Senior DevOps Lead — AWS, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD

Devopsroles; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroll seeks a senior DevOps Engineer (Development Lead) for an on-site role at Fort Meade, MD. You will lead sprint planning, own CI/CD pipelines, and shape cloud infrastructure for a mission-critical operational system, requiring active TS/SCI with FSP and CI polygraph eligibility.

The ideal candidate has extensive AWS, Terraform IaC, Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate), GitLab and Argo CD experience, plus strong collaboration with engineers and program stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP) - must be active prior to start.
• CI Polygraph within the last 7 years - must be active prior to start.
• Current DoD 8140 (CWIP) certification - must be active prior to start.
• Extensive experience architecting and managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC practices
• Strong background in containerization and orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, ECS, Fargate), Docker, Docker Compose
• Experience developing and managing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Argo CD GitOps workflows
• Proficiency in DevOps scripting languages: Python, Ansible, Terraform
• Experience performing high-level systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, and cost analysis
• Experience managing sprint workloads and driving team technical direction in an Agile environment
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with engineers, product owners, and program stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Bridge, Athena, and Step Functions using Terraform with auto-scaling
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build internal tooling using Python, Ansible, and Terraform
• Apply AWS networking principles including VPCs, NAT gateways, and IP gateways to design secure, segmented environments
• Evaluate infrastructure costs iteratively; recommend and implement cost-savings measures to reduce AWS service spend and maintenance burden
• Install, configure, performance-tune, and operate Kubernetes environments with focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate
• Manage containerized workloads using Docker and Docker Compose across the microservices architecture
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime and availability for mission-critical operational systems
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability in containerized environments

Skills

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Docker Compose

Terraform

Job description

Kroll seeks a senior DevOps Engineer (Development Lead) for an on-site role at Fort Meade, MD. You will lead sprint planning, own CI/CD pipelines, and shape cloud infrastructure for a mission-critical operational system, requiring active TS/SCI with FSP and CI polygraph eligibility.

The ideal candidate has extensive AWS, Terraform IaC, Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/Fargate), GitLab and Argo CD experience, plus strong collaboration with engineers and program stakeholders.