DevOps Engineer 5 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

Akina, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 220,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO accrued annually

11 federal holidays

401k 100% vesting on start date with +

Healthcare costs covered for employees

Educational assistance for courses/trs

Job summary

Akina, Inc. seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to design and operate a scalable AWS-based platform that orchestrates microservices for a modernized operational system.

You will architect infrastructure, implement IaC with Terraform, and drive containerization and automation. You will manage CI/CD pipelines (GitLab Runners, Argo CD), optimize costs, and collaborate across teams to ensure reliable deployments and performance.

Qualifications

• 12+ years DevOps experience or 10+ with related Masters.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent.
• Extensive AWS infra design and IaC using Terraform.
• Strong containerization with Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate).
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab Runners and Argo CD.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure with Terraform.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling.
• Install, configure, and tune Kubernetes environments (EKS/ECS/Docker).
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment using GitLab and Argo CD.
• Track work items and align infrastructure work with program needs.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize performance and reliability.

Skills

AWS infrastructure design

IaC (Terraform)

Scripting

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS)

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab + Argo CD

Cost optimization

Team/task leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Terraform

GitLab Runners

Argo CD

Docker

Kubernetes

EKS

ECS

Job description

• Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required within 7 years
Position ID: 09-8872-DEVOPS5
Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Description

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

• Architect infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.
• 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.
• Iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs.
• 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.
• Communication and collaboration: 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

12 years or more of professional experience; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

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

Salary Range: $220k-$280k (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.