DevSecOps / Platform Engineer

Level: Mid-Senior, 5+ years

Location: Washington, DC

Workplace: Hybrid preferred. Remote Available

Salary: 120,000 - 150,000

Work Eligibility: Sole US Citizenship is strictly required. 

Employment type: Full-time W-2

Build secure cloud environments. Automate delivery. Own what reaches production.

If you enjoy turning complex infrastructure into dependable, repeatable deployments, this opportunity gives you ownership of the pipelines and platforms that support federal systems.

Flex Staffing Resources is recruiting an experienced DevSecOps / Platform Engineer for a growing consulting firm focused on government AI and data modernization. You’ll work alongside engineers, architects, and data scientists to build secure AWS environments, automate releases, and make production systems easier to deploy and operate.

What you’ll do

• Build secure delivery pipelines: Develop CI/CD workflows for infrastructure validation, testing, security checks, deployment, and release promotion.

• Automate AWS infrastructure: Create and maintain CloudFormation templates or AWS Cloud Development Kit infrastructure.

• Manage Linux environments: Build and maintain Amazon Machine Images, including software installation, configuration, patching, and validation.

• Integrate enterprise platforms: Support tools such as Amazon SageMaker, Posit Connect, and on-demand EC2-based Linux environments.

• Configure cloud resources: Manage networking, permissions, storage, and compute within established security requirements.

• Solve operational problems: Troubleshoot deployment failures, connectivity, access permissions, Linux services, and application runtime issues.

• Improve release reliability: Automate recurring tasks, health checks, and rollback procedures.

• Own your changes: Participate in code reviews, test infrastructure changes, verify deployments, and create practical operational runbooks.

What you bring

• Five or more years of DevSecOps or platform engineering experience.

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• Hands-on AWS administration across compute, storage, networking, and identity management.

• Infrastructure-as-code experience using CloudFormation or AWS CDK.

• CI/CD automation with security gates using GitHub Actions or comparable tools.

• Hands-on Docker image creation and containerization.

• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.

• Ability to write and troubleshoot Python and Bash scripts.

• Understanding of least-privilege access, zero trust principles, secure configuration, and controlled deployments.

• Experience with Git, monitoring, and logging.

• Clear written communication and proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel.

Experience that helps you stand out

• Federal security work involving FISMA, NIST SP 800-53 controls, or Authority to Operate support.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, and software packaging.

• AWS certification.

• Nexus, Artifactory, CloudBolt, or similar artifact management and provisioning platforms.

• OpenID Connect authentication, deployment approval controls, and AWS environments spanning multiple accounts.

• Federal IT delivery experience.

Why you’ll want to join

You’ll have the opportunity to own technical outcomes, expand your skills across assignments, and help improve the tools and practices your team uses. Your work will support government systems where security, reliability, and auditability matter.

Your compensation and benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employee premiums fully paid and half of dependent premiums covered.

• A 401(k) match of 100% of contributions up to 4% of salary, with immediate vesting.

• Unlimited paid time off.

• Employer-paid life, accidental death, and short- and long-term disability insurance.

• Sponsored professional certifications and continuing education.

Work arrangement and eligibility

This position supports a Washington, DC-area client. Remote work is available, with occasional travel to DC required. A hybrid arrangement is preferred, typically involving one to two days per week at the client site.

The initial engagement requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain a Public Trust determination.

Apply through Flex Staffing Resources

Submit your résumé using the Apply button on this page. Be ready to discuss a challenging infrastructure or deployment problem, the decisions you made, and the outcome.

Put your AWS, Linux, and automation expertise to work—and take ownership from implementation through production.