Remote Gas Engine Performance Engineer Jobs in Virginia

Job number: 862

This is a remote position.

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Work on things that matter

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Built for a remote life

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

As an Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for working with leadership to shape the technical direction of the program, while gaining exposure into people management. An Engineering Lead is a people manager, leader, and mentor with the ability to cross-functionally lead program delivery. You are an emerging subject matter expert that is developing the skills to successfully lead through team members and effectively communicate and execute against program and organizational objectives. In this role, an Engineering Lead will support leadership in partnering with peers to meet delivery requirements. Primary expectations of an Engineering Lead include:

• Primary Responsibilities:

  DevSecOps Engineering & Automation

• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using VA-approved tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Jira, etc)
• Automate infrastructure provisioning using IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) within VA-approved cloud environments
• Integrate automated security scanning, dependency checks, and compliance gates into delivery pipelines
• Support containerization and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or VA-approved platforms

• Cloud & Infrastructure Operations

• Deploy and manage applications in AWS, Azure, or VA Enterprise Cloud environments
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as CloudWatch, ELK, Splunk, Dynatrace, or Prometheus
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability for high-availability VA systems

• Security, Compliance & ATO Support

• Ensure all systems meet VA cybersecurity, FISMA, NIST 800-53, and Zero Trust requirements
• Collaborate with ISSOs and security teams to support ATO documentation, vulnerability remediation, and continuous monitoring
• Implement secure configuration baselines, patching, and compliance automation

• Collaboration & Delivery

• Work closely with developers, QA, product owners, PMs, and VA stakeholders to streamline delivery workflows
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and support iterative delivery across Scrum or SAFe environments
• Provide technical guidance on DevOps best practices, automation strategies, and cloud adoption

• Operational Support & Troubleshooting

• Diagnose and resolve issues across application, infrastructure, and pipeline layers
• Support release management, environment configuration, and production deployments
• Maintain documentation for infrastructure, pipelines, and operational processes
• Support modernization of legacy VA systems (VistA, VES platforms, VA.gov services) into cloud-native architectures

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  Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of DevOps, cloud engineering, or automation experience
• Experience supporting federal agencies (VA, DoD, HHS, DHS, etc.)
• Experience with AWS
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with HashiCorp Consul
• Extensive experience with Linux VM's, upgrading and migration experience
• AWS Dashboard / Monitoring tools - experience with setup and use of Prometheus, Grafana, altermanager, Dynatrace
• Experience with Jenkins
• Experience with Argo CD (continuous delivery pipeline)
• Experience with Maven
• Experience with Kafka
• Experience managing Windows Servers
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of federal cybersecurity frameworks and secure DevOps practices
• Experience with containers, orchestration, and automated testing frameworks

• To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:https://adhocteam.us/join

  Benefits:

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with employer match
• Paid parental leave after one year of service
• Employee Assistance Program