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JTEC Consulting•Chantilly, VA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

JTEC Consulting LLC is seeking a skilled Infrastructure Engineer to help architect, build, and maintain scalable, resilient systems supporting high-volume data alerting capabilities. The role works at the forefront of cloud operations, orchestrating containerized workloads and ensuring reliable deployment of critical applications. Candidates should have experience with automation, cloud security, and large-scale data streams. A current TS/SCI clearance with an agency-specific polygraph is strictly required. The position is 100% on-site in Chantilly, Virginia. Relocation support may be considered for candidates outside the commuting area. The role is described at mid-level (5+ years of infrastructure or DevOps engineering experience focused on AWS and Kubernetes) or senior level (8+ years of infrastructure engineering experience with advanced architectural design of scalable, distributed systems).

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Current TS/SCI clearance with an agency-specific polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent years of direct experience in lieu of a degree.
Mid-level candidates: 5 or more years of infrastructure or DevOps engineering experience focused on AWS and Kubernetes.
Senior-level candidates: 8 or more years of infrastructure engineering experience, including advanced architectural design of scalable, distributed systems.
Effective written and verbal communication skills for work on a collaborative, cross-functional team.
Hands-on experience and deep technical expertise with AWS, EC2, S3, EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, DevOps methodologies, CI/CD, RabbitMQ, Kafka, routing, DNS, Grafana, logging, and alerting.

Nice To Haves

Proven experience building and running scalable applications on Kubernetes in production environments.
Demonstrated experience handling and processing high-volume data alerts.
A demonstrated track record of success on large, complex projects in fast-paced, high-growth environments.

Responsibilities

Architect and maintain highly available systems using Kubernetes to orchestrate containerized workloads and support seamless application deployment and management.
Optimize and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, including EKS, EC2, and S3.
Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform to automate provisioning, configuration, and scaling.
Design and implement routing and DNS solutions to support high availability and performance across distributed systems.
Manage and optimize RabbitMQ and Kafka messaging platforms for large-scale data streams and reliable service-to-service communication.
Monitor system health using Grafana, logging, and alerting frameworks to support rapid incident response.
Collaborate with development teams on DevOps methodologies and CI/CD pipelines to improve operational efficiency.
Troubleshoot complex system issues and implement cloud security and automation best practices.