DevOps Engineer 3 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Akina Inc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 195,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO + 11 federal holidays

401k with 10% company contribution

Healthcare fully covered for employees

Educational assistance for job-related

Job summary

Akina Inc in Annapolis Junction, MD seeks a DevOps professional to provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices for a modernized operational system; duties include IaC, scripting, automation, and CI/CD with GitLab runners and Argo CD, plus AWS cloud management.

Responsibilities include patching and hardening RHEL, configuring Kubernetes and Nifi, implementing cloud-native logging and metrics, and ensuring system uptime; work requires SCIF and limited work from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience/combined education.
• Able to support an on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

• Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices for a modernized operational system.
• Develop Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Install, configure, and tune performance using Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud-native logging/metrics tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage AWS cloud platforms.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively within a team and with stakeholders.
• Work in a SCIF environment with little to no work from home.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting

RHEL patching

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

AWS

SCIF

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Terraform

GitLab

Argo CD

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate)

AWS

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required within 7 years
Position ID: 09-8760-DEVOPS3
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description

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

Develop Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.

Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.

Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.

Manage commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).

Position Required Skills

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• 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).

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.

DEVOPS3 Qualifications

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

Able to support an on-call rotation.

Salary Range

$195k-$239k (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.