Senior DevOps Engineer — Top Secret/SCI w/ Poly | AWS/K8s

Momentum Engineering, Inc; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

3 weeks PTO

Company sponsored group medical plan

Company paid dental

Vision

Life insurance

STD/LTD plans

Job summary

Momentum Engineering, Inc. seeks a senior DevOps/Cloud Architect to design and manage a highly available platform orchestrating microservices for national security initiatives.

You will lead AWS infrastructure, IaC automation, and container orchestration while driving cost optimization, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders. A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/experience.
• 12+ years of professional experience, or 10+ years with a related Masters.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS and IaC.
• Develop and maintain IaC, automation scripts, and tooling.
• Design, deploy, and optimize containers with Kubernetes, EKS/ECS/Fargate.
• Lead CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Analyze costs, implement savings, and reduce AWS spend.
• Plan sprints, track tasks, and align work with program priorities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and ensure system reliability and performance.

Skills

Security clearance

AWS architecture

DevOps automation

CI/CD management

Team coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

12+ years professional experience or 10+ with Masters

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate)

Docker

Job description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. seeks a senior DevOps/Cloud Architect to design and manage a highly available platform orchestrating microservices for national security initiatives.

You will lead AWS infrastructure, IaC automation, and container orchestration while driving cost optimization, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders. A Top Secret/SCI clearance is required.