Cloud Automation Engineer (Remote)

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Overview

GovStar seeks a Cloud Automation Engineer to implement repeatable, secure provisioning and delivery workflows for AI pilot and production environments. This hands-on role will automate Azure infrastructure, CI/CD, model and application deployment workflows, environment configuration, and operational telemetry while supporting secure government-cloud integration and ATO objectives.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Build and maintain automated provisioning for AI, application, data, and supporting cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and environment configuration patterns for secure Azure deployments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure, applications, configuration, and AI/model deployment workflows.
• Automate environment promotion, testing, release, rollback, and configuration-management processes.
• Establish automated operational telemetry, health checks, logging, metrics, alerting, and deployment-status reporting.
• Integrate automation workflows with GitHub Enterprise and approved enterprise development tooling.
• Support containerized deployments and Kubernetes-based delivery where directed by the architecture.
• Implement secrets, identity, access-control, network, and policy automation consistent with security and least-privilege requirements.
• Support migration of current AI tools and services into the centralized Azure platform.
• Partner with security and cloud architecture personnel to produce evidence and automation supporting ATO and continuous compliance activities.
• Troubleshoot provisioning, pipeline, environment, deployment, and cloud-integration failures and drive corrective automation.

Minimum Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Current residence in the United States and residence in either the Eastern or Central Time Zone.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DHS Public Trust.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• At least 6 years of relevant professional experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, infrastructure automation, platform engineering, or a closely related field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure and services.
• Strong production experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.
• Experience with Git/GitHub and modern branch, review, and release practices.
• Experience with Docker and cloud-native deployment automation.
• Strong scripting/programming skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or a similar language.
• Experience implementing logging, monitoring, telemetry, and automated operational checks.
• Strong communication, documentation, troubleshooting, and attention-to-detail skills.

GovStar Expectations

• Passion for solving complex technical challenges in support of U.S. national security objectives.
• Willingness to learn, grow, and stretch outside established areas of expertise.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trusted relationships with customers, partners, and teammates.
• Proactive communication, self-direction, ownership, and the ability to start and lead initiatives without waiting to be told what to do.
• Commitment to GovStar’s collective growth through knowledge sharing and participation in internal initiatives, innovation efforts, onboarding, and business-development support.
• Professionalism, humility, curiosity, customer empathy, and a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with GitHub Enterprise and GitHub Actions.
• Experience automating Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Databricks, or other AI platform services.
• Experience with Kubernetes/AKS, Helm, or GitOps.
• Experience with Azure Policy, Key Vault, Entra ID, private endpoints, and security automation.
• Experience supporting ATO, FedRAMP/FISMA-aligned controls, or U.S. federal government systems.
• Experience automating model deployment, MLOps, or LLM application release processes.

Relevant Technologies

• Azure; Terraform; GitHub Enterprise/GitHub Actions; Python/PowerShell/Bash; Docker; Kubernetes/AKS; Helm; Azure Monitor; Azure Policy; Key Vault; Entra ID; Databricks; Azure AI Foundry; Azure OpenAI.

Benefits

This is a full-time, salaried position. Benefits include:

• Health/Dental/Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Employee shares program