DevOps Engineer 5 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Akina•Annapolis Junction, MD
•Onsite

About The Position

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. Architect infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services. 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. Iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs. 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

  • 12 years or more of professional experience; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Communication and collaboration: Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

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

  • Architect infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.
  • 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.
  • Iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs.
  • 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.
  • Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions.
  • Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner.
  • Communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

Benefits

  • 24 days PTO accrued annually
  • 11 federal holidays
  • 401k is 100% vested on your start date
  • Company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary to 401k
  • Company covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees
  • Company covers 50% toward dependents' healthcare costs
  • Educational assistance towards college classes
  • Costs associated with job related training and certifications covered
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