DevOps Engineer - $20K Sign On Bonus - 30977
About The Position
Enlighten is seeking a motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer to support cloud infrastructure, automation, and service reliability for Army customers. The role is based on-site in Augusta, Georgia, five days a week, and involves working with AWS—especially EKS—Kubernetes, container orchestration, configuration management, CI/CD, automation, Linux systems, scripting, and big data solutions. The engineer will implement and maintain infrastructure, automate deployment processes, support CI/CD pipelines, and help ensure services are reliable, scalable, and highly available. The position requires an active TS/SCI with CI Poly U.S. Government Security Clearance, U.S. citizenship, and the ability to work full-time at the customer site. Schedule changes may occur, and some on-call work may be required.
Requirements
- Must currently hold and maintain an active TS/SCI with CI Poly U.S. Government Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- At least 5 years of DevOps Engineering or Software Development experience and a bachelor’s degree in a related field; or 3 years of relevant experience with a master’s degree in a related field; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 9 years of relevant experience.
- Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes or another container orchestration platform.
- Strong working knowledge of AWS services, including EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda, and their application to infrastructure deployment and management.
- Strong working knowledge of configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
- Strong working knowledge of application, container, and operating-system deployment, scaling, and management.
- Ability to develop in Python, Bash, or Go.
- Comfort operating in a terminal-based environment.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to identify and troubleshoot complex issues.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Must have DoD 8140/8570 compliance certification, such as Security+, or be able to obtain it before starting with the company.
- Must work on the customer site in Augusta, Georgia, five days per week, full-time (40 hours per week); flexibility to adapt to schedule changes is essential.
Nice To Haves
- Proficient knowledge of Linux, including system administration and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with Git, Flux, Helm, and other development and deployment tools.
- Experience or familiarity with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Accumulo, Ceph, Spark, NiFi, Kafka, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Hive, Drill, Impala, Trino, or Presto.
- Understanding of Agile software development methodologies and use of standard software development tool suites.
- Experience or familiarity with K9s and AWS CLI.
- Willingness or ability to perform occasional on-call work.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and deployment of cloud infrastructure in AWS, especially EKS.
- Automate deployment processes and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support reliable, rapidly scalable services.
- Manage and maintain Kubernetes containers and AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Collaborate with development teams to integrate applications into operational infrastructure.
- Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and help resolve them to maintain high availability.
- Continuously improve processes and tools to optimize system performance.
- Stay current with new technologies and industry trends and explore ways to improve infrastructure.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- 100% paid employee premium for healthcare, vision, and dental plans.
- 10% 401(k) benefit.
- Generous paid time off.
- 10 paid holidays.
- Education and training allowances.
- $20,000 sign-on bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
