[Remote] DevOps Engineer Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Index Analytics, LLC is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, automate, secure, and maintain AWS cloud environments for federal clients. The role supports platforms and software delivery throughout the development lifecycle, partnering with cross-functional teams to improve deployment reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, or comparable platforms
• Develop and manage reusable infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools
• Automate build, test, security scanning, deployment, configuration and environment-provisioning processes
• Operate and maintain AWS infrastructure, including monitoring, patching, backup, recovery, capacity and cost controls
• Implement logging, monitoring, alerting and observability using CloudWatch, Splunk, New Relic, or comparable tools
• Integrate code quality, software composition, vulnerability and container scanning into delivery pipelines
• Support containerized workloads and orchestration platforms where applicable
• Partner with security teams on architecture reviews, control implementation, assessments, penetration testing and remediation
• Troubleshoot deployment and production issues, conduct root-cause analysis and maintain operational runbooks
• Advise Agile teams on automation, tooling, DevSecOps standards and continuous improvement

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related discipline and at least five (5) years of relevant IT experience
• At least two (2) years of hands-on AWS or comparable cloud-platform experience
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Git-based workflows and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Experience with Linux, scripting and at least one language such as Python, JavaScript, or Go
• Working knowledge of cloud architecture, monitoring, logging, security scanning and incident troubleshooting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience working in Agile delivery teams
• AWS certification
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, FinOps, or the AWS Well-Architected Framework

Benefits

• Professional growth
• Continuous learning
• Flexibility
• Meaningful work that improves public outcomes

Company Overview

Index Analytics LLC (Index) was established in May 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland, and currently supports mission-critical high visibility healthcare programs nationwide in collaboration with six federal health agencies. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Windsor Mill, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://index-analytics.com/.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Index Analytics LLC has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 13 in 2026, 7 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 10 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.