DevOps Engineer 3 - (Python, Ansible, Terraform)

Akina, Inc.
Fort Meade, MD, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
7 years minimum
Compensation
$183,000.0 - $224,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Application Performance Management Computing Platforms Cloud Engineering DevOps Python (Programming Language) Networking Basics Octopus Deploy Performance Tuning Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+19 more
Ansible Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Software Deployment Data Logging Network Routers Autoscaling Delivery Pipeline AWS Lambda Gitlab Gitlab-ci Kubernetes AWS Fargate Build Tools Apache Nifi Operational Systems Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform Docker Microservices

Job description

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for:

  • Developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
  • Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
  • Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).

Requirements

Do you have experience in Terraform?, Do you have a Master’s degree?, * Developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.

  • Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL.
  • Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
  • Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
  • Kubernetes, AWS, IaC
  • An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph.
  • Current Security+CE certificate.
  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

Position Desired Skills:

  • 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.

DE3 Qualifications:

Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.

9 years or more of professional experience; or 7 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph.

Current Security+CE certificate.

Kubernetes, AWS, IaC

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Tuition reimbursement
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off, Salary Range: **$183k-$224k (Annually)

**The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees’ needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer’s mission.

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