Cloud DevOps Engineer; Remote, Continental

Position: Cloud DevOps Engineer (Remote, Continental United States) About ICA, Inc. International Consulting Associates, Inc. is a rapidly growing company, located in the D.C./Metro area. We were founded in 2009 to assist government clients with evaluating and achieving their objectives. We have become a trusted advisor helping our clients by offering cutting‑edge innovation and solutions to complex projects. Our small company has grown significantly, and we're overjoyed at the opportunity to expand yet again! About The Role As a Cloud Dev Ops Engineer at ICA, you will own and evolve our AWS infrastructure across ECS/Fargate and EKS (Kubernetes), including RDS/Postgres, S3, IAM, and VPC. Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Argo CD) and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform). Set up alerting, log aggregation, and performance dashboards (e.g., Cloud Watch, Datadog, or Open Telemetry). Implement secure‑by‑default practices; support SOC 2 / HIPAA readiness. Write Python/Bash scripts for backups, monitoring, deployment hooks, etc. Own Postgres operational concerns including tuning, access control, backups, and zero‑downtime migrations. Design and own our EKS platform, leading workload migrations, defining cluster architecture, autoscaling strategy (Karpenter), Git Ops workflows (Argo CD), and reliability standards. Make and document infrastructure decisions; define best practices for reliability, security, and cost.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years in Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , or SRE roles
• Experience owning production systems end‑to‑end, including design, rollout, and ongoing operation
• Strong AWS experience, especially ECS/EKS and Terraform
• Experience implementing or improving monitoring systems and incident workflows
• Comfort with scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and operational tooling
• Familiarity with Postgres in production
• Authorized to work in the United States and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust Clearance (required)
• Other Preferred Qualifications:
• Exposure to Ansible or other config mgmt tools
• Experience supporting compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2)
• Exposure to AI/ML infra (e.g., GPU workloads, model deployment)
• Experience migrating workloads from ECS or similar platforms to Kubernetes USE OF AI ASSITIVE TECHNOLOGY All application materials must be your own original work, and interviews must be completed independently. Use of AI‑generated content in applications or AI assistance during interviews will result in disqualification.

Benefits

• Health Insurance -100% employer‑paid premiums – ICA covers the full cost of one of three offered medical plans
• Dental Insurance
• Vision insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life and Disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick Leave and Holidays)
• Education and Professional Development Assistance
• Remote work from anywhere within the continental United States LOCATION & TELEWORK This is a remote position. Candidates residing in the DMV area preferred. Additional Information ICA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, disability status, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply tot his job

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