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Momentum Engineering, Inc. · 1 day ago

ME00514-DevOps Engineer

Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$160K/yr - $220K/yr

Momentum Engineering, Inc. is a Woman-Owned Small Business that emphasizes an employee-centric culture and technical expertise. They are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to support a mission-critical operational system, focusing on designing, automating, deploying, and maintaining secure infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines in a classified environment.

AnalyticsCloud ComputingSoftware EngineeringWeb Development

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation scripts to provision infrastructure, managed services, and operational tools using technologies such as Python, Ansible, and Terraform

Installing, patching, hardening, and maintaining Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems in compliance with security and accreditation requirements

Installing, configuring, and performance tuning containerized and data processing platforms, including Kubernetes, Docker Compose, and Apache NiFi

Implementing and managing cloud-native logging, monitoring, and metrics collection tools to support system observability, performance analysis, and troubleshooting

Designing, managing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes using GitLab Runners and Argo CD

Supporting deployment and operations within commercial cloud computing platforms, primarily Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Collaborating with development, cybersecurity, and systems engineering teams to ensure platforms are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with mission requirements

Participating in system architecture discussions, operational reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives

Supporting troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of platform and pipeline issues in production environments

Qualification

Infrastructure as CodeRHEL administrationContainerization technologiesCI/CD pipelinesAWS cloud servicesDevOps best practicesCommunicationCollaboration skills

Required

Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with MD Customer Full Scope Polygraph

Experience developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code and automation scripts

Hands-on experience administering and securing RHEL environments

Strong experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes

Experience managing CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and GitOps-based deployment using Argo CD

Familiarity with cloud services and infrastructure in AWS environments

Understanding of DevOps best practices, automation, and system reliability principles

Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and with stakeholders

Preferred

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