Lead DevOps Engineer (Remote - US) at ICF

Compensation

$131,256 – $223,134/yr

Setup: Remote
Location: Reston, Virginia
Type: Full-time
Level: lead/mgmt
Posted: Sep 25, 2026

Description

ICF is hiring a Lead DevOps Engineer to own and evolve multi-account AWS cloud platforms supporting enterprise applications. The role covers AWS infrastructure, Terraform and Terragrunt automation, Amazon EKS and Kubernetes operations, GitOps, CI/CD, security, observability, application troubleshooting, incident response, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. Candidates need a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, at least 8 years of relevant DevOps or cloud experience, and must be a United States citizen or permanent resident. The position is nationwide remote and pays $131,256 to $223,134 annually.

Required Skills

AWS
Terraform
EKS
Kubernetes
GitOps
GitHub Actions
SQL Server
Prometheus
Java

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
Required Previous Experiences: 8+ years of DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or site reliability experience, including 5+ years operating production workloads on AWS
5+ years of Terraform and infrastructure as code experience
4+ years administering production Kubernetes environments
3+ years building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
Preferred Qualifications: Experience improving an existing production cloud platform
Experience with Terragrunt, EKS Auto Mode, AWS Pod Identity, Argo CD ApplicationSets, AWS Controllers for Kubernetes, or Kubernetes Resource Orchestrator
Experience operating Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon RDS and supporting AWS DMS, backup and restore, disaster recovery, and database performance monitoring
Experience with AWS services including CloudFront, Route 53, ACM, Cognito, SQS, SNS, SES, Secrets Manager, S3, ECR, and cross-account access
Experience implementing observability with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, centralized logging, alerting, and service-level objectives
Experience implementing SAST, DAST, software composition analysis, container scanning, SBOMs, and policy-based release gates
Experience reviewing and troubleshooting Java and Spring Boot applications
Translation Company Name: 102 ICF Incorporated, LLC

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