DevOps Engineer 4

Wyetechllc; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% SEP IRA contribution

Generous PTO plan

Variety of voluntary benefit plans

Employee Referral Bonus

Team-building events

Branded clothing orders

Job summary

Wyetechllc in Maryland is seeking a DevOps Engineer to manage AWS infrastructure and automate CI/CD pipelines. Candidates must have extensive experience with AWS technologies, programming skills in Python, and current TS/SCI clearance. The role requires on-site work and offers a unique employee experience.

Benefits include a 20% pension contribution, generous PTO, and various voluntary benefit plans. Join a team dedicated to breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for federal government customers.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional experience or 10+ years with a Master's degree.
• Current TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph.
• Foundational knowledge in discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambdas, and S3.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Analyze costs and recommend savings measures for cloud infrastructure.

Skills

AWS technologies

Infrastructure As Code (IaC)

Kubernetes

Python

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent experience

Tools

GitLab

Docker

EKS

ECS

Job description

At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.

Analyze, design, verify, validate, implement, apply, and maintain software systems. Appropriately apply discrete mathematics, probability and statistics, and other relevant topics in computer science and supporting disciplines to complex software systems. Generalize techniques, as appropriate, to apply to multiple domains. Develop and provide appropriate documentation and training. Present briefings and demonstrations to stakeholders.

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

This position is eligible for a $5k bonus! (Includes 20% SEP IRA contribution)

Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with agency appropriate polygraph.
• 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.
• Current CWIP (DoD 8140) certificate.
• Foundational knowledge of discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics applied to complex software systems.

Benefits

• Wyetech automatically contributes 20% of each employee’s gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.
• Generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations. Employees have the flexibility to adjust their PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year.
• Full‑time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including: Choice of Medical Plans (some with Health Savings Account), Vision and Dental, Life and AD&D Benefits, Short and Long‑Term Disability, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, and Critical Illness Insurances, Optional Identity Theft and Legal Protection Services.
• Employee Referral Bonus Eligibility up to $10,000.
• Mobility among Wyetech-supported contracts with various team-building events throughout the year such as monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.
• Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually.
• Various contract and work locations across Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Wyetech, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Affirmative Action Statement: Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Accommodations: Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood at 844-WYETECH x727 or [e-mail]. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.