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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # DevOps Engineer 3 - (Python, Ansible, Terraform) - **Company:** Akina, Inc. - **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $183,000.0 - $224,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** 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, 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 - **Published:** May 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=51df1367eaa50511 ## About the Role 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. 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