Mid-Level DevOps Engineer - HTS Data Derivation
HTS Data Derivation Trade Compliance Federal Data Modernizationย
Location:ย Hybridย (Onsite in Reston 2 days a week)ย
Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtaina public trustย
A Role with Purpose and Impactย
We are seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to supportour federal client, focusedon modernizing the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). This role requires building and operating a secure, reliable pipeline to ingest, transform, validate, and deliver complex structured datasets. The senior DevOps engineer will own the infrastructure, automation, and security that make high-volume, high-accuracy data delivery possible, which includes support for LLM-assisted quality validation workflows. ย
As a DevOps Engineer,ย youย will:ย
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines that automate ingestion, transformation, and packaging of HTS datasets ย
- Design, implement, andย maintainย cloud-based infrastructure for data processing in AWS GovCloud.ย
- Work with the architect to manage the cloud infrastructure supporting data processing workloads, document storage, and LLM-based validation tooling.ย
- Support the OCR and PDF extraction pipeline infrastructure for digitizing historical HTS publications. ย
- Build monitoring, alerting,ย and loggingย capabilitiesย to track pipelineย health, data processing status,ย and deliverable readiness.ย
- Implement automated testing and validation for data pipelines.ย
- Coordinate with trade analysts and the project manager to ensure infrastructure supports delivery milestones as per project requirementsย
- Promote DevOps best practices, including infrastructure-as-code, version control, and automation.ย ย
- Document systems, architecture, and operational proceduresย
Required Qualificationsย
- Bachelor's or master'sย degree in computer scienceย orย Engineeringย ย
- 4+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.ย ย
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).ย ย
- Proficiencyย in scripting languages such asย Python, Bash, or PowerShell.ย ย
- Hands-on experience withย CI/CD toolsย (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI).ย
- Experience with containers (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).ย
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, or similar).
- Hands-on experience designing, operating, and maintaining versioned data engineering and machine learning pipelines, with an emphasis on reproducibility, lineage, and controlled releases.
- Demonstrated experience implementing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for LLM-based systems, tracking output quality, operational cost, and latency.
Preferred Qualificationsย
- Experience working withย HTSย orย Trade Dataย pipelinesย ย
- Strong Python skills with a focus onย data processing, transformation, and pipeline developmentย
- Familiarity with workflow management tools (Nextflow,ย Snakemake, WDL/Cromwell).ย
- Understanding ofย Tradeย data formatsย (CSV, Excel, or JSON formats)ย
- Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop) or distributed computing.ย
- Knowledge of data storage solutions for large datasets (object storage, distributed file systems).ย
- Experience with HPC schedulers (SLURM, PBS, LSF).ย
Our estimated salary range for this position is $90,000-$130,000. This presented salary range is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Offered salary is based on education, experience, geographic location, and possibly contractual requirements as appropriate to the role. *Salary could fall outside of this range.