DevOps Engineer 1 - (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

Akina, Inc. • $163K — $199K *
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 9+ years of professional experience in DevOps or related field, or 7 years with a Master's degree.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related discipline, or equivalent experience or education.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph required within 7 years.
  • Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development and automation scripting.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS, and managing CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

  • Develop Infrastructure as Code and automate tasks.
  • Maintain compliance and perform patching for RHEL systems.
  • Install and configure performance tuning tools like Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
  • Collaborate with teams to enhance application reliability and performance.

Benefits

  • 24 days of PTO accrued annually, plus 11 federal holidays.
  • 401k with 100% vesting from day one and 10% company contribution.
  • 100% healthcare coverage for employees and 50% for dependents.
  • Educational assistance for college courses, training, and certifications.
Full Job Description
DevOps Engineer 1 - (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required within 7 years
Position ID: 09-8760-DEVOPS1
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for:

Position Required Skills:
  • Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
  • Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL.
  • Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
  • Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
  • Must be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders.
  • The position allows little to no work from home and will require a significant portion or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Position Desired Skills:
  • Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling.
  • Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, 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.

DEVOPS1 Qualifications:

9 years or more of professional experience; or 7 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

Salary Range: $163k-$199k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

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