Enterprise - Senior DevOps Engineer - Kubernetes, AWS, Linux

Erias Ventures•Columbia, MD

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Erias Ventures is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment, and debugging for modern mission applications. The role focuses on building release pipelines for fast, safe delivery of critical business software to production; maintaining version control and configuration management systems; automating deployments across development, test, staging, quality assurance, and production environments; and supporting service infrastructure and operations. The engineer will serve as a technical lead for an Agile team, participate in team ceremonies, and work across teams to connect stakeholder and development requirements. The position includes setting up and configuring continuous integration environments using configuration management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes; developing best practices for build, CI, and infrastructure automation tools; and assessing service stacks for improvement and automation opportunities. This position allows partial telework and requires a current Top-Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph. Candidates cannot be sponsored or nominated for a government security clearance for this position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science.
At least 10 years of related experience; education experience such as a relevant bachelor's or master's degree is excluded from the experience count.
Current Top-Secret/SCI security clearance with polygraph; candidates cannot be sponsored or nominated for a clearance for this position.
Required skills: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, and Linux.
Proficiency with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
Proficiency in automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking.
Ability to understand the overall service development and deployment architecture.
Understanding of SLA requirements, high-availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques.
Experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

Support platform architectural design, deployment, and debugging throughout the development life cycle.
Build release pipelines that enable fast and safe delivery of critical business software to production.
Develop and maintain Git configuration management systems and sound version-control practices, including branching and merging strategies.
Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and participate in planning, grooming, product demonstrations, and retrospectives.
Automate release deployments across development, test, staging, quality assurance, and production environments using scripting languages and automation toolkits.
Set up new sites and applications using configuration management tools such as Puppet and Ansible.
Maintain, upgrade, and patch tracking and documentation software such as Confluence and Jira.
Create, assist with, and implement the design and maintenance of web service infrastructure and deployments.
Analyze service stacks and recommend improvements.
Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated.
Communicate effectively to bridge stakeholder and development requirements.
Provide support for operations and deployments when necessary.
Maintain confidentiality of information being processed, stored, or accessed.
Set up and configure continuous integration environments using configuration management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.
Architect and develop best practices for software build tools, continuous integration tools, and infrastructure automation.

Benefits

Above-market hourly pay.
11% Roth or Traditional 401(k) with immediate vesting and deposit.
Spot bonuses for assisting with business development and company growth.
Professional development bonuses for certificates and degrees.
Company-subsidized medical coverage.
100% company-paid vision and dental coverage.
100% company-paid long-term disability, short-term disability, and group life insurance.
Paid time off with flexible work schedules and a birthday off.
Amazon Prime membership and monthly internet reimbursement.
Technology and productivity allowance for equipment and supplies.
Morale-building and company events.
Onboarding and annual swag.
Company-paid professional development and training.