DevOps Engineer III * Platform Maintenance & Vulnerability Response

Job Number: 903

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people's needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We've helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we're also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren't heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities

DevOps Engineer III serves as an emerging individual contributor within a team, expanding your leadership, guidance, and mentoring skills. With the support and guidance of leadership, you will be responsible for supporting the goal of meeting scope, schedule, and delivery requirements. You will interact with stakeholders and utilize influential skills to drive improvements in DevOps processes and practices.

Primary expectations of a DevOps Engineer III include:

• Acknowledge vulnerability notifications within 24 hours / next business day, triaging into the appropriate SLA response tier (High: 30 days, Medium: 180 days, Low: 360 days)
• Remediate identified system vulnerabilities on a weekly release cadence, including modification, testing, and installation of fixes across all instances; document via release notes, installation guides, and user guides
• Perform security assessments and vulnerability scans using AWS Inspector, AWS Security Hub, Twistlock, or similar tools
• Maintain trusted base images and automate dependency updates (e.g., Renovate Bot); execute container scans in CI/CD pipelines
• Audit and inventory non-Terraformed legacy resources, systematically remediating configuration drift into managed code
• Configure and maintain network boundaries: VPC subnets, security groups, Network ACLs, firewalls, VPN configurations, and route paths
• Maintain development environment readiness: Terraform updates, git repo builds, key/credential validation, and log analysis for AppDev teams
• Coordinate cross-team remediation schedules and story prioritization with AppDev workstreams; participate in on-call rotations supporting Tier 2/3 incident response

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent additional experience in lieu of a degree
• Must meet federal suitability requirements and pass a background investigation as a condition of employment
• Hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, Lambda, and CloudWatch
• Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code provisioning and drift prevention
• Demonstrated experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and/or Jenkins
• Strong working knowledge of containerization using Docker and container orchestration on AWS ECS/EKS/Fargate
• Familiarity with DevSecOps practices including SAST, dependency scanning, and automated vulnerability remediation
• Solid understanding of networking, virtualization, and cloud infrastructure fundamentals
• Experience with vulnerability management workflows and security scanning tools (AWS Inspector, Security Hub, or similar)
• Configuration-drift detection and remediation experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work in federal environments or familiarity with FedRAMP, FISMA, or ATO processes
• Experience supporting SAFe or scaled Agile delivery teams as a platform or infrastructure provider
• Familiarity with Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration platforms
• Familiarity with government IT security scanning procedures and change management boards
• Knowledge of automated security policy-as-code engines
• Highly organized with strong prioritization and tracking habits

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join

Benefits:

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

We value the unique skills gained through military service and encourage veterans and transitioning service members to apply.

In support of various state and city equal pay transparency laws, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $110,000 - $140,000. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.

job reference:https://adhoc.team/