Senior DevOps Systems Engineer – AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Captivation; Maryland; On-site; USD 130,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plan

HSA contribution

Paid time off (6 weeks)

Comprehensive insurance

Job summary

Captivation Software seeks a senior systems engineer to design, implement, and maintain DevOps resources for multiple product teams and empower automation of build and deployment wherever possible. You will drive infrastructure as code and scalable CI/CD pipelines in a security‑focused environment.

The ideal candidate has deep experience with AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, and observability tools like Elasticsearch and Grafana, working collaboratively with developers to

Qualifications

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools (Elasticsearch, Grafana/Prometheus).
• Managing GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing AWS cloud computing platforms.
• Communication and collaboration in a team-focused DevOps environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain DevOps resources for multiple product teams.
• Enable teams to automate build and deployment where possible.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Kubernetes

GitLab CI/CD

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering / related

5 years SE experience may substitute for degree

Tools

GitLab

Argo CD

AWS

Elasticsearch

Grafana/Prometheus

EKS

Job description

Captivation Software seeks a senior systems engineer to design, implement, and maintain DevOps resources for multiple product teams and empower automation of build and deployment wherever possible. You will drive infrastructure as code and scalable CI/CD pipelines in a security‑focused environment.

The ideal candidate has deep experience with AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD, and observability tools like Elasticsearch and Grafana, working collaboratively with developers to