Senior Cloud Infra Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform

Akina Inc; Annapolis, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 241,000 - 295,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k with company match

Healthcare covered for employees

Educational assistance

Job summary

Akina Inc is seeking a Senior Software Engineer 3 in Annapolis Junction, MD to help build AI infrastructure. You will own AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture across the platform, deploying and maintaining reliable systems for AI services.

Expect to translate high-level goals into concrete engineering outcomes while mentoring peers. This role requires strong experience with AWS EKS, Terraform, Helm/Kustomize, Docker, and CI/CD with Argo CD.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of SWE experience in programs of similar scope.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• TS/SCI with polygraph clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, deployment, and maintenance of AWS/Kubernetes infra for AI capabilities.
• Translate goals into concrete platform outcomes.
• Mentor engineers and raise coding standards.
• Enforce security practices for infra and data, incl. certs and identity management.
• Balance hands-on engineering with leadership and coordination tasks.

Skills

AWS (EKS)

Kubernetes

Terraform

Docker

CI/CD (Argo CD)

Security best practices

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Argo CD

Helm/Kustomize

Grafana

Prometheus

Kibana / Elastic Stack

Job description

Akina Inc is seeking a Senior Software Engineer 3 in Annapolis Junction, MD to help build AI infrastructure. You will own AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture across the platform, deploying and maintaining reliable systems for AI services.

Expect to translate high-level goals into concrete engineering outcomes while mentoring peers. This role requires strong experience with AWS EKS, Terraform, Helm/Kustomize, Docker, and CI/CD with Argo CD.