DevOps Engineer

Were looking for an infrastructure engineer who builds and ships. This is not a role for someone who hands off design documents or lives only in architecture diagrams. Youll support production infrastructure across AWS Azure and on-prem environments troubleshoot real issues optimize underperforming systems and automate work so teams can move faster.

Deep infrastructure expertise comes first. We encourage engineers to leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate infrastructure development automation troubleshooting and documentation. Experience with Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor or similar tools is beneficial but infrastructure expertise and operational problem-solving are the primary qualifications for success.

This is a hands-on engineering role. Expect approximately 80% of your time to be spent building automating troubleshooting and improving infrastructure across AWS Azure and on-prem environments with limited meeting overhead.

Responsibilities: Your day if you join us:

What Youll Build

• Infrastructure-as-code solutions supporting AWS Azure and on-prem environments using Terraform and/or CloudFormationnetworking compute storage identity databases monitoring
• AI-assisted Terraform module generation with automated testing documentation and compliance validation
• State management patterns for multi-environment deployments (dev/QA/staging/prod) with proper isolation
• Drift detection and remediation automationcatch what changed and fix it before it becomes an incidentDatabase Engineering & Performance

• Support SQL Server Azure SQL MySQL and AWS RDS performancequery optimization index strategies execution plan analysis
• Zero/Minimal- downtime database migrations with automated rollback strategies.
• Stored procedure optimization and refactoring with proper error handling and logging
• Automated maintenance: index rebuilds statistics updates consistency checks backup validation
• Query Store analysis and AI-assisted performance troubleshooting

• Hub-and-spoke and VPC architectures with proper segmentation for FedRAMP and compliance boundaries (AWS and Azure)
• Private Link configurations DNS forwarding and service endpoint strategies
• AWS Direct Connect and Azure ExpressRoute VPN connectivity for hybrid scenarios
• Azure Firewall and NSG policies with AI-assisted rule generation and audit
• ZScaler integration and troubleshooting for secure internet egress

• PowerShell modules for Azure resource management database operations reporting and remediation
• Bash scripts for Linux workloads and CI/CD pipeline integration
• Python utilities for API integrations data processing and custom tooling
• AI-assisted script generation with proper error handling logging and testing

Operational Excellence

• Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Application Insights configurations
• Database and infrastructure alerting thats actionable not noise
• Runbooks and automation for common remediation tasks
• Cost analysis and optimizationReserved Instances right-sizing orphaned resources

Qualifications: You are a great fit for this role if you:

• 5 years hands-on infrastructure experience across cloud and/or on-prem environments (AWS Azure or hybrid)
• Strong SQL Server / Azure SQL / AWS RDS skills: query optimization index tuning execution plans stored procedures
• Strong Terraform and/or CloudFormation experience: modules workspaces remote state provider configuration
• Strong PowerShell: Azure modules SQL Server modules REST API calls error handling module development
• Windows Server administration: operational and administration experience in cloud and hybrid environments
• AWS and Azure networking depth: VPCs Direct Connect VNets peering Private Link DNS NSGs routing hybrid connectivity
• Experience with or openness to AI-assisted engineering tools (Claude Code Copilot Cursor) to improve speed and quality
• Git workflows: branching strategies PR reviews merge conflict resolution
• Experience with FedRAMP CMMC or similar compliance frameworks
• Comfortable debugging production issues under pressuredatabases networking or infrastructure
• Due to customer requirements U.S. Citizenship is required. Ability to gain and maintain Trusted Role is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

You are exactly who we are looking for if you:

• Azure certifications (AZ-104 AZ-305 AZ-500 DP-300)
• Experience with database migrations version control for schema changes (Flyway Liquibase or similar)
• Bicep experience in addition to Terraform
• GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipeline development
• Python scripting for automation and tooling
• Experience with Azure PIM Conditional Access and identity governance
• Container platforms: AKS Container Apps Docker
• Background in defense aerospace or highly regulated industries

Location: Cincinnati OH Herndon VA Hybrid(3x/week)

Youve already changed how you work because of AI tools. You dont just use autocompleteyouve figured out how to prompt for entire infrastructure patterns optimize complex SQL queries and iterate faster than you ever could manually. You have opinions about which AI tools work best for different tasks.

You prefer automation over manual effort. When you see a team doing something repetitive your instinct is to automate it. When you see documentation thats out of date you think about how to generate it from the source of truth.

You can context-switch. Monday might be debugging a DNS forwarding issue. Tuesday might be optimizing a slow stored procedure. Wednesday might be writing a Terraform module for a new service. Thursday might be helping a developer understand why their app cant reach a database. Youre comfortable across the stack.

We build trust infrastructure for defense contractors. FedRAMP Moderate certified CMMC compliant serving aerospace and defense supply chains. The work mattersour platforms enable secure collaboration across thousands of organizations in the defense industrial base.

The environment: Azure Government and Commercial complex networking with hybrid connectivity SQL Server databases that need to perform under load real compliance requirements (not checkbox security) and a team thats actively adopting AI tools for development. Were rolling out Claude Code to 100 developers. Were building with AI not just talking about it.

The challenges are real: Service Bus queues that need to handle thousands of messages without crashing DNS forwarding that has to work across multiple tenants database queries that auditors will scrutinize stored procedures that need to run in milliseconds not seconds. If you want interesting problems we have them.

We believe in employee development: we promote internally and provide training and educational assistance

We provide a fun engaged workplace with social and community-building events

We offer comprehensive benefits and flexible time off plans

Exostar is an Equal Employment Employer. The company provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age marital status disability status or genetic information. Exostar is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons in all facets of employment including recruiting hiring compensation promotion training benefits transfers and working conditions.

Required Experience:

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