Lead Systems Engineer: DevOps, AWS & Kubernetes

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 171,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense in Fort Meade, MD is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to guide a small, agile DevOps/SysAdmin team. You will own end-to-end infrastructure across bare-metal, AWS, and Kubernetes, ensuring stability and scalable data workflows.

You will architect robust systems, track uptime with metrics and observability, and mentor peers on testing, deployment strategies, and automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Podman.

Responsibilities

• Lead a DevOps/SysAdmin team managing end-to-end infrastructure across bare-metal, AWS, and Kubernetes.
• Architect robust systems, maintain metrics and observability to track uptime and performance, and mentor team members on testing, deployment strategies, and automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and Podman.

Job description

Black Eagle Defense in Fort Meade, MD is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to guide a small, agile DevOps/SysAdmin team. You will own end-to-end infrastructure across bare-metal, AWS, and Kubernetes, ensuring stability and scalable data workflows.

You will architect robust systems, track uptime with metrics and observability, and mentor peers on testing, deployment strategies, and automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Podman.