Cloud DevOps Engineer

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required

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 Cloud Formation. 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.