Devops Engineer Python, Ansible, Terraform

Devops Engineer 4 - (Python, Ansible, Terraform)

Location:

Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI w/ poly

Position
-8770-DEVOPS4

The Dev Ops Engineer will provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system using cutting-edge cloud, containerization, automation, and CI/CD technologies. This role is responsible for developing Infrastructure as Code, automating operational tasks, maintaining compliant Linux-based systems, managing AWS cloud infrastructure, supporting containerized workloads, and enabling reliable software delivery through automated build, test, and deployment pipelines.

• Develop Infrastructure as Code, automation scripts, and tools to automate tasks, provision managed services, and support operational efficiency using technologies such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Patch, harden, and maintain compliance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
• Install, configure, maintain, and tune platforms and services including Kubernetes, Docker Compose, NiFi, and cloud-native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code using Git Lab runners, Git Lab CI/CD, and Argo CD.
• Manage commercial cloud computing platforms, primarily AWS.
• Design, implement, and support reliable infrastructure services that meet program and product needs.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance, reliability, and uptime.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and operational issues.
• Communicate effectively with team members, stakeholders, and technical leadership.
• Perform work in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, with little to no remote work.

• 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.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI within last 7 years).
• Current Security+CE certificate.

Salary Range: $212k-$259k (Annually)

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.