Sr Windows Server DevOps Engineer

A3 Technology, Inc. is seeking a senior level Windows Server Dev Ops Engineer to join our team in Washington, DC.

Essential Job Functions:

• Own Windows Server production operations (day one). Serve as the senior technical owner for a predominantly Windows Server environment (~95% Windows), providing hands-on production support for mission-critical applications hosted in government cloud (AWS Gov Cloud).
• Administer and sustain Windows Server. Maintain, troubleshoot, patch, harden, and recover Windows Server systems in production - sustaining availability during business hours and through a shared on-call rotation, independently resolving after-hours incidents.
• Take ownership of Kubernetes. Independently operate and troubleshoot the Kubernetes environment (EKS), resolving complex cluster, workload, and platform issues and supporting existing production applications and workloads.
• Lead incident response. Drive production incident response and deep-dive root-cause analysis across Windows Server, cloud, and container platforms.
• Engineer secure cloud infrastructure. Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable cloud architectures across Windows and Linux systems; work independently or lead small teams.
• Automate with IaC (secondary). Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to provision and configure environments - secondary to Windows operations and Kubernetes troubleshooting.
• Build CI/CD and Dev Sec Ops . Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Dev Sec Ops  automation aligned with government and industry best practices.
• Monitor and ensure availability. Design and implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions; establish performance baselines and ensure system availability.
• Harden federal environments. Enforce security best practices, including identity and access management and system hardening for federal environments.
• Document and mentor. Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and SOPs; mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical leadership across Dev Ops practices.

Required Skills:

• Windows Server operations - highest priority. Strong, current, hands-on Windows Server administration/engineering: production support, troubleshooting, maintenance, recovery, and patching. The environment is approximately 95% Windows.
• Current Kubernetes expertise. Able to independently operate, troubleshoot, and take ownership of a production Kubernetes environment and answer senior-level Kubernetes questions.
• Day-one senior contributor. Demonstrated ability to perform at a senior level immediately with minimal or no ramp-up; practical production operations experience rather than primarily cloud-native development.
• On-call readiness. Willing and able to participate in a production on-call rotation and independently resolve after-hours incidents.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant IT/engineering experience, including senior-level Windows Server operations and 3+ years supporting cloud engineering environments.
• Government cloud. Strong hands-on experience with AWS Gov Cloud.
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field; a Master's degree may substitute for additional years of experience per contract guidance.
• Core skills. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in complex, secure environments; strong analytical and advanced troubleshooting skills; excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication; demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust (or higher); candidates with an active clearance strongly preferred.

Preferred

Skills:

• Windows automation & certs. Power Shell scripting;
  Microsoft / Windows Server Administrator certifications.
• IaC depth. Deep Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) and Ansible (configuration management/automation) expertise.
• Kubernetes vice mesh, API gateways, and Kubernetes security tooling.
• Federal compliance. Experience with FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP frameworks.
• Cloud certifications. AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer.
• Security adjacencies. Familiarity with PKI, identity services, or credential management systems.
• Enterprise scale & scripting. Experience supporting large-scale, multi-environment enterprise systems; scripting in Python and Bash.

Education:

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent field and 10 years of related experience with 3+ years in cloud engineering support.

Additionally, ship or documented proof of eligibility to work in the US is a must. Upon receiving a conditional offer of employment, candidates will undergo a Government investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for Government clearance. Verification of past employment, education and references is also required. It is imperative that candidates be either a or a current with the last 3 consecutive years as a resident of the US.

The salary range for positions is $50,000 to $175,000. This range is provided as a general guideline and should…