DevOps Engineer; Mid-Level

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Employment Type: Full-time, W2 position with Cogent People Inc. This is a direct hire position with full benefits.

Location: Hybrid (3 days to Columbia, MD)

Work Authorization Requirements: To comply with government contracting requirements, candidates must meet all of the following:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident, or valid EAD holder
• Must have lived in the United States for at least 3 of the past 5 years
• Must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
• Sponsorship (H-1B) is not available for this position (now or in the future)

Candidates who do not meet these requirements will not be considered.

Clearance – Public Trust Clearance required or ability to obtain, depending on assignment.

About Cogent People Inc. Cogent People Inc. is a government consulting and technology services firm supporting mission-critical federal and commercial programs. We deliver secure, scalable, and modern digital solutions across complex IT environments. Our teams thrive at the intersection of engineering excellence and mission impact, building systems that matter.

Cogent People Inc. is seeking a Mid-Level Dev Ops Engineer to support a federal technology program operating within a cloud-first AWS environment. This role combines strong Linux systems administration expertise with modern Dev Ops practices focused on cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational excellence.

This position is responsible for supporting cloud infrastructure operations, deployment automation, CI/CD processes, and environment maintenance while ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and operational requirements. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on AWS experience, strong scripting and automation skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, database, and operations teams in a regulated federal environment.

• Support the deployment, maintenance, and monitoring of AWS cloud infrastructure in alignment with federal security and compliance standards
• Develop and maintain Python and shell scripts to automate operational tasks, monitoring, deployment support, and environment maintenance
• Support CI/CD pipelines for application deployments, ETL workflows, database updates, and configuration management across development, test, and production environments
• Monitor infrastructure, application, and pipeline health using enterprise monitoring and logging tools; assist with troubleshooting, incident response, and operational support activities
• Support operational improvements through automation, monitoring enhancements, deployment consistency, and environment standardization
• Administer Linux servers and cloud-hosted database environments, including patching, configuration updates, backup validation, and general operational support
• Support enterprise job scheduling, workflow orchestration, and data transfer processes through monitoring, dependency tracking, troubleshooting, and issue coordination
• Manage AWS IAM, networking, and security configurations in compliance with federal cloud governance requirements
• Create and maintain operational documentation including runbooks, deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, and architecture diagrams
• Collaborate with infrastructure, development, database, and operations teams to support system reliability and operational efficiency

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical field; equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience will also be considered.
• 4–7 years of systems administration, cloud infrastructure, or Dev Ops engineering experience
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on AWS experience in a production environment
• Experience supporting enterprise applications, data platforms, or ETL processing workloads
• Experience troubleshooting infrastructure, application, or operational support issues in production or non-production environments
• Experience supporting deployments, operational monitoring, and system maintenance activities
• Strong experience with Linux…