Lead DevOps Engineer, CoCounsel for Government
Looking to take charge of both development and operations in a highly regulated, mission-critical environment?
We’re seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to set the technical direction for our CoCounsel for Government team. In this role, you’ll design secure, scalable cloud infrastructures, guide a team of DevOps professionals, and help ensure our solutions meet strict government compliance standards. If you thrive on solving complex cloud and deployment challenges while mentoring others, this role is for you.
About the role
Architecture & Strategy
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Define and maintain system architectures that leverage AWS (with emphasis on CloudFormation for IaC), container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes), and well-structured infrastructure automation.
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Collaborate with the Engineering Manager to align DevOps priorities and practices with product and business objectives.
Hands-On Development & Operations
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Write and review production-grade Python code for automation, tooling, and back-end services, applying best practices and an appreciation for static typing.
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Oversee CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security checks, compliance, and reliable deployments in AWS GovCloud or other AWS environments.
Mentorship & Leadership
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Guide senior and mid-level engineers, offering code reviews and technical coaching to foster growth in both development and operational excellence.
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Champion DevOps methodologies within the team, promoting a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and proactive problem-solving.
Security & Compliance
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Work closely with InfoSec to integrate FedRAMP, FIPS, and other government compliance requirements into infrastructure and deployment processes.
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Monitor and address vulnerabilities, ensuring systems remain hardened and secure.
Performance & Scalability
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Identify and implement improvements for system reliability, performance, and observability across multiple services and environments.
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Track key metrics to optimize resource usage and facilitate future scaling decisions.
About You
Experience
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6+ years in DevOps, site reliability, or a closely related field, with a proven track record in leading complex cloud and container-based projects.
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Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership and mentor less-experienced engineers.
Technical Expertise
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Proficient in AWS (including GovCloud) for designing and managing large-scale deployments; deep experience with CloudFormation.
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Strong Python development skills, specifically for production services or infrastructure tooling. Familiarity with typed Python or static typing principles is a plus.
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Skilled with Docker, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD practices.
Security & Compliance
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Comfortable weaving FedRAMP and FIPS requirements into everyday DevOps workflows.
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Experience proactively managing vulnerabilities and instituting security best practices.
Communication & Collaboration
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Able to effectively translate technical strategy to multiple audiences, from executives to engineering peers.
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Skilled in coordinating cross-functional efforts, ensuring alignment and timely delivery of projects.
Preferred Qualifications
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Background in automating compliance checks, penetration testing, or secure code analysis.
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Experience migrating or modernizing legacy systems under strict compliance requirements.
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AWS GovCloud experience.
Ready to lead a team and shape the future of secure government solutions? Join us and make an immediate impact on both our product and the industry at large. Apply today!
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What’s in it For You?
Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you’ll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:
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Industry-Leading Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
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Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
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Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
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Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.
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Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
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Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.
For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $116,900 - $217,100.
This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.
Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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