Senior DevOps Engineer – Cloud Platform (Senior Consultant, Engineering & Technical Services)

Category: Engineering, IT & Systems Administration

reqId: P-100151

Posted Date: 03/26/2026

Work Environment: Hybrid

Exempt

widget: Full Time

Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Public Trust

Up to 10% Travel

Job Requirements

Fearless is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a large-scale federal workforce training and learning management program. This role is responsible for managing and maintaining the cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and operational environment that support a secure, scalable Learning Management System (LMS) and associated platforms.

This position focuses on platform reliability, automation, and system performance, ensuring that environments are stable, deployments are efficient, and systems are continuously monitored and optimized. The DevOps Engineer will work closely with development, database, and security teams to enable seamless delivery within a DevSecOps framework.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, automation-driven, and experienced in managing cloud native systems—someone who can ensure operational excellence while supporting continuous improvement and modernization.

At Fearless, this Senior Consultant collaborates with cross functional teams to align the technical vision, implementation, and quality of software systems across development, reliability, testing, and operations. This role will possess the skills to be able to bridge business objectives with technical execution in software development, infrastructure, security, and testing at an advanced application level of proficiency. The Sr. Consultant role will work on projects that allow them to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable solutions while mentoring engineers, fostering collaboration, and aligning stakeholders with product and project goals.

Your Responsibilities in this Role:

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting LMS platforms and related systems (AWS or similar).
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines to support automated build, test, and deployment processes.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability, implementing alerting and remediation strategies as needed.
• Manage infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Ensure system security and compliance by integrating security controls into infrastructure and deployment processes (DevSecOps).
• Support environment management across development, testing, and production environments.
• Tooling for performance/availability: monitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus), logging, incident response playbooks, and SLA adherence
• Collaborate with software developers to optimize application deployment, performance, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, deployment, and system-level issues.
• Implement logging, monitoring, and observability solutions to support system health and incident response.
• Support system scaling and performance optimization to meet user demand and SLA requirements.
• Maintain documentation for infrastructure configurations, deployment processes, and operational procedures.
• Continuously evaluate and improve platform operations, automation, and system resilience.

Place of Performance & Travel Requirements

While this role is primarily remote, the individual must be available to attend in-person

customer meetings at the client’s headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland, as needed.

The Impact You Will Create in this Role:

Fearless Impact:

• Fosters collaboration with cross functional teams by taking the initiative and driving conversations
• Coach, mentor, and develop peers that elevate team capability and technical expertise using clear and persuasive communication of engineering solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services.
• Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track.
• Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.
• Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes.

Fearless Customer Impact:

• Deliver expected outcomes relative to high quality code and maintainable systems
• Offer and implement innovative solutions that include engineering best practices through new tools, frameworks and methodologies
• Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that advance customer satisfaction as well as Fearless’ objectives, strategy, and mission
• Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise

Work Experience

PROJECT SKILL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Proven experience managing cloud environments (AWS preferred), including compute, storage, networking, and security services.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK stack, or similar).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is highly desirable.
• Experience working within DevSecOps environments, including integrating security into deployment pipelines.
• Experience supporting high-availability, scalable systems in enterprise or federal environments.
• Familiarity with federal security frameworks (e.g., NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP) is highly desirable.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure, networking, and system performance issues.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, architects, and security personnel.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.

Fearless Skills and Competencies

• Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
• Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
• Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
• Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
• Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
• Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
• Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction.

Required Level of Proficiency:

• Advanced Application: You can perform the actions associated with a skill without assistance. You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions regarding required skills arise.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
• Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
• Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
• Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).

Benefits

Life at Fearless

We’re a digital integration consultancy on a mission to build a better tomorrow. At Fearless, we combine technology, people, and organizational development to solve meaningful problems. Through iterative development, we deliver smart, user-friendly solutions that make tech work better—for everyone.

But great tech is just part of the story. What really makes us Fearless is our Purple Culture.

What Makes Us Purple?

Being Purple means you:

• Are valued as a whole person—not just a job title
• Get matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
• Are supported by coaches, not micromanagers
• Have the autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
• Join a community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
• Do work that matters—every day

We believe in flexibility, growth, and balance. Our benefits and culture are designed to support you in doing your best work—while making space for what matters to you outside of it.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Fearless, we’re building a workplace that welcomes and respects everyone—across race, gender, age, religion, identity, background, and ability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other c