[Remote] DevOps Lead
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. They are seeking a DevOps Lead to oversee continuous integration and deployment processes while ensuring compliance with security standards. The role involves designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure management, and supporting secure software delivery initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines supporting secure automated software deployment across all CMS AWS environments
- Build infrastructure-as-code deployment frameworks enabling repeatable environment provisioning, automated infrastructure management, and standardized deployment processes
- Implement automated static code analysis, vulnerability scanning, dependency scanning, and software supply chain validation processes integrated directly into release pipelines
- Maintain release automation supporting zero-downtime deployments, automated rollback procedures, version control management, and production deployment governance
- Integrate security automation frameworks supporting compliance with CMS FISMA, NIST, CMS ARS, and enterprise security standards
- Manage software artifact repositories, version promotion processes, package management controls, and release auditing
- Support vulnerability remediation processes working closely with security teams to address code-level and infrastructure-level security findings
- Monitor operational release pipelines ensuring build integrity, deployment consistency, release traceability, and production deployment stability
- Support incident response activities during production outages, failed deployments, rollback procedures, and security incidents
- Maintain automated infrastructure provisioning supporting development, testing, staging, and production environments
Skills
- 10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud operations, enterprise DevOps, CI/CD pipeline development, and release automation
- Minimum 5 years of experience leading secure software delivery initiatives within AWS cloud environments
- Experience building enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines supporting multiple development teams, parallel release streams, automated quality gates, and large-scale release automation
- Hands-on experience integrating automated testing, infrastructure as code (IaC), security scanning, vulnerability management, and compliance validation into automated release pipelines
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar automation frameworks
- Demonstrated expertise in secure cloud infrastructure design, deployment automation, and release governance
- Experience implementing enterprise security controls aligned with federal cybersecurity frameworks, including FISMA, NIST, and continuous monitoring (ConMon) requirements
- Strong background supporting mission-critical production systems in federal government, healthcare, financial services, or other highly regulated environments
- Experience establishing DevSecOps best practices by embedding security, compliance, and governance throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional DevOps initiatives and collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application development teams to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable cloud solutions
- Bachelor's Degree required with a concentration in Computer Science, Information Technology, and Information Systems or related experience is required
- Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization
- Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner
- Experience supporting large federal civilian agencies such as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS, CDC, NIH, VA, or other federal agencies operating under strict security and compliance mandates
- Experience supporting mission-critical production systems requiring 24x7 operational availability and strict uptime requirements
- Experience managing zero-downtime deployment strategies, automated rollback procedures, release recovery processes, and production incident response
Benefits
- Fully remote
- This position is contingent upon contract award.
- Travel: This position is primarily remote with occasional travel (up to 5%) as required.
- Flexible in working extended hours
- Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.
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