DevOps Engineer 3/4

Stratyx; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stratyx is seeking a DevOps Engineer to design and implement scalable infrastructure and automation across our microservices platform. The role emphasizes on-site work in SCIF facilities and close collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain high availability of critical systems.

You will develop infrastructure as code, manage CI/CD pipelines with GitLab runners and Argo CD, and oversee AWS services with Terraform. Strong on-call readiness and knowledge of Kubernetes are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 9+ years or 7 years with a related Masters.
• Able to support an on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Develop Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
• Work primarily on-site in SCIF facilities with limited remote work.

Skills

On-call readiness

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate)

AWS

Job description

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:

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL- Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing: Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• Communication and collaboration: DevOps is a team-oriented discipline. Engineers need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.
• 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).

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education- 9 years or more of professional experience; or 7 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• ***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

Telework

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).