_{16th October, 2026}

Falcon IT & Staffing Solutions is recruiting an Edifecs DevSecOps/Integration Engineer for a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program.

• Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
• Type: Full-time / Direct Hire
• Salary: $110,000–$145,000 per year, depending on experience
• Benefits: Paid vacation and holidays, 401(k) matching, full medical/dental/vision coverage, flexible schedules
• Requirements: U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust

Description
Our client has an exciting opportunity for an Edifecs DevSecOps/Integration Engineer to join a high-performance team supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) migration to the cloud. This role provides a significant growth opportunity for an experienced cloud engineer to work within a modern cloud ecosystem, apply cutting-edge technologies, and serve as a trusted technical advisor to the customer.
The Cloud Comp Engr Principal will design, deploy, operate, secure, and optimize AWS GovCloud-hosted infrastructure, applications, and services within the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC). The ideal candidate will work effectively at scale and with autonomy; possess deep AWS architecture, automation, security, and DevOps expertise; and collaborate with product teams, application engineers, security personnel, and VA stakeholders to deliver secure, compliant, highly available cloud solutions.
Job Responsibilities

• Create and maintain data-flow diagrams, cloud-infrastructure diagrams, transition diagrams, high-level architecture diagrams, and other technical documentation for cloud-hosted applications, systems, and services.
• Design, develop, deploy, and operate automation technologies supporting continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, highly available AWS cloud solutions that address application migration, modernization, and cloud-readiness requirements.
• Provide cloud support services for systems and applications hosted within VAEC AWS GovCloud environments.
• Configure, provision, and support VAEC environments for product lines and services, including application setup, cloud configuration, and operational troubleshooting.
• Manage cloud-service-provider permissions for hosted applications, data storage, infrastructure, and services in accordance with least-privilege and role-based-access-control principles.
• Implement, manage, and enhance monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability capabilities for cloud architecture, cloud-hosted systems, and applications.
• Monitor cloud-hosted environments to ensure optimal availability, performance, security, compliance, and data integrity.
• Design and implement cloud security controls, including identity and access management, encryption, key management, security monitoring, and network-protection capabilities.
• Provide cloud security provider documentation and maintain technical artifacts necessary to support VA and Federal compliance requirements.
• Support compliance with VA Integrated Product Team (IPT), development, release, and documentation requirements, including applicable VIP processes.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, or comparable technologies.
• Implement and support multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations, including account governance, access management, service controls, and centralized logging.
• Design and manage AWS networking components, including VPCs, subnets, routing, VPC peering, Direct Connect, VPN connectivity, security groups, and network access controls.
• Configure and optimize AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, IAM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, and Route 53.
• Support containerized and orchestrated workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS.
• Troubleshoot complex cloud-related incidents involving infrastructure, applications, databases, networking, security, performance, capacity, and deployment pipelines.
• Identify and implement cloud cost-management, resource-right-sizing, and performance-optimization strategies.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and knowledge transfer to junior engineers and cross-functional team members.
• Lead technical projects and collaborate with product, application, DevSecOps, security, infrastructure, and customer teams to deliver timely, high-quality cloud solutions.
• Participate in on-call support, emergency maintenance, and incident-response activities as required.
• Remain current on emerging AWS capabilities, cloud engineering tools, security practices, and industry trends; recommend practical improvements to strengthen platform maturity and delivery outcomes.

Required Skills

• Minimum of eight years of cloud-engineering experience, with a strong focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Proven experience designing, deploying, operating, and managing AWS infrastructure, applications, and cloud services.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale, high-availability, secure, and scalable cloud architectures.
• Expertise with core AWS services, including:
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon VPC
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS CloudFormation
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon Route 53
• Experience implementing AWS security services and best practices, including IAM, AWS Shield, AWS WAF, encryption, key management, access-control policies, and security monitoring.
• Strong AWS networking knowledge, including VPC architecture, subnetting, route tables, VPC peering, Direct Connect, VPN connectivity, firewall/security-group configuration, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing secure multi-account AWS environments through AWS Organizations.
• Knowledge of cloud cost-management practices, including resource tagging, right-sizing, consumption monitoring, cost analysis, and optimization recommendations.
• Proficiency in one or more scripting or programming languages used for automation, including Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Node.js.
• Experience using infrastructure-as-code tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, AWS CDK, or comparable technologies.
• Proficiency with cloud monitoring, logging, auditing, and configuration-management capabilities, including CloudWatch, CloudTrail, AWS Config, and third-party tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or New Relic.
• Experience optimizing and troubleshooting AWS resources to resolve performance, capacity, reliability, connectivity, and availability issues.
• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices and applicable compliance frameworks, including HIPAA, GDPR, and PCI DSS.
• Experience implementing encryption, key-management, identity-management, and access-management solutions in AWS environments.
• Working knowledge of AWS database technologies, including Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, and Redshift.
• Experience with database performance tuning, backup and recovery strategies, data-protection controls, and operational-support procedures.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools, including Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, or similar solutions.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS.
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills for resolving complex cloud infrastructure and application issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain cloud architecture, technical risks, and solution trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize work effectively, manage multiple concurrent projects, meet deadlines, and maintain quality in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure system stability, security, compliance, and data integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects, mentor team members, and collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Strong documentation skills, including the ability to create and maintain cloud architecture diagrams, system configurations, operating procedures, security documentation, and technical runbooks.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience supporting VA, Department of Defense, or other Federal cloud programs.
• Experience providing engineering support within AWS GovCloud and VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) environments.
• Experience with Edifecs platforms, healthcare EDI systems, or cloud-hosted healthcare applications.
• Familiarity with VA development, release, security, and documentation requirements, including VIP processes.
• Advanced AWS certifications, including one or more of the following:
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty
• Edifecs certification.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, security automation, policy-as-code, CI/CD security controls, and compliance-as-code capabilities.
• Experience with enterprise cloud-migration planning, application modernization, cloud-readiness assessment, and migration execution.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• A minimum of eight years of progressively responsible cloud-engineering experience with a focus on AWS architecture, deployment, automation, security, and operations.
• Demonstrated experience designing and supporting high-availability, scalable cloud infrastructure and cloud-hosted applications.
• Equivalent practical experience may be considered in lieu of formal education, as appropriate.

How to apply: Apply here with your updated resume, or send it to bshepherdson@falconitss.com with the job title in the subject line.
Falcon IT & Staffing Solutions is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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