Cleared Lead DevOps Engineer

Bestgate Engineering•Annapolis Junction, MD

3d•$195,000 - $240,000

About The Position

Bestgate Engineering is seeking a cleared Lead DevOps Engineer to support the development and sustainment of a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices within a modernized operational system using cutting edge technologies. This role is ideal for a DevOps professional with strong cloud infrastructure, automation, containerization, and CI/CD experience supporting mission critical environments. This position will also provide technical leadership across infrastructure priorities, sprint execution, and DevOps team coordination.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
12+ years of professional experience; or 10+ years with a related Master’s degree.
Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.
Experience developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripting using technologies such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
Strong background in containerization technologies including Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, and Docker Compose.
Experience performing high level functional systems analysis, integration, implementation, and complex issue resolution.
Experience evaluating and optimizing cloud infrastructure costs and AWS service utilization.
Experience managing sprint priorities, ticket decomposition, and team tasking in Agile environments.
Experience tracking ticket execution and driving technical direction aligned to program and product needs.
Experience managing CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
Strong communication and collaboration skills within a team oriented environment.

Nice To Haves

Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, and Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling.
Understanding of AWS networking principles including VPCs, NATs, and 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

Provide technical leadership across infrastructure priorities, sprint execution, and DevOps team coordination.
Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
Manage sprint priorities, ticket decomposition, and team tasking in Agile environments.
Track ticket execution and drive technical direction aligned to program and product needs.
Evaluate and optimize cloud infrastructure costs and AWS service utilization.
Perform high level functional systems analysis, integration, implementation, and complex issue resolution.
Architect infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripting using technologies such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
Support the development and sustainment of a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices within a modernized operational system using cutting edge technologies.

Benefits

PTO: Starting at 26 days with options to increase or decrease for personal needs.
401k: 7% gift, fully vested from day one!
Free Medical, Dental, Vision: Coverage for employees and dependents.
$5,000 in Training: For certifications, conferences, and continued learning.
End-of-Year Bonuses: Recognizing your hard work.
Morale-Building Hours: 8 hours annually for team-building activities.
Flexibility
Internal mobility programs
Career pathing
Engaged leadership
Robust external referral program