AWS DevSecOps Architect - Woodlawn, MD (Remote) - 14+ exp

Title : AWS DevSecOps Architect Location: Woodlawn, MD (Remote) Type : Contract

Required Qualifications

Ability to obtain and maintain US Public Trust Clearance Bachelor's degree and 7+ years IT related experience 5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or related disciplines. Demonstrated record of independently conceiving, architecting, and personally building significant platform, pipeline, or automation initiatives from concept through production adoption. Currently hands-on: regularly writes and ships pipeline code, automation, and tooling, with a record of clean, maintainable, well-tested code. Ability to work with minimal direction: define problems, ask clarifying questions, propose solutions, and drive work to completion. Deep hands-on experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines and reusable pipeline libraries or templates (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Tekton). Experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman, or CRI-O) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar). Experience working within AWS or comparable cloud environments. Proficiency writing production code in at least two of Go, Groovy, Python, or Ansible, plus working knowledge of SQL and PostgreSQL. Ability to quickly read, understand, and modify code and configuration across many languages and formats, such as Groovy, Go, Python, Ansible, Helm templates, YAML, JSON, and shell. Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management solutions such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible. Strong knowledge of application and software supply chain security, vulnerability management and CVE remediation, and DevSecOps practices. Strong knowledge of Git-based source control, release flow and branching strategies and their tradeoffs, and collaborative development workflows. Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. Desired Qualifications Experience serving as a hands-on technical lead or architect for enterprise platform engineering or shared services environments. Experience automating release governance, change management, or approval workflows within regulated environments. Experience building metrics collection, reporting, or dashboards to measure software delivery performance (e.g., DORA metrics). Experience with artifact repositories and dependency management (Nexus, Artifactory). Familiarity with Java-based web services (e.g., Spring Boot) to support and maintain platform components. Experience applying AI-assisted or agentic development tools to engineering and operational workflows. AWS, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, Terraform, or security-related certifications. Experience with Agile software development methodologies. Experience in federal, regulated, or compliance-driven environments.