DevOps Engineer II/III (AWS Infrastructure)
AnnapolisFull-time$170k–$230kPosted Jan 20, 2026
Seeking a senior-level DevOps Engineer to lead and sustain AWS-based infrastructure supporting high-availability, mission-focused systems. This role requires deep technical expertise, leadership-level experience, and the ability tooperate in highly secure environments.
🔹 Key Responsibilities✅ Design and maintain cloud-native, microservices-based platforms✅ Lead Infrastructure as Code development and automation efforts✅ Maintain RHEL compliance, patching, and system hardening✅ Deploy and optimize Kubernetes, Docker, NiFi, and cloud monitoring tools✅ Manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Argo CD✅ Oversee AWS infrastructure reliability and performance✅ Collaborate with engineers, leadership, and mission partners
🔹 Qualifications & Requirements🛂 U.S. Citizenship Required🛡️ Active TS/SCI with Polygraph🎓 Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience📜 9+ years of experience (or 6+ years with a related Master’s degree)📜 Current Security+ CE certification
🔹 Preferred Experience (any 2)• Advanced AWS infrastructure design (EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Step Functions)• AWS networking architecture (VPCs, NAT, gateways)• CI/CD pipeline architecture and automation• Kubernetes platforms (EKS, ECS, Fargate)• System reliability engineering and infrastructure troubleshooting
🔹 Key Responsibilities✅ Design and maintain cloud-native, microservices-based platforms✅ Lead Infrastructure as Code development and automation efforts✅ Maintain RHEL compliance, patching, and system hardening✅ Deploy and optimize Kubernetes, Docker, NiFi, and cloud monitoring tools✅ Manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Argo CD✅ Oversee AWS infrastructure reliability and performance✅ Collaborate with engineers, leadership, and mission partners
🔹 Qualifications & Requirements🛂 U.S. Citizenship Required🛡️ Active TS/SCI with Polygraph🎓 Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience📜 9+ years of experience (or 6+ years with a related Master’s degree)📜 Current Security+ CE certification
🔹 Preferred Experience (any 2)• Advanced AWS infrastructure design (EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Step Functions)• AWS networking architecture (VPCs, NAT, gateways)• CI/CD pipeline architecture and automation• Kubernetes platforms (EKS, ECS, Fargate)• System reliability engineering and infrastructure troubleshooting