DevOps Development Lead L4

Power3; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Company events

Job summary

Power3 is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and manage a scalable AWS-based platform that orchestrates microservices for a modernized operational system. The role emphasizes IaC, automation, and cost-aware cloud management.

Ideal candidates will have strong Kubernetes experience (EKS/ECS/Fargate), Terraform, and GitLab CI/CD expertise, plus TS/SCI poly requirements and a DoD 8140 CWIP certificate.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI Poly with CI poly within last 7 years.
• BS degree with 12+ years of experience.
• Current CWIP (DoD 8140) certificate.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform and auto-scaling.
• Develop IaC and scripting to automate tasks and provision services.
• Deploy and operate containerized workloads with Kubernetes (EKS/ECS) and Docker.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines and GitLab runners to automate builds and deployments.
• Collaborate with teams and stakeholders to align infrastructure with program needs.

Skills

Kubernetes experience

AWS infrastructure design

Education

BS degree

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

We arelooking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join their rapidly growing team!

The DevOps Engineer will provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies.

Description

• 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.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI Poly - with CI poly within last 7 years
• BS + 12+years experience
• Current CWIP (DoD 8140) certificate

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

Offering the very best compensation packages and the flexibility to let our employees decide what’s most important to them. No vesting schedule, no annual requirements for perks — we believe you should have the freedom to choose the benefits that work best in your life.

Employee Freedom of Choice

Our focus is on people first. We offer comprehensive and flexible compensation packages that match the best the industry has to offer and can be customized to fit your needs.

Our Benefits

• 100% company-paid health,dental, and vision premiums
• Automatic company contributed Health Savings Account (HSA) up to $3,900 for families
• Up to 7 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Automatic 401k Investment
• Paid 11 Federal Holidays
• BlueCross BlueShield Health Insurance
• Tuition/Training Reimbursement
• Access to Ravens season tickets in club level
• Company-paid golf events for your time and course fees

We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

The projected compensation range for this position is $200K - $250K. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, we invest in our employees beyond just compensation. Our benefit offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Dental and Vision Coverage, Health Savings Account (HSA), Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) Plan, Safe Harbor 401k Investment, Learning and Development opportunities, Referral Bonuses and Flex Time.