Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSKubernetesPostgresPythonTerraform
About the role
- Manage and optimize our AWS infrastructure while ensuring robust security and compliance standards
- Maintain CI/CD pipelines, implement monitoring and observability systems, and support regulatory compliance requirements
- Contribute to developing a working prototype or MVP designed to pilot various prioritized applications for the FDA
- Utilize an Agile development framework to help develop an initial prototype before scaling it into a fully productionized tool
- Own and evolve AWS infra (ECS/Fargate, RDS/Postgres, S3, IAM, VPC)
- Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and Infra-as-Code (Terraform)
- Set up alerting, log aggregation, and performance dashboards (CloudWatch, Datadog, or OpenTelemetry)
- Implement secure-by-default practices; support SOC 2 / HIPAA readiness
- Write Python/Bash scripts for backups, monitoring, deployment hooks, etc.
- Assist with Postgres tuning, access control, and migrations
- Lay groundwork for container orchestration (EKS/Kubernetes) if/when we scale beyond ECS
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years in DevOps, DevSecOps, or SRE roles
- Strong AWS experience, especially ECS and Terraform
- Experience implementing or improving monitoring systems and incident workflows
- Comfort with scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and operational tooling
- Familiarity with Postgres in production
- Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance is required
- Additional Preferred Skills: Exposure to Ansible or other config mgmt tools
- Additional Preferred Skills: Experience supporting compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2)
- Additional Preferred Skills: Familiarity with Kubernetes or EKS (or desire to grow into it)
- Additional Preferred Skills: Exposure to AI/ML infra (e.g., GPU workloads, model deployment)