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Senior Cloud Developer (DevOps / Infrastructure)

ALTA IT Services

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Top Secret/SCI
Mid Level Career (5+ yrs experience)
Unspecified
IT - Database
Huntsville, AL (On-Site/Office)

Title: Senior Cloud Developer (DevOps / Infrastructure)
Clearance: TS/SCI
Location: Huntsville, Al
Contact: Cdinnocenti@altaits.com

Overview
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Developer specializing in DevOps and Infrastructure Engineering to build, secure, and maintain the underlying cloud environment for mission-critical Federal Government applications. This role is essential for ensuring the performance, scalability, and compliance of our platforms in high-security settings.

Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Cloud Developer, you will:
• Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Design, deploy, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using Terraform or CloudFormation, focusing on automation and repeatability across environments.
• Container Orchestration: Serve as the SME for container platforms, managing highly available Kubernetes (or EKS) clusters, including the specialized configuration and scaling of GPU nodes to support AI/ML workloads.
• CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Implement and optimize continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and automation tools (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD) to accelerate secure software delivery.
• Cloud Security & Compliance: Embed robust cloud security practices into the infrastructure design and operation, ensuring strict compliance with Federal accreditation frameworks (FedRAMP High, RMF, CJIS).
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with software and AI/ML development teams to provide scalable infrastructure solutions, troubleshoot deployment issues, and optimize resource utilization.

Required Qualifications & Expertise
• Experience: Minimum 8+ years of professional experience in cloud, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering.
• AWS Expertise: At least 4+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing complex infrastructure within AWS, with AWS GovCloud experience highly preferred.
• Core Technologies: Expertise and hands-on proficiency with:
• Kubernetes (or EKS) orchestration.
• GPU node management and optimization for resource-intensive applications.
• Terraform or CloudFormation for Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Docker and other containerization technologies.
• Automation: Strong background in designing and managing CI/CD automation and tools.
• Compliance & Security: Proven experience supporting systems that require adherence to strict federal accreditation frameworks, including FedRAMP High, RMF (Risk Management Framework), or CJIS.

Soft Skills:
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across multi-disciplinary engineering teams and deliver solutions successfully in high-security, mission-driven environments.

Desired Qualifications
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional.
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio).
• Active Security Clearance (Secret, TS, or TS/SCI).
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ALTA IT Services, LLC combines experience and expertise to deliver IT talent that meets and exceeds the expectations of our clients. Since 2004, we have specialized in delivering IT services and staffing nationwide from our Rockville, MD headquarters and two regional offices located in Columbia, MD and Cincinnati, OH. ALTA provides IT staffing and services to support critical IT initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence, Program & Project Management, Enterprise Platforms, Cybersecurity, Systems Engineering & Administration, Software & Web Services, Data Science & Analytics, DevOps, Quality Assurance, Help Desk, Network Management & Support, and Training. Our team of recruiting professionals can recruit any skill necessary to support both commercial and government client needs throughout the United States.

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Job Category
IT - Database
Clearance Level
Top Secret/SCI