ME00586-DevOps Engineer 3/4

Momentum Engineering, Inc.•Annapolis Junction, MD

101d•$180,000 - $205,000•Onsite

About The Position

Seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the delivery of a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices within a modernized operational system. This role focuses on automating infrastructure, optimizing system performance, and ensuring secure, compliant operations within a cloud-based environment. The engineer will work in a collaborative, team-oriented setting to enable continuous integration and delivery of mission-critical capabilities, primarily within a SCIF environment.

Requirements

Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
9+ years or more of professional experience; or 7+ years of professional experience with a related Master's degree
Current Security+CE certificate
Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and IaC

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

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible to automate provisioning and configuration of cloud resources
Create scripts and automation solutions using Python and other scripting languages to streamline operations and improve efficiency
Manage and maintain RHEL systems, including patching, hardening, and ensuring compliance with security requirements
Install, configure, and optimize container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker Compose
Support data flow and processing tools such as NiFi and integrate with cloud-native logging and monitoring solutions
Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD to automate build, test, and deployment processes
Administer and support AWS cloud environments, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and metrics collection to support system health and performance analysis
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues in a distributed, microservices-based environment
Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services