The Swift Group

DevOps Engineer

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Columbia, MD, USAMid Level / Senior / Staff+

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud-native and hybrid infrastructure, especially Amazon EKS environments.
  • Deploy and manage containerized applications with Kubernetes across development and production environments.
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployment using Terraform, Ansible, and related tools.
  • Administer and troubleshoot Linux-based systems for availability and performance.
  • Integrate and improve CI/CD pipelines using Git, Flux, Jenkins, and related deployment tools.
  • Support portable edge-computing infrastructure in on-premise environments.
  • Diagnose issues involving networking, containers, cloud services, and the broader systems stack.
  • Improve reliability, repeatability, performance, and operational processes while participating in Agile activities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Mid-level candidates require 3–8 years of relevant experience; senior candidates require 9–13 years; SME candidates require 14 or more years.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services including EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, and Lambda.
  • Proficiency in Linux systems administration and troubleshooting.
  • Scripting or programming ability in Python, Bash, or Go.
  • Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Git, Flux, and related infrastructure or deployment tools.
  • Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Agile environments, and development and deployment processes.
  • Must obtain Security+ certification within 60 days of hire.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen with an active Secret clearance; TS/SCI or TS/SCI with CI Polygraph is also accepted.
  • Desired experience includes Hadoop, Accumulo, Ceph, Spark, NiFi, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Hive, Drill, Impala, Trino, or Presto.

Benefits

  • The role is on-site four to five days per week in Columbia, Maryland; Augusta, Georgia; or San Antonio, Texas, with flexibility required to meet customer needs.
  • Some on-call work may be required.

Tech Stack

AnsibleApache HadoopApache HiveApache KafkaApache SparkAWSBashDockerElasticsearchGitGoJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPostgreSQLPrestoPythonTerraform

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