DevOps Engineer

Location: Washington, DC (onsite)

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required or

Background Requirements: Must possess or be eligible to successfully complete a Public Trust background investigation.

About the job

We are seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer to lead the migration of enterprise Atlassian Jira and Confluence environments from Data Center to Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC) while supporting AWS-based DevSecOps infrastructure and shared services. This role combines Atlassian migration expertise, DevOps engineering, cloud infrastructure management, and automation to deliver secure, scalable, and compliant solutions in a federal environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the migration of Jira and Confluence environments from Data Center to Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC).
• Perform migration assessments, application compatibility reviews, data mapping, testing, and production cutovers.
• Coordinate migration activities with business stakeholders, vendors, application owners, and technical teams.
• Develop migration runbooks, rollback procedures, validation plans, and post-migration support processes.
• Administer and support enterprise DevSecOps tools including Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, and security scanning platforms.
• Support CI/CD pipeline automation, optimization, and troubleshooting for development teams.
• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.
• Implement automation for monitoring, patching, backups, logging, and operational support activities.
• Maintain secure cloud environments and support compliance, governance, and Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements.
• Provide operational support, documentation, and continuous improvement for cloud and DevSecOps platforms.

Required Skills

• 10+ years of IT experience in systems administration, application delivery, software engineering, or related disciplines.
• 6+ years of hands-on DevOps, CI/CD, or cloud engineering experience.
• Direct experience migrating Jira Data Center and Confluence Data Center environments to Atlassian Cloud or Atlassian Government Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA) and Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA).
• Knowledge of Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC), Atlassian Access, SAML/SSO integration, and FedRAMP environments.
• Strong experience administering CloudBees Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, SonarQube, and JFrog Artifactory.
• Experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudFormation.
• Strong Linux administration experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and cloud automation.
• Proficiency with Python, Bash, or other scripting languages.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, or AWS DevOps Engineer certification.
• Atlassian certifications such as ACP-CA, ACP-MJCP, or other Atlassian certifications.
• Experience supporting federal cloud environments and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with automated security scanning, ATO support, and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise Atlassian environments.
• Knowledge of CI/CD modernization, platform engineering, and cloud governance best practices.