Cloud/DevOps Engineer (Clearance Required) bei Red Canyon Engineering & Sof

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Partner with development and operations teams to gather requirements and architect scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud and DevOps solutions.
• Evaluate and select modern toolsets based on industry best practices, functionality, support, security, and total cost of ownership.
• Own the enhancement, automation, and ongoing maintenance of CI/CD and software lifecycle infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot complex system and application-level issues across diverse cloud-native and containerized environments.
• Support the development and deployment of high-performance computing and data engineering solutions.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters, manage deployments using YAML and Helm.
• Implement and maintain configuration management systems (e.g., Ansible).
• Design and deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform.
• Lead implementation of secure AWS environments using native security tools and IaC-driven deployments (IAM, SCPs, permission sets).
• Mentor junior engineers, contribute to peer reviews, and share best practices across the engineering team.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field. Relevant experience maybe considered in lieu of education.
• 5-8 years of relevant professional experience.
• 5+  years in systems, network, or cloud administration roles.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing and deploying AWS-based DevOps solutions (Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Expert-level Linux administration.
• Proficient in Python and Bash scripting.
• Strong AWS experience (IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, etc.).
• Demonstrated experience managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub (GitLab preferred).
• Deep knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Experience in administering databases like MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or Neo4j.
• Skilled in observability and monitoring (e.g., CloudWatch, Elasticsearch).
• Strong git proficiency (branching, workflows, version control).
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and security best practices in cloud environments.

Desired:

• Familiarity with data engineering or backend support for HPC and ML workloads.
• Experience with AWS Organizations, Service Catalog, and governance/security configurations.
• Working knowledge of identity and access management (IAM) systems and APIs.
• Experience with observability stacks (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog).
• Familiarity with configuration management systems (e.g., Ansible).
• Proficiency in AWS CDK or Python Boto3 SDK.
• Experience with NIST 800-171 and CMMC scoped environments.
• Experience with:
• GitLab architecture and restructuring
• Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation
• CI/CD pipeline optimization and maintenance
• Cloud-native artifact repositories (e.g., Artifactory)
• Workflow/project management tools (Jira, WRIKE, Redmine)

Eligibility Requirements:

• This is an IMMEDIATE hiring need.
• Ability to work in the Westminster, CO office 3-5 days/week.
• Applicants must be a US Citizen.
• Must have a Security Clearance: Active [e.g., Secret/Top Secret/TS/SCI] security clearance required