Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Peraton is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, build and maintain robust GitLab CI/CD pipelines that support the continuous integration and delivery of software across multiple environments. This role will play a key part in automating workflows, improving productivity and ensuring reliable software is released. The ideal candidate will be responsible for writing, reviewing and maintaining Terraform modules to provision and manage scalable, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure across multiple environments.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Build reusable pipeline templates, jobs and stages for CI/CD consistency across teams
• Configure GitLab Runners and manage environment-specific variables and secrets
• Maintain version-controlled infrastructure for pipelines using GitOps practices
• Monitor pipeline performance and resolve issues related to pipeline failures or misconfigurations
• Ensure security, compliance and tractability are built into every pipeline
• Analyze existing CI/CD pipelines to identify bottlenecks, inefficiencies and reliability issues
• Redesign and optimize pipelines stages to reduce build and deployment times
• Integrate with tools for automated testing, security scanning, code quality and monitoring
• Fine-tune GitLab Runners for cost efficiency and performance
• Automate rollback, promotion and approval steps for smoother process
• Monitor pipeline health and reliability with metrics and dashboards
• Maintain and enhance existing Terraform codebase to manage cloud infrastructure across multiple environments
• Perform regular Terraform code reviews and collaborate on code quality and architectural decisions
• Manage state files, remote backends (S3, Terraform Cloud) and secure secrets integration
• Implement automated workflows for rebuilding images and part of CI/CD pipelines
• Rollout updated images to ECS or other container orchestration platforms
• Conduct vulnerability scans and remediate identified issues
• Troubleshoot infrastructure provisioning issues and perform root cause analysis
• Document pipeline structure, performance, improvements and best practices
• Track infrastructure architecture and workflows for internal use and compliance
• Troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues and improve pipeline performance and reliability
• Log incidents, changes, and operational metrics in tracking systems

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA. Additional 4 years of experience will be accepted in lieu of the degree
• 8 years of IT experience
• Hands-on experience with Terraform
• Understanding of IaC concepts, cloud architecture and Git-based workflows
• Strong scripting skills Python, Bash or similar
• Hands-on experience building pipelines with GitLab CI/CD
• Experience optimizing pipelines for containerized apps
• Knowledge if artifact management
• AWS or relevant Cloud certifications (AWS DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect Associate)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Passion for automation, consistency and quality in software delivery
• Excellent collaboration with cross-functional teams