Senior DevOps Engineer / Team Lead

GliaCell Technologies; Maryland; On-site; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CareFirst Medical Coverage

401(k) company contribution

25 days of Paid Time Off

Job summary

GliaCell Technologies is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Team Lead for a full-time position based in Annapolis Junction, MD. This role requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance and offers the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AWS infrastructure, IaC, and CI/CD management. The salary range is competitive, between $200,000 to $280,000, along with comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, PTO, and bonuses.

Qualifications

• At least 12 years of professional experience and Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
• Possess an active or re‑statable TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Current Security+CE and CWIP (DoD 8140) certificates required.

Responsibilities

• Provide a reliable, highly available platform for microservices.
• Architect infrastructure using AWS technologies.
• Develop IaC and scripts for automation.

Skills

AWS infrastructure management

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Kubernetes and Docker

CI/CD pipeline management

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

GitLab

Terraform

Python

Job description

An active or re‑statable TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is REQUIRED. Please do not apply if you currently do not possess this level of clearance.

Job Description

GliaCell is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Team Lead on one of our subcontracts. This is a full‑time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. The mission is to provide technical expertise that assists in sustaining critical mission‑related software and systems to a large government contract.

Responsibilities

• 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, using languages such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning for containerization technologies including Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.
• Perform high‑level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions.
• Evaluate cloud infrastructure costs iteratively, recommend cost‑saving measures, and reduce AWS services costs.
• Decompose sprint priorities and generate tickets to align with internal team priorities.
• Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner.
• Track ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with program and product needs.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders.

Key Requirements

• Possess an active or re‑statable TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI within the last 7 years).
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Professional or educational experience: at least 12 years and Bachelor’s degree, or 10 years and Master’s degree, or 14 years and Associate’s degree, or 16 years and high school diploma.
• Current Security+CE certificate.
• Current CWIP (DoD 8140) certificate.
• Works well independently as well as on a team.
• Strong communication skills.

Desired Skills

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Athena, Step Functions using Terraform and auto‑scaling.
• Understanding of AWS networking principles, including VPCs, NATs, IP Gateways.
• 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.
• Experience with Kubernetes focusing on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.

Location

Annapolis Junction, MD. The position allows little to no work from home and requires a significant portion or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).

Salary Range

The salary range for this full‑time position is $200,000 to $280,000. Sign‑on bonus eligible.

Benefits

• CareFirst Medical Coverage for Employee and Dependents
• Guardian Dental and Vision Coverage for Employee and Dependents
• Up to 25 days of Paid Time Off
• Up to 40 hours of PTO carryover
• 11 Federal Government holidays
• Work from home opportunities
• 401(k) company contribution, fully vested day one
• Discretionary, certification, and sign‑on bonus potential
• Employee referral bonus program
• Annual professional development
• 100% premium covered for life & disability insurance
• Additional voluntary life insurance coverage available
• Employee assistance program
• Travel protection program
• Financial planning assistance
• Bereavement and jury duty leave
• Monthly team and family events
• Technology budget
• Global Entry
• Annual swag budget

EEO Statement

GliaCell Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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