DevOps Engineer Lead

INDEX ANALYTICS LLC•Baltimore, MD

1d•$145,000 - $185,000•Remote

About The Position

Index Analytics is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design, automate, secure, and maintain AWS cloud environments for federal clients. The role provides platform and delivery support throughout the software development lifecycle and partners with application, data, security, and product teams to improve deployment reliability, observability, and operational efficiency. The position is remote and based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or a related discipline.
At least five years of relevant IT experience.
At least two years of hands-on AWS or comparable cloud-platform experience.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.
Experience with Linux, scripting, and at least one language such as Python, JavaScript, or Go.
Working knowledge of cloud architecture, monitoring, logging, security scanning, and incident troubleshooting.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience working in Agile delivery teams.

Nice To Haves

AWS certification.
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, FinOps, or the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline.
Develop and manage reusable infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent tools.
Automate build, test, security scanning, deployment, configuration, and environment-provisioning processes.
Operate and maintain AWS infrastructure, including monitoring, patching, backup, recovery, capacity, and cost controls.
Implement logging, monitoring, alerting, and observability using CloudWatch, Splunk, New Relic, or comparable tools.
Integrate code quality, software composition, vulnerability, and container scanning into delivery pipelines.
Support containerized workloads and orchestration platforms where applicable.
Partner with security teams on architecture reviews, control implementation, assessments, penetration testing, and remediation.
Troubleshoot deployment and production issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and maintain operational runbooks.
Advise Agile teams on automation, tooling, DevSecOps standards, and continuous improvement.