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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior DevOps Engineer / Team Lead - **Company:** Gliacell Technologies, Llc - **Location:** Anne Arundel County, MD, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $200,000.0 - $280,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Software System Penetration Testing, Application Performance Management, Systems Engineering, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, DevOps, Systems Analysis, Industry Standard Architecture, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Networking Basics, Octopus Deploy, Performance Tuning, Ansible, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Deployment, Software Systems, Network Routers, Autoscaling, Delivery Pipeline, AWS Lambda, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Gitlab, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Cybercrime, AWS Fargate, Build Tools, Operational Systems, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Docker, Programming Languages, Microservices - **Published:** November 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://gliacelltechnologies.applytojob.com/apply/ ## About the Role * Ability to work with some amazingly talented people, To be considered for this position you must have the following: * Possess an active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance. * An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI must be within the last 7 years). * U.S. Citizenship. * Professional/Education experience: 12 years & Bachelors of Science Degree, or 10 years & Masters Degree, or 14 years & Associates Degree, or 16 years & High School Diploma * Current Security+CE certificate. * Current CWIP (DoD 8140) certificate * Works well independently as well as on a team. * Strong communication skills. 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 ## Description ***An active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance is REQUIRED. Please do not apply if you currently do not possess this level of clearance.***, Are you a Senior DevOps Engineer / Team Lead who is ready for a new challenge that will launch your career to the next level? * Tired of being treated like a company drone? * Tired of promised adventures during the hiring phase, then dropped off on a remote contract and never seen or heard from the mothership again? * Our engineers were certainly tired of the same. At GliaCell our slogan is "We make It happen". * We will immerse you in the latest technologies. * We will develop and support your own personalized training program to continue your individual growth. * We will provide you with work that matters with our mission focused customers, and surround you with a family of brilliant engineers. Culture isn't something you need to talk about…if it just exists. If this sounds interesting to you, then we'd like to have a discussion regarding your next adventure! If you want to be a drone, this isn't the place for you. We Make It Happen! GliaCell Technologies focuses on Software & System Engineering in Enterprise and Cyber Security solution spaces. We excel at delivering stable and reliable software solutions using Agile Software Development principles. These provide us the capability to deliver a quick turn-around using interactive applications and the integration of industry standard software stacks. GliaCell's Enterprise capabilities include Full-Stack Application Development, Big Data, Cloud Technologies, Analytics, Machine Learning, AI, and DevOps Containerization. We also provide customer solutions in the areas of CND, CNE, and CNO by providing our customers with assessments and solutions in Threat Mitigation, Vulnerability Exposure, Penetration Testing, Threat Hunting, and Preventing Advanced Persistent Threat., GliaCell is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer / Team Lead on one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. The mission is to provide technical expertise that assists in sustaining critical mission-related software and systems to a large government contract. The Work: * 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: Responsibilties: * Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services * Developing Infrastructure As Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform. * Strong background in containerization technologies: install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc. * Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions. * Cloud infrastructure cost savings: iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs. * Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities. * Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner. * Tracking ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs. * Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD. * Communication and collaboration: Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.