DevOps Engineer

• Develop, deploy, and maintain secure AWS infrastructure, including Kubernetes environments and managed container workloads.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and configuration-management processes.
• Deploy and support on-premises or portable edge infrastructure, depending on the specific opening.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance, availability, and scalability of applications, clusters, and supporting systems.
• Work with application teams to integrate services into repeatable deployment and release processes.
• Use Python, Bash, or Go to automate operations, deployments, and recurring administrative tasks.
• Maintain documentation, participate in Agile delivery, and improve operational security and reliability.
• For openings with technical leadership responsibilities, mentor teammates, guide troubleshooting, and coordinate engineering work.

Positions may require full-time work at a customer site in Fort Meade, MD; San Antonio, TX; or Fort Belvoir, VA, or hybrid work from our office in Columbia, MD or San Antonio, TX. Onsite frequency, travel, and scheduling depend on the specific opening and customer requirements., * AWS and Kubernetes delivery: Depending on the specific opening, administer EKS, container builds, Kubernetes orchestration, AWS networking and storage, and deployment automation.

• Edge and on-premises infrastructure: Depending on the specific opening, deploy portable or non-cloud environments, support operating-system provisioning, and troubleshoot edge connectivity.
• Site reliability and continuous delivery: Depending on the specific opening, own monitoring, incident troubleshooting, scaling, GitOps workflows, and repeatable CI/CD release processes.
• Engineering leadership: Depending on the specific opening, provide team technical guidance, mentoring, complex troubleshooting leadership, and coordination across customer and engineering teams.

• An active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher and U.S. citizenship. Depending on the specific opening, an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI, or an active TS/SCI clearance, is required.

• Relevant DevOps engineering, infrastructure engineering, or software-development experience and education appropriate to the opening:

• General openings: at least 5 years of relevant experience with a related bachelor’s degree; 3 years with a related master’s degree; or 9 years with a high-school diploma or equivalent.

• Openings with more extensive technical leadership responsibilities: at least 9 years with a related bachelor’s degree; 7 years with a related master’s degree; or 13 years with a high-school diploma or equivalent.

• Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration, Linux administration and troubleshooting, and cloud deployment.
• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, or Lambda, together with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent infrastructure and configuration tools.
• Ability to write automation using Python, Bash, or Go; familiarity with Git, Flux, or comparable delivery tooling.
• Strong independent problem-solving skills, communication skills, and ability to work with Agile delivery teams.
• Ability to meet onsite and travel requirements, which may include five days per week at a customer site.
• For designated openings, a DoD 8140/8570-compliant certification such as Security+ may be required at start or within a specified period after hire.
• Candidates are considered for openings that match their skills; experience in every specialty below is not required., * Experience supporting Big Data Platforms, data lakes, or distributed-data workloads.
• Experience with Hadoop, Accumulo, Ceph, Spark, NiFi, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or comparable services.
• Hands-on experience with Helm, Flux, K9s, AWS CLI, and AWS services such as SNS, SQS, or Diode.
• Experience with container and operating-system security hardening.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud and edge mission environments.
• Experience designing performance improvements for high-availability systems.

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors-such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

• The pay range for this position is: $103,690 - $160,605