Los Angeles & Orange County, CA
CalTek Staffing is hiring Cloud / DevOps Engineers to support aerospace and defense programs across Los Angeles and Orange County, California. These hybrid roles focus on designing, automating, and securing mission-critical cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines that support regulated, high-reliability systems.
This opportunity is ideal for engineers who excel at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, automation, security, and software engineering, and who are eligible to obtain a U.S. security clearance.
Design, deploy, and manage secure cloud infrastructure in AWS, Azure, or GCP
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting controlled, auditable deployments
Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Monitor system performance, availability, and security in production environments
Support production deployments, incident response, and root-cause analysis
Collaborate with software and systems engineers to improve deployment workflows
Implement security, compliance, and governance best practices aligned with aerospace and defense standards
3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering
Strong experience with at least one major cloud platform:
AWS (including GovCloud), Azure, or GCP
Hands-on experience with:
CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Containerization and orchestration experience:
Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, ECS)
Strong Linux systems administration skills
Scripting and automation experience (Bash, Python)
U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a security clearance
Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical systems
Familiarity with regulated environments (DoD, ITAR, NIST, FedRAMP, ISO)
SRE experience or on-call rotation exposure
Monitoring and observability tools:
Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch
Cloud security, identity management, and governance experience
(Varies by program and security requirements)
Cloud: AWS (EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, GovCloud)
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
Monitoring: Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus
Security: IAM, secrets management, compliance tooling
Hybrid schedule (combination of onsite and remote)
Onsite work required due to program and security requirements
Direct Hire: $150,000 – $180,000 base salary (W2, DOE)
Contract-to-hire options may be available depending on program
CalTek Staffing has over 20 years of experience supporting aerospace, defense, and advanced engineering programs across Southern California. We understand clearance requirements, hybrid work constraints, and the importance of long-term program stability — and we partner engineers with teams where security, reliability, and technical excellence matter.
If you're a Cloud / DevOps Engineer seeking hybrid aerospace or defense opportunities in Los Angeles or Orange County and are clearance-eligible, apply today to learn more about current programs.