Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

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We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with deep, hands-on expertise in Kubernetes and modern containerized infrastructure. This role assists with the design, automation, scalability, and security of Kubernetes environments across AWS—while driving infrastructure-as-code excellence and DevSecOps best practices.

What you'll do:

Kubernetes Deployment, Operations, and Reliability

• Deploy, configure, and manage large, production-grade Kubernetes clusters across complex set of environments
• Automate and optimize deployments, services, ingress, storage, networking, and RBAC within Kubernetes
• Troubleshoot complex platform issues within Kubernetes and its ecosystem

Containerization & Platform Engineering

• Deploy and maintain containerized DevSecOps Platform services
• Implement container best practices including image optimization, security hardening, and registry management
• Collaborate with development teams to enable seamless, scalable production deployment of containerized workloads

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

• Develop and maintain Terraform for AWS resources (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.)
• Build and maintain Ansible automation for configuration management and environment consistency

CI/CD Enablement

• Build and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments, testing, and security workflows
• Drive continuous improvement in reliability, automation, security, and operational efficiency

Authentication & Security

• Configure and maintain Keycloak for identity, access management, and SSO integrations
• Implement and maintain security and compliance controls, especially in regulated environments

Observability & Monitoring

• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.)
• Assist in design and implementation of scalable monitoring infrastructure components across infrastructure

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Advise on platform architecture and containerization strategies
• Mentor junior engineers in Kubernetes, containers, and automation practices

What you'll need:

• 5+ years of experience with:
• DevOps or infrastructure engineering
• Kubernetes (including deployments, services, ingress, storage and/or RBAC)
• AWS (including EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, and/or CloudWatch)
• Container technology (Docker, Podman, or containerd)
• Troubleshooting technical issues and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• 3+ years of experience with:
• IAM (policies, roles, & service accounts)
• Keycloak administration
• Terraform and Ansible automation
• GitLab CI/CD pipeline development
• Networking fundamentals and service mesh familiarity
• Government/compliance frameworks (800-53/800-171)
• Scripting (Bash, Python)
• Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux)
• CompTIA Security+ or other DoD 8140 qualified certification (expected within 90 days of hire)

Bonus Points if you have:

• Experience with:
• Platform One Bigbang
• Istio or other service meshes
• Vulnerability management and security scanning tools
• Prometheus/Grafana/Loki stacks
• Recommended Certifications:
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• AWS Certification: Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or Security certifications