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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Momentum Engineering
- **Location:** Annapolis, United States
- **Salary:** $115,000.0 - $155,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Application Performance Management, Build Automation, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Networking Basics, Octopus Deploy, Performance Tuning, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Data Streaming, Data Logging, Network Routers, Scripting, Autoscaling, AWS Lambda, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Gitlab, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, AWS Fargate, Apache Nifi, Operational Systems, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b2d5fab0-e335-410d-b4d6-e195c6efb0ec

## About the Role

* Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
 * Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
 * Nine (9) years or more of professional experience; or seven (7) years of professional experience with a related Master's degree
 * Current Security+CE certificate
 * Experience with Kubernetes, AWS, and IaC

## Description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication-ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers' critical needs., * Seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the delivery of a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates microservices within a modernized operational system

 * This role focuses on automating infrastructure, optimizing system performance, and ensuring secure, compliant operations within a cloud-based environment
 * The engineer will work in a collaborative, team-oriented setting to enable continuous integration and delivery of mission-critical capabilities, primarily within a SCIF environment, * Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Ansible to automate provisioning and configuration of cloud resources
 * Create scripts and automation solutions using Python and other scripting languages to streamline operations and improve efficiency
 * Manage and maintain RHEL systems, including patching, hardening, and ensuring compliance with security requirements
 * Install, configure, and optimize container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Docker Compose
 * Support data flow and processing tools such as NiFi and integrate with cloud-native logging and monitoring solutions
 * Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD to automate build, test, and deployment processes
 * Administer and support AWS cloud environments, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability
 * Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and metrics collection to support system health and performance analysis
 * Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues in a distributed, microservices-based environment
 * Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of services, + Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling
 + Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway
 + 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
 + Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate


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