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# Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS & Kubernetes

- **Company:** CTRL,  LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $252,658.0 - $278,970.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Application Performance Management, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Octopus Deploy, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Data Logging, Gitlab, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, AWS Fargate, Apache Nifi, Operational Systems, Functional Programming, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=57c2a639114b0e37

## About the Role

Applicants must currently hold an active TS/SCI with polygraph. Ctrl+ does not sponsor new security clearances or clearance upgrades. Applicants who do not meet this requirement cannot be considered., * 9 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (or a Master's plus 7 years).

 * Infrastructure as Code with Python, Ansible and Terraform
 * RHEL patching and hardening
 * Kubernetes and Docker Compose
 * GitLab CI/CD and Argo CD
 * AWS administration
 * Availability for on-call rotation

Preferred qualifications

 * AWS EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Athena and Step Functions with Terraform
 * AWS networking: VPCs, NAT and gateways
 * EKS, ECS or Fargate
 * Application performance and reliability tuning

## Description

Run the highly available platform that orchestrates a modernized system's microservices on AWS and Kubernetes.

The mission

Provide a reliable, highly available platform for a modernized operational system built on cloud-native technologies.

What you'll do

 * Develop Infrastructure as Code with Python, Ansible and Terraform
 * Patch, harden and maintain RHEL compliance
 * Install and tune Kubernetes, Docker Compose, NiFi and logging tools
 * Manage CI/CD with GitLab runners and Argo CD
 * Manage AWS infrastructure
 * Support an on-call rotation