DevOps Engineer 3 - (Python, Ansible, Terraform) at Akina, Inc in Annapolis Junction, Maryland

Job description

• Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies.
• The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• 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).
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).

Responsibilities

• Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).

Requirements

• Developing Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL.
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• Able to support an on-call rotation.
• 9 years or more of professional experience; or 7 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education.
• 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.

Skills

Required

• Python
• Ansible
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Docker Compose
• Nifi
• GitLab runners
• Argo CD
• AWS
• RHEL patching, hardening, and compliance
• On-call support

Preferred

• AWS networking (VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway)
• GitLab CI/CD pipeline development
• Application performance optimization
• Infrastructure troubleshooting
• Kubernetes (EKS, ECS, Fargate)

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.