DevOps Engineer

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security.

Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

Dev Ops Engineer

Tampa, Florida (Downtown)

Altamira is seeking an expert Senior AWS Dev Sec Ops  Engineer to lead the design, build, and automation of our cutting-edge hybrid cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate is passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available platforms on AWS and other cloud platforms utilizing cloud-native technologies. Your expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container orchestration with EKS, and CI/CD pipelines will be critical to empowering our development & data science teams with a robust, self-service platform.

While our primary focus is AWS, experience in a hybrid environment with VMware is a plus.
This position is at the customer site in Tampa Florida.

• AWS Infrastructure & Architecture:
  
  Design, build, and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure environments primarily within AWS. Implement and manage core AWS services, including networking (VPC, Transit Gateway), Kubernetes (EKS), compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), and databases (RDS). Architect and operate containerized workloads using Amazon EKS, including cluster management, scaling, and security.
• Dev Sec Ops  & Automation:
  Champion and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using
  
  Terraformto automate all aspects of cloud resource provisioning and management.
  
  Develop, manage, and optimize robust CI/CDpipelinesto enable rapid and reliable software delivery. MasterAWS IAM, creating and managing roles, policies, and permissions based on the principle of least privilege. Develop custom automation scripts and tooling (e.g., using Python, Go, or Bash) to streamline operations and eliminate manual processes, heavily focusing on the usage of API’s.
• Security & Compliance:
  Integrate security best practices directly into the platform and pipelines (Dev Sec Ops ). Implement and enforce security controls, encryption, and access management to meet compliance standards such as DISA STIGs.Collaborate with security teams to implement robust monitoring solutions.
• Team Enablement &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Act as a cloud subject matter expert, providing guidance and support to development teams to optimize their use of the platform.
  
  Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate new cloud-native technologies and recommend solutions that enhance efficiency and capability.
  
  Champion foundational best practices, including
  
  Git workflows and the proficient use ofAI toolsto accelerate development and problem-solving.
• Must possess and maintain required DoD 8140 certifications.
• Expert-level proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, with strong hands-on experience in Terraform or other languages, to include advanced usage such as targeted applies, imports and more.
• Deep experience with container orchestration, specifically designing and managing
  
  Amazon EKSclusters.
• Strong command ofAWS IAMroles, policies, and security best practices.
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines(e.g., Jenkins, Git Lab CI, AWS Code Pipeline).
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, Linux/Unix administration, and security principles.
• Proficiency with Gitand modern Git Ops workflows.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Deep understanding of advanced networking concepts, DNS, gateways in a hybrid/multi-cloud context.
• Extensive expertise in advanced networking, including DNS management and gateway configuration, to support robust connectivity and integration across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Understanding of common authentication mechanisms, OIDC, OAuth2, LDAP, SAML.
• Experience with VMware vSphere in a hybrid cloud context.
• Experience with configuration man

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience (approx. 8+ years in cloud/software engineering).
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI