance with our equipment policy
Cell phone and/or internet reimbursement of $50 per month
$500 annual (per calendar year) stipend towards professional development; prorated at time of hire
Up to $500 of professional development funds can be rolled over each year, up to a maximum of $1000
Training / guidance for staff required to utilize AI as part of their role, plus opportunities for employees to gain AI-related skills to support job and career growth
Employees receive a 100% employer match on the first 3% of contributions.
Employees with 3+ years of service receive an additional 50% match on contributions between 3% and 5%, for a maximum employer contribution of 5%
At least one no cost health insurance option for full-time employees for employee-only coverage
A minimum of 80% of the cost of dependent coverage
Open personal time off (subject to manager approval), a minimum of 14 paid holidays, and an org-wide closure from Christmas Day through New Year's Day
Paid sick time; up to 96 hours annually
17 weeks of paid parental and family leave
3 weeks of paid sabbatical after 5 years of service

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Hard Skills & Tools

CI/CD pipelinesGitHub ActionsDockerKubernetesECSEKSInfrastructure as Code (IaC)AWSCloudFormationIAM

Soft Skills

communicationdocumentationcollaborationmentoring