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., Candidates are considered for openings that match their skills; experience in every specialty below is not required.

• 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., * 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.

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

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.

Maryland Pay Range

$103,690, 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.

Virginia Pay Range

$103,690, The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense-including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.

At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision

Health Savings Account with company contribution

Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

401k with generous company match

Training and Development Opportunities

Award Programs

Variety of Company Sponsored Events