DevOps Development Lead

CTRL + LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

Dependent Care FSA

Tech reimbursement

Employer-paid life/AD&D

401(k) with company contribution

Sign-on & retention bonuses

Flexible PTO

Referral bonus

Job summary

Ctrl+ is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and operate a reliable platform that orchestrates microservices for a modernized operational system. You will architect AWS infrastructure, develop IaC tools, and manage CI/CD pipelines with GitLab and Argo CD.

The role requires 12+ years of experience (or 10+ with a related Masters) and an active Top Secret clearance with polygraph. Expect on-site work in a SCIF environment with on-call rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related discipline.
• 12+ years of professional experience; or 10+ years with a related Master's degree.
• Active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI within last 7 years). Accessibility to SCIF and limited WFH.

Responsibilities

• Architect infrastructure using AWS services.
• Develop IaC and scripting to automate tasks and provision services.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines with GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Optimize cloud costs and reduce unnecessary AWS spend.
• Coordinate sprint work and track tickets.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and teams to ensure reliability.

Skills

AWS infrastructure

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes / EKS / ECS

Terraform

Ansible

Python scripting

Argo CD

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Argo CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Job description

Security Clearance with Polygraph is required

The Work:

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:

• Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services
• Developing Infrastructure As Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Strong background in containerization technologies: install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.
• Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions.
• Cloud infrastructure cost savings: iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs.
• Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities.
• Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner.
• Tracking ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs.
• Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Communication and collaboration: Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
• 12 years or more of professional experience; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI must be within the last 7 years). 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).

***Able to support an on-call rotation

Desired skills (2 of the below):

• 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

About Ctrl+

Ctrl+ is an innovative software engineering and staffing firm based in Elkridge, Maryland. We specialize in providing cutting-edge software solutions and assembling exceptional teams for Department of Defense (DoD) programs. From designing secure software to offering expert staffing solutions in cyber security, program management, analysis, and comprehensive documentation, we cover every aspect of our clients’ projects from start to finish.

Benefits

At Ctrl+, we give you the power to customize your benefits. Choose from health, dental, and vision coverage, plus a Dependent Care FSA to set aside tax-free dollars for child or adult care.

What we provide:

• Flexible healthcare options (CareFirst medical, dental & vision)
• Dependent Care FSA (up to $5,000 household / $2,500 individual)
• Tech reimbursement - up to $1,500 every other year
• 100% Employer-paid Life, AD&D, Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• 100% Employer-paid 10% 401(k) contribution (vested immediately)
• Sign-on & retention bonuses
• Flexible PTO (carry over up to 300 hours + payout for excess)
• Paid hours for company events & training
• Referral bonus: $1.50/hr extra for successful hires you refer

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ctrl+ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.