DevOps Engineer AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

• Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
• Position : 09-8872-DEVOPS1
• Location: Annapolis Junction, Maryland

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

• Architect infrastructure, develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting, manage containerization technologies, perform systems analysis and integration, manage CI/CD pipelines, and drive technical direction of the infrastructure.
• Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting‑edge technologies.
• Develop IaC and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• 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.
• 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.
• Track ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing Git Lab runners and Argo CD.

• Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services.
• Developing IaC and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• 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 Git Lab runners and Argo CD.
• Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

• 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 Git Lab 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.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 12 years or more of professional experience; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Master's degree.
• 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).

$163k-$199k (Annually)

24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. 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. Educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

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.