Principal DevOps Automation Engineer

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ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED We are seeking an ever-curious Dev Ops System Engineer to join a dynamic team in Annapolis Junction, MD. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain high-performing Dev Ops resources across multiple product teams, driving end-to-end automation for build, test, and deployment pipelines. As a Dev Ops Engineer at Nyla, you are a self-starter who brings both deep technical mastery and the initiative to continuously learn and adopt new tools.

You will build clean Infrastructure as Code (IaC), provision managed AWS services, and optimize containerized environments utilizing Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and cloud-native observability stacks. If you thrive in a collaborative environment where team-oriented problem solving leads directly to operational success, Team Nyla is looking for you. The annual base salary range for this role is $189,000-$224,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package.

Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

• Infrastructure as Code & Scripting:
  Strong proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, and Python for environment provisioning and workflow automation.
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS):
  Hands-on experience building, managing, and scaling AWS cloud environments (EC2, Lambdas, EKS, RDS, S3, EFS, EBS).
• Kubernetes Orchestration:
  Direct experience configuring and tuning Kubernetes environments, with a primary focus on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• CI/CD Automation:
  Demonstrated experience designing, managing, and maintaining Git Lab CI/CD pipelines utilizing Git Lab runners and Git Ops tools like Argo CD.
• Observability & Metrics:
  Applied experience installing and tuning cloud-native logging and monitoring tools (Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a team-first mindset dedicated to working across multidisciplinary stakeholder teams.

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 20+ years of professional software development experience OR High School Diploma / GED
, PLUS 25+ years of hands-on technical software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.

• Deep experience managing Git Ops pipelines via Argo CD and Git Lab CI/CD workflows.
• Familiarity with FOSS/CNCF ecosystem tools (e.g., Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Grafana, PGAdmin) deployed and managed within Kubernetes via Helm charts.
• Familiarity with various Kubernetes storage class configurations (e.g., GP3, Longhorn, EBS).

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

• Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.
• PAY
  - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!
• LEAVE
  - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240…