DevOps Engineer 1 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Akina•Annapolis Junction, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system using cutting-edge technologies. Responsible for architecting infrastructure, developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting, managing containerization technologies, performing systems analysis and integration, managing CI/CD pipelines, and driving technical direction of the infrastructure. Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc. Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions. Iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs. Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities. Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner. Track ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs. Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.

Requirements

Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services
Developing Infrastructure As Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools
Strong background in containerization technologies: install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.
Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions
Cloud infrastructure cost savings: iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs
Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities
Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner
Tracking ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs
Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD
Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
12 years or more of professional experience; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Master's degree

Nice To Haves

Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling
Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway
Develop and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes
Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability
Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime
Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate

Responsibilities

Architecting infrastructure
Developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting
Managing containerization technologies
Performing systems analysis and integration
Managing CI/CD pipelines
Driving technical direction of the infrastructure
Automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools
Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.
Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions
Iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs
Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities
Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner
Track ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs
Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD