DevOps Engineer 1 - (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

Akina•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. This role involves experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL, and installing, configuring, and providing performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools. Additionally, the engineer will manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using GitLab runners and Argo CD, and manage commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS). Effective communication and collaboration with team members and stakeholders are essential. The position requires significant or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), with little to no work from home.

Requirements

9 years or more of professional experience; or 7 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes experience.
Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL.
Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
Must be able to communicate and effectively with other team members and stakeholders.
Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway.
Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.

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

Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
Patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL.
Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
Communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders.
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.
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.