Hybrid DevOps Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & Big Data

HII's Mission Technologies division; Maryland; Hybrid; AUD 166,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid employee premium for health,

Vision and dental plans

10% 401k benefit

Generous PTO + 10 paid holidays

Education/training allowances

Job summary

Enlighten is seeking a highly motivated DevOps Engineer to join our fast-paced development team. The role focuses on Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD, and AWS-based infrastructure to ensure scalable, reliable services in a hybrid work environment (2-3 days in the Columbia, MD office).

The candidate will automate deployments, monitor systems, and collaborate with software teams to achieve high availability and performance across big data solutions.

Qualifications

• Active Secret U.S. Government Security Clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI; U.S. Citizenship required.
• 5+ years DevOps or Software Development experience; or 3 years with Masters; or 9 years with high school diploma.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
• Experience with AWS services (EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, Lambda) for deployment and management.
• Experience with Terraform and Ansible for configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Support development and deployment of cloud infrastructure in AWS, especially EKS.
• Automate deployment processes and implement CI/CD pipelines for reliability and rapid scaling.
• Manage Kubernetes containers and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate applications into operational infra.
• Monitor production systems and troubleshoot issues to maintain high availability.
• Continuously improve processes and tools to optimize performance.
• Stay current with new technologies and trends to enhance infrastructure.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

Go

Linux

Git

Flux

Helm

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree in related field

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Flux

Helm

AWS CLI

Job description

Enlighten is seeking a highly motivated DevOps Engineer to join our fast-paced development team. The role focuses on Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD, and AWS-based infrastructure to ensure scalable, reliable services in a hybrid work environment (2-3 days in the Columbia, MD office).

The candidate will automate deployments, monitor systems, and collaborate with software teams to achieve high availability and performance across big data solutions.