
DevOps Engineer
The Swift Group3 hours ago
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