Software Developer

Kepora

• $90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship and active TS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph required
  • 5+ years of experience with Terraform and CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code
  • Proven ability to configure and troubleshoot AWS services like EC2, S3, and IAM
  • Strong coding skills in Bash and Python required
  • Experience with container technologies, particularly Docker
  • Expertise in implementing CI/CD pipelines, preferably with Jenkins
  • Solid understanding of networking and AWS architecture best practices

Responsibilities

  • Support the design, engineering, implementation, and maintenance of mission-critical systems and applications
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation
  • Configure and manage key AWS services for optimal performance and security
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to streamline code delivery and deployment
  • Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure to ensure reliability and performance
  • Integrate diverse software systems, including AWS services and custom applications
  • Maintain databases, ensuring high availability and performance tuning

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Flexible work environment
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Support for further certifications and training
Full Job Description
🔒 Clearance & Citizenship Requirements

This position requires U.S. Citizenship and an activeTS/SCI security clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.Candidates who do not currently hold these credentials will not be considered.
Description:
** DevOps position** Support a team specializing in designing, engineering, implementation, development and maintenance of enterprise quality mission systems, networks, and applications

Mandatory Skills:
1.
• Hands-on experience writing, testing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code with Terraform (required) and CloudFormation (required)
2.
• Hands-on experience configuring, managing, and troubleshooting AWS services including EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, IAM, CloudWatch, and other core services
3.
• Hands-on experience implementing and managing Cl/CD pipelines (Jenkins preferred, but experience with GitLab Cl, GitHub Actions, or similar acceptable}
4.
• Strong proficiency in Bash (required) and Python (required) scripting
5.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker required)
6.
• Hands-on experience integrating and deploying diverse software systems: AWS cloud services, open-source applications, COTS/GOTS products, and custom applications
7.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, security best practices, IAM policies, and AWS
8. architecture best practices
9.
• Hands-on experience with Git-based workflows, branching strategies, and version control best practices
10.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Prometheus/Alertmanager, CloudWatch, or similar)
11.
• Hands-on experience with database self-hosting including installation, configuration, backup/recovery, high availability, and performance tuning (PostgreSQL and MySQL)

Optional Skills:
1.
• Experience with secrets management solutions (AWS Secrets Manager, or similar)
2.
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup strategies, and continuity planning
3.
• Familiarity with API gateways and modern microservices patterns
4.
• Experience with cost optimization practices in AWS
5.
• Experience deploying and managing data platform components: Apache Spark, Trina, Apache Ranger, Apache Iceberg, Apache Superset, data catalogs
6.
• Familiarity with data lakehouse architectures and supporting infrastructure
7.
• Background deploying and supporting Al/ML workloads or model serving infrastructure
8.
• Experience mentoring team members on DevOps and cloud best practices
9.
• Familiarity with additional monitoring tools (Grafana, ELK stack)
10.
• Experience integrating customer's Enterprise services (SSO, etc.)
11.
• Experience with NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc.)

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