DevOps Engineer

Akina Inc; Annapolis, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 163,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k 10% employer contribution

Healthcare coverage

Educational assistance

Job summary

Akina Inc seeks a DevOps professional to architect and operate a robust, scalable platform coordinating microservices for a secure environment in Annapolis Junction, MD. You will build IaC, script automation, and manage containerized workloads using Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, and Docker.

You will own CI/CD pipelines with GitLab runners and Argo CD, driving technical direction and cost-saving initiatives. Qualifications include a bachelor's degree or equivalent and 12+ years of related experience,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies.
• Developing IaC and scripting to automate tasks and provision services.
• Strong background in containerization with Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and cost reduction for AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain a reliable, scalable platform orchestrating microservices.
• Develop IaC and scripting to automate tasks and manage cloud resources.
• Install, configure, and performance-tune Kubernetes/EKS/ECS/Docker environments.
• Lead CI/CD pipelines with GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Drive costs optimization and align infra with program needs.
• Coordinate sprint planning and track ticket execution.

Skills

AWS architecture

IaC automation

Containerization

CI/CD pipelines

Team leadership

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate)

Docker/Docker Compose

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 09-8872-DEVOPS1
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description:

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system using cutting-edge technologies.

Responsible for architecting infrastructure, developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting, managing containerization technologies, performing systems analysis and integration, managing CI/CD pipelines, and driving technical direction of the infrastructure.

• Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• 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.
• 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.
• Track ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.

Position Required Skills:

• 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.
• 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.
• Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

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:

Bachelor's 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 Master's degree.

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).

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.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.