DevOps Engineer - $20K Sign On Bonus - 30969

HII•Augusta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Enlighten is seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer to support a fast-paced team working on cloud infrastructure and big data solutions. The role focuses on implementing infrastructure, automating deployment processes, and ensuring the monitoring, reliability, and scalability of services. It is based on-site with Army customers in Augusta, Georgia, five days per week. The position includes a $20,000 sign-on bonus if hired as an Enlighten employee. An on-call assignment may be required.

Requirements

Currently hold and maintain an active TS/SCI with CI Poly U.S. Government Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
Have 9+ years of DevOps Engineering or Software Development experience with a bachelor's degree in a related field; or 7 years of relevant experience with a master's degree in a related field; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 13 years of relevant experience.
Have working knowledge of Kubernetes or another container orchestration platform.
Have working knowledge of AWS services, including EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda, and their use in infrastructure deployment and management.
Have working knowledge of configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
Have experience with application, container, and operating system deployment, scaling, and management.
Be able to develop in Python, Bash, or Go and work comfortably in a terminal-based environment.
Have strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and troubleshoot complex issues.
Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
Hold DoD 8140 / 8570 compliance certification, such as Security+, or be able to obtain it before starting with the company.
Be able to work on the customer site in Augusta, Georgia, five days per week.
Be flexible and able to adapt to schedule changes as needed.

Nice To Haves

Proficient knowledge of Linux 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, and Presto.
Understanding of Agile software development methodologies and standard software development tool suites.
Experience or familiarity with K9s and AWS CLI.

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.