Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

**This role can be completely remote, sitting anywhere within the US**

ICF seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the automation and deployment needs of highly scalable healthcare systems that directly support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) This solution focuses on reporting, both ad-hoc and static, and supports the CMS quality improvement initiative by ensuring data is being extracted and provided to outside groups in order to support claim matching, public reporting, Quality Certification and Oversight Reports (QCOR), as well as health research and policy decision making. Additionally, this reporting helps federal and state CMS facilities understand and improve the quality of care that is being provided to beneficiaries.

You will work closely with Agile development teams to implement automation solutions using technologies like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, Jenkins, Kubernetes, ECS, and Terraform to automatically build, test, integrate, and deploy complex, modern systems. You will leverage the full power of the cloud to configure highly resilient and scalable applications that support zero downtime.

The team uses integrated human-centered design and quality assurance measures to implement highly modern, usable interfaces. Our mission is to help the government improve healthcare for patients and reduce cost. We value bringing individuals that are experts in their disciplines, highly communicative, and self-motivated to own their work. Technology and domain experts work side-by-side in highly dynamic teams that have all the roles necessary to deliver high-quality digital services. In addition, critical to our success is forming teams of highly diverse individuals passionate about making a difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Help hire, train and provide technical leadership for a team of DevOps Engineers
• Mentor other DevOps Engineers
• Create and update best practice guidelines, playbooks and runbooks
• Configure and maintain resources on AWS
• Maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, and/or Ansible
• Maintain Dockerfiles
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Deploy services to ECS or Kubernetes
• Complete on-time production deployments using Jenkins and GitHub Actions
• Manage security groups and access controls.
• Responsible for securely storing information such as passwords and tokens.
• Use ticket management systems such as Jira and Confluence to manage work priorities.
• Work closely with developers on the team to debug web app issues.

Basic Qualifications:

• 11+ years of technical administration or engineering experience
• 2+ years’ experience as a DevOps tech lead
• 5+ years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer – (preferably in AWS)
• 5 years’ experience using Docker in production environments
• 5 years’ experience with scripting languages (IE groovy, bash, and/or python)
• 5 years’ experience with production deployments using Jenkins (or similar tool)
• 5 years’ experience working on Agile development projects.
• 4 years’ experience with Linux administration
• 4 years’ experience and solid understanding to deploy and maintain container orchestration platforms such as ECS or Kubernetes
• 4 years Terraform (or other similar tool) including the ability to write modules from scratch.
• Experience with and a strong understanding of secret management along with the practice of good security hygiene
• Expertise with cloud security, understand the principle of least privilege, IAM, security groups and access controls
• Must live in the United States (3 of the last 5 years) and be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance (which will be sponsored).

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of networking fundamentals
• Experience with Atlassian tooling such as Jira and Confluence
• Federal Government contracting work experience
• Experience with NIST 800-53, specifically helping government agencies attain Authority to Operate (ATO

Professional Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to clearly articulate and communicate complex technical ideas to non-DevOps colleagues
• Ability to understand project requirements and be innovative in finding solutions in highly regulated government environments.
• Flexibility and the ability to accept a change in priorities as necessary
• Demonstrated time management skills.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.

Additional Job Description

• Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of clearly identified factors. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Networks with senior internal and external personnel in own area of expertise. Works under fairly limited direction. Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments. Determines and develops approach to solutions within policies and procedures. Work is evaluated upon completion to ensure objectives have been met. Regularly interacts with functional peers within the immediate organization, as well as with clients or vendors. Interaction normally requires the ability to gain cooperation of others and/or conducting presentations of technical information concerning specific project/schedules.

Working at ICF

Working at ICF means applying a passion for meaningful work with intellectual rigor to help solve the leading issues of our day. Smart, compassionate, innovative, committed, ICF employees tackle unprecedented challenges to benefit people, businesses, and governments around the globe. We believe in collaboration, mutual respect, open communication, and opportunity for growth.

We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building an inclusive workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring regardless of any protected characteristic, such as race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status, or military/veteran status. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO & AA policy.

Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email us and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations. Read more about non-discrimination: EEO is the law and Pay Transparency Statement.

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final salary for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

COVID-19 Policy: New or prospective U.S. employees must provide proof of complete vaccination on the date of their commencement of employment. If selected for employment, you will provide proof of your full vaccination status, defined as vaccinated two weeks after receiving the requisite number of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine approved or authorized for emergency use by the FDA.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• DevOps tech lead: 2 years (Required)
• Software engineering: 5 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote

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