Infrastructure Engineer

Avalore • Herndon, VA

5d

About The Position

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will architect and maintain scalable, resilient systems that support high-volume data alerting in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. You will use Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized workloads and ensure seamless application deployment and management. The role involves optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure, including EKS, EC2, and S3, and using Terraform to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.

You will design routing and DNS solutions for high availability and performance across distributed systems. The role also involves working with RabbitMQ and Kafka to support large-scale data streams and reliable service communication, and using monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting tools to support proactive incident response. You will collaborate with development teams on DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and operational efficiency, while troubleshooting complex issues and applying cloud security and automation best practices.

The work environment may include moderate office noise or occasional loud noise. The employee must be able to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods and may need to travel occasionally, up to 10%.

Requirements

• Active security clearance with appropriate polygraph.
• Experience with Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, Kafka, DevOps, EKS, AWS, EC2, S3, Terraform, routing, DNS, Grafana, logging, and alerting.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable, resilient systems for high-volume data alerting.
• Use Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized workloads and manage application deployment.
• Optimize AWS infrastructure using services such as EKS, EC2, and S3.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration with Terraform.
• Design routing and DNS solutions for availability and performance across distributed systems.
• Use RabbitMQ and Kafka to support large-scale data streams and reliable communication between services.
• Use monitoring, observability, logging, and alerting tools to support proactive incident response.
• Collaborate with development teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and improve operational efficiency.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and implement cloud security and automation best practices.

Benefits

• Employer contributions to health care plan (medical, dental, and vision).
• Retirement plan (401k or IRA) with a generous matching program.
• Life insurance (basic, voluntary, and AD&D).
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, and public holidays).
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Training and development.
• Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed