Enterprise - DevOps Engineer - Cloud, Automation, Lead

Erias Ventures; Maryland; On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above Market Pay

401k with Immediate Vesting

Professional Development Bonuses

Company-subsidized Medical Coverage

Vision and Dental Coverage

Wellness Reimbursement

Paid Time Off with flexible schedules

Birthday Off

Equipment and Productivity Allowance

Job summary

Erias Ventures is seeking a DevOps Engineer Team Lead to build and maintain a reliable, highly available platform orchestrating modern microservices. You will lead infrastructure design, automation, and deployment processes using AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GitLab/Argo CD.

The role requires a Top-Secret/SCI clearance, 12+ years of experience (or 10+ with a related Masters), and a strong focus on cost optimization, performance, and on-call support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 12+ years of professional experience or 10+ years with a related Masters.
• Extensive experience architecting infrastructure on AWS.
• Proficient in IaC, scripting, automation, and cloud cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps strategy and infrastructure for a modern microservices platform.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines and orchestration with GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Support on-call rotation and drive technical direction of infrastructure.

Skills

AWS architecture

IaC scripting

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab runners

Argo CD

On-call support

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Python

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Erias Ventures was founded to serve its customers with an entrepreneurial mindset. We value creative problem-solving, open communication, and empowering our employees to make decisions and put forth new ideas.

Our staff includes technical experts working across multiple disciplines, bringing diverse perspectives to every project. We are seeking engineers who wish to grow their careers and want to become part of a technically strong and growth-oriented company focused on bringing innovative solutions to the difficult mission problems facing our customers.

Description

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer Team Lead that will take part in providing a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting-edge technologies.

Clearance

A current Top-Secret/SCI with polygraph security clearance is required. Candidates cannot be sponsored or nominated for a government security clearance under this position.

Experience

Bachelors 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 Masters degree.

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. 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.
• Ability 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

Benefits

Erias Ventures provides a complete package of wealth, health, and happiness benefits. The expected salary range for this position, depending on education and years of experience is $200,000 - $275,000.

Wealth Benefits

• Above Market Hourly Pay
• 11% Roth or Traditional 401k with Immediate Vesting and Deposit
• Spot Bonuses for Assisting with Business Development and Company Growth
• Professional Development Bonuses for Certificates and Degrees

Health Benefits:

• Company subsidized Medical Coverage
• 100% Company Paid Vision and Dental Coverage
• 100% Company Paid Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, and Group Life Insurance
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement

Happiness Benefits:

• Paid Time Off with Flexible Work Schedules and Birthday Off
• Amazon Prime Membership and Monthly Internet Reimbursement
• Technology and Productivity Allowance for Equipment and Supplies
• Morale Building and Company Events to Celebrate our Successes and Build our Community
• Onboarding and Annual Swag
• Company Paid Professional Development and Training

At Erias Ventures, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As an equal opportunity employer, we ensure that all qualified applicants are considered for employment based on merit, without discrimination. We welcome individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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