Lead DevOps Engineer, AWS & Kubernetes

Bitwise • Annapolis Junction, MD

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Bitwise is a leading provider of mission-focused intelligence solutions that advance national security for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. As a small and growing company, this role offers the opportunity to be a consequential member of the team, contributing ideas for company improvement and career growth. Bitwise values growth and community, fostering a positive culture through regular gatherings like game nights, happy hours, and tech talks. The company hires talented engineers driven by purpose, valuing technical excellence, growth, and wellness, and delivering innovative intelligence solutions for national security missions. New hires are expected to contribute thought leadership, interact with customers, be detail-oriented, share ideas for company improvement, and grow through company-invested education, all while living the core values.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in DevOps, systems administration, or related field, OR a B.S. in a technical discipline plus 8+ additional years of experience
• Strong Linux system administration experience, particularly with RHEL9
• Hands-on experience with containerization using Podman and Kubernetes for deploying and managing applications
• Proficiency with Amazon AWS, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, VPCs, and IAM
• Expert-level knowledge of system automation and scripting tools including Ansible (including Semaphore), Terraform, Packer, Bash, and Python
• Knowledge of SSP compliance and processes, including STE/STN
• Demonstrated expertise with metrics and observability tools such as Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus
• An active TS//SCI clearance with polygraph is required

Nice To Haves

• Apache Nifi dataflow experience
• Database administration experience with Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, or graph databases (e.g., DGraph)
• Elastic stack experience (Logstash, Filebeat, etc.)
• Graph database experience
• Experience with additional AWS tools such as EKS, ECS, Lambdas, and Secrets Manager
• CI/CD experience with GitLab
• CNO experience
• Experience facilitating low-to-high development environments
• Cisco networking experience

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and direct the daily tasks of two system administrators
• Collaborate with and support a larger team of 25+ software engineers
• Provide guidance and advice for overall system design and setup in conjunction with software engineering teams
• Maintain system platforms and health across all servers (EC2, MASH, bare metal), production systems, and development environments
• Facilitate migration of Apache Nifi installations and other services from on-premise MASH environments to AWS cloud-based architecture
• Oversee system maintenance, security, and SSP accreditations
• Design and implement observability strategies including automation, monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery for development, staging, and production environments
• Maintain and optimize deployment automation processes, including CI/CD pipelines in GitLab
• Perform database administration across Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, graph databases (e.g., DGraph), and other mission-critical data stores
• Ensure system documentation stays current and conduct regular technical reviews and post-mortems to drive continuous improvement
• Maintain base Linux kickstart images for RHEL9 environments

Benefits

• Pick your PTO (3 to 5 weeks with corresponding salary adjustment)
• All 11 federal holidays, paid
• Up to 2 snow days, paid
• 4x match on the first 6% of 401(k) contributions (up to 24% company match)
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances (option to trade health insurance for salary boost)
• $5,250 annual education assistance
• Spot bonuses for certifications, customer recognition, etc.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree