Senior DevOps Engineer

eSimplicity

DevOps Engineer developing and maintaining DevSecOps toolchain at eSimplicity, a digital services company improving lives through technology. Responsibilities include AWS management, CI/CD pipeline construction, and more.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $106,300 - $171,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudJenkinsPythonSplunkTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designing, implementing, and maintaining the DevSecOps toolchain that supports the Salesforce-based MESH platform and its integrations across AWS, Microsoft 365, T-MSIS, MBES/MacFin, and CMS DataConnect
Building and operating CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Copado that automate build, test, security scanning, deployment, and rollback for both Salesforce and AWS-hosted components
Managing AWS cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation) and configuration management tools (Ansible), in alignment with CMS Cloud governance and FedRAMP Moderate baselines
Implementing observability across the platform using tools such as Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, New Relic, or Dynatrace; building dashboards and alerts for system health, latency, throughput, error rates, and capacity (median, 95th, and 98th percentile)
Automating day-to-day operational tasks (provisioning, patching, configuration, user/access management) using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and AWS APIs to reduce toil and improve repeatability
Partnering with the security team to integrate security gates (SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning) into pipelines and to remediate vulnerabilities within CMS-defined timeframes
Supporting incident, change, and problem management as part of an integrated Agile delivery team; contributing to root-cause analyses and preventive actions
Maintaining hardened, monitored environments for development, testing, UAT, staging, and production with minimum-downtime deployment strategies and tested rollback procedures
Implementing data backup, retention, and disaster-recovery solutions for both Salesforce and AWS-hosted assets, validated through scheduled restoration tests
Managing user access, secrets, and certificates across CMS IDM/Okta, EUA, AWS IAM, GitHub, and Copado in accordance with least-privilege and zero-trust principles
Documenting architecture, runbooks, deployment procedures, and operational standards in CMS-approved tools (Confluence, Box, GitHub) and ensuring transparency for CMS Product Owners
Coordinating with the CMS Cloud contractor to optimize cloud resource utilization, cost, and adherence to CMS Cloud governance processes
Mentoring engineers on DevSecOps best practices, automation-first design, and continuous-improvement metrics tied to deployment frequency and reliability

Requirements

What you’ll need

All candidates must pass public trust clearance through the U.S. Federal Government.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
8+ years of hands-on DevSecOps experience with AWS cloud architectures, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), log aggregation (Splunk), monitoring (New Relic), and security tools (Snyk, Tenable Nessus, AWS Security Hub), and release management
Expert knowledge of AWS services (server and serverless), S3 access management, and application configuration
Strong experience with Ansible or Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Python, Jenkins, Git, and security-scanning tools (Nessus, BurpSuite, OWASP ZAP, etc.)
Hands-on experience implementing infrastructure-as-code across the full stack of development and data analytics environments
Experience with data organization, partitioning strategies, and data retention policies for cloud-based data pipelines
Strong investigative skills with the ability to perform root-cause analysis and impact analysis on proposed changes
Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) retirement benefits
paid time off
paid holidays
life and disability insurance
additional wellness and employee support programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

DevSecOpsAWSCI/CDTerraformAnsiblePythonBashPowerShellGitHub ActionsSecurity scanning

Soft Skills

mentoringinvestigative skillsroot-cause analysiscollaborationcommunication

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in computer sciencepublic trust clearance