DevOps Engineer II/III (AWS Infrastructure)

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 to operate 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