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# Devops Engineer 3 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)

- **Company:** Akina, Inc.
- **Location:** Cape Saint Claire, MD, United States
- **Salary:** $195,000 - $239,000
- **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, AWS Lambda, Gitlab, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate, Build Tools, Apache Nifi, Operational Systems, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ed30d321-6288-4673-864d-4e42e6baab54

## About the Role

* Develop Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
 * Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
 * Patch, harden, and maintain compliance of RHEL.
 * Install, configure, and provide performance tuning for Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
 * Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using GitLab runners and Argo CD.
 * Manage commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
 * Communicate and collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
 * Support an on-call rotation., * Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, and Step Functions using Terraform and auto scaling.
 * Understanding of AWS networking principles including VPCs, NATs, and 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.

DEVOPS3 Qualifications:

Nine (9) years or more of professional experience; or seven (7) years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.

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

## Description

Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies.

 * Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
 * Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
 * Communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members and stakeholders.