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View all jobs<br><br>DevOps Engineer 4 or 5 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)<br><br>Annapolis Junction, Maryland<br><br><ul><li> Computer/Software<br><br></li></ul><strong>DevOps Engineer 4 or 5 - (AWS, Kubernetes, Docker)<br><br></strong><strong>Clearance:</strong> TS/SCI - Polygraph required<br><br><strong>Position ID:</strong> 09-8872-DE4or5<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> Annapolis Junction, Maryland<br><br><strong>Description<br><br></strong>Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies.<br><br>The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for architecting, automating, and supporting infrastructure, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud cost optimization.<br><br><ul><li>Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system.</li><li>Architect infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.</li><li>Develop Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.</li><li>Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.</li><li>Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions.</li><li>Iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs.</li><li>Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities.</li><li>Manage team tasking and sprint workloads.</li><li>Track ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs.</li><li>Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Position Required Skills<br><br></strong><ul><li>Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.</li><li>Developing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.</li><li>Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform.</li><li>Strong background in containerization technologies: install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.</li><li>Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions.</li><li>Cloud infrastructure cost savings: iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs.</li><li>Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities.</li><li>Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner.</li><li>Tracking ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs.</li><li>Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.</li><li>Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.<br><br></li></ul><strong>Position Desired Skills<br><br></strong><ul><li>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.</li><li>Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway.</li><li>Develop and manage Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.</li><li>Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.</li><li>Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime.</li><li>Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.<br><br></li></ul><strong>DevOps Engineer 4 Qualifications<br><br></strong>12 years or more of professional experience with a Bachelors degree; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.<br><br><strong>DevOps Engineer 5 Qualifications<br><br></strong>15 years or more of professional experience with a Bachelors degree; or 13 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.<br><br>The position allows little to no work from home and will require a significant portion or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).<br><br><strong>Salary Range:</strong> <em>**$216k-$275k (Annually)<br><br></em><ul><li>The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.<br><br></li></ul><strong><em>Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.<br><br></em></strong><strong><em>Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.<br><br></em></strong><strong><em>We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.<br><br></em></strong>www.akina-inc.com/careers<br><br>Share This Job

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