Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. VetsEZ is a company supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Joint Longitudinal Viewer (JLV) program, a clinical application that aggregates patient data from VA and DoD systems. The Senior Backend DevOps Engineer will operate AWS ECS-based microservices, build CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code solutions, and support observability, security, compliance, high availability, and production reliability in a remote role.
Responsibilities
- Operate and optimize Amazon ECS deployments for JLV backend microservices
- Configure and manage service scaling, task definitions, health checks, and blue/green deployment strategies
- Implement and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions aligned with VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) architecture standards
- Support multi-region high availability and disaster recovery environments within AWS GovCloud
- Design, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines for containerized microservices
- Automate build, test, security scanning, deployment, verification, and rollback processes
- Create repeatable deployment procedures and release workflows supporting VA governance requirements
- Automate system configuration, database updates, performance tuning, and post-deployment validation
- Build and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and notification systems for JLV backend services
- Execute backup, restore, outage recovery, and incident response procedures
- Develop operational runbooks and support production readiness activities
- Establish performance baselines and support load testing and release validation
- Implement security controls supporting FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, FISMA, and VA compliance frameworks
- Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines and operational workflows
- Support continuous monitoring, audit activities, and remediation efforts
- Implement IAM solutions following government cloud best practices
- Partner with backend engineers, product teams, security teams, and operations personnel
- Support production issue triage and service reliability improvements
- Guide releases through VA governance and approval processes
- Maintain architecture documentation, deployment guides, and operational procedures
- Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as needed to support team objectives and ensure the success of the project
Skills
- Experience operating containerized microservices on AWS ECS
- Strong understanding of container orchestration, service scaling, load balancing, and health monitoring
- Proficiency with AWS CLI and production cloud operations
- Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines for enterprise environments
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code practices and automation frameworks
- Working knowledge of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53, FISMA, and government cloud compliance requirements
- Experience implementing observability solutions, incident response processes, and SRE practices
- Strong understanding of AWS networking, IAM, security groups, and multi-region disaster recovery architectures
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance or higher
- Experience working in AWS GovCloud environments
- Familiarity with VA Enterprise Cloud architecture and deployment patterns
- Experience supporting healthcare applications or clinical viewer platforms
- Familiarity with deployment governance, operational readiness reviews, and production operations management
- Experience integrating with VA or DoD healthcare systems and services
- Knowledge of VIP lifecycle processes and associated release documentation
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision.
- 401k with Employer Match.
- PTO + Federal Holidays.
- Corporate Laptop.
- Training Opportunities.
- Remote Opportunity.
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