DevOps Engineer

Talentify; Owings Mills (MD); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

INSPYR Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and automate cloud infrastructure and run scalable, mission-critical platforms. You will work on greenfield initiatives, implement IaC with Terraform and Terragrunt, manage EKS clusters, and build robust CI/CD pipelines.

Candidates should have 5+ years in DevOps/SRE, strong AWS skills, Python and Bash scripting, and a focus on observability and security compliance. Hybrid onsite/remote in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Hands-on AWS with IAM, EC2, AMIs, EBS, EFS, VPC, Route 53, EKS, CloudWatch.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, Git, GitHub and/or GitLab.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong observability tools: Splunk, OpenTelemetry (OTel), Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager.
• Python and Bash scripting.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience with distributed file storage technologies such as NFS, Amazon FSx, OpenZFS, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform and/or Terragrunt.
• Deploy, manage, and support containerized apps with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and Helm.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliability.
• Ensure platform availability, scalability, and performance.
• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions.
• Apply security best practices and ensure enterprise compliance.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and production issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve platform capabilities.
• Research and adopt emerging DevOps technologies and best practices.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Terragrunt

CI/CD

Docker

Git

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Python

Bash

SRE

Security best practices

Tools

Helm

GitHub

GitLab

CloudWatch

OpenTelemetry

Job description

DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Location: Owing Mills, MD Hybrid (3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)

Employment Type: Contract

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join a growing engineering team responsible for building, automating, and supporting modern cloud-native infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a high-impact, greenfield initiative focused on designing and scaling enterprise platforms that support mission-critical applications and data workloads.

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, and cloud infrastructure operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or Terragrunt).
• Deploy, manage, and support containerized applications using Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and Helm.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment efficiency and reliability.
• Ensure platform availability, scalability, performance, and operational excellence.
• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and alerting solutions.
• Apply security best practices and ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, deployment, and production issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to improve platform capabilities.
• Research and implement emerging DevOps technologies and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including:
  • IAM
  • EC2
  • AMIs
  • EBS
  • EFS
  • VPC Networking
  • Route 53
  • EKS
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudWatch Alarms
• Experience with:
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Terragrunt
  • Helm
  • Git
  • GitHub and/or GitLab
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of observability and monitoring tools, including:
  • Splunk
  • OpenTelemetry (OTel)
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Alertmanager
• Programming and scripting experience with:
  • Python
  • Shell scripting (Bash)
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with distributed file storage technologies such as NFS, Amazon FSx, OpenZFS, or similar.

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.