DevOps Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes)

Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Meade, Maryland; Laurel, Maryland; or San Antonio, Texas, United States. Depending on the opening, the role may require full-time work at a customer site or hybrid work from the Columbia, Maryland or San Antonio, Texas office. Onsite attendance, travel, and scheduling may include five days per week at a customer site.

Salary: $103,690–$160,605 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global provides technical and mission expertise for national security, defense, and technology challenges.

What you will do

• Develop, deploy, and maintain secure AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, managed container workloads, and portable or on-premises edge infrastructure.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, configuration management, GitOps workflows, and repeatable deployment processes.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application, cluster, and supporting-system performance, availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Use Python, Bash, or Go to automate operations, deployments, and recurring administrative tasks.
• Collaborate with application teams, engineers, customer stakeholders, and Agile delivery teams to integrate services and improve operational security.
• For designated openings, mentor teammates, lead complex troubleshooting, provide technical guidance, and coordinate engineering work.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher and U.S. citizenship are required. Depending on the opening, an active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI, or an active TS/SCI clearance, is required.
• General openings require at least 5 years of relevant experience with a related bachelor's degree, 3 years with a related master's degree, or 9 years with a high-school diploma or equivalent.
• Openings with extensive technical leadership responsibilities require at least 9 years of relevant experience with a related bachelor's degree, 7 years with a related master's degree, or 13 years with a high-school diploma or equivalent.
• Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes or comparable container orchestration, Linux administration and troubleshooting, and cloud deployment.
• Experience with AWS services such as EKS, EC2, EBS, S3, or Lambda, together with Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent infrastructure and configuration tools.
• Ability to write automation using Python, Bash, or Go; familiarity with Git, Flux, or comparable delivery tooling.
• Strong independent problem-solving and communication skills, and the ability to work with Agile delivery teams.
• Ability to meet onsite and travel requirements, which may include five days per week at a customer site.
• For designated openings, a DoD 8140/8570-compliant certification such as Security+ may be required at start or within a specified period after hire.
• Relevant specialties may include AWS and Kubernetes delivery, edge and on-premises infrastructure, site reliability and continuous delivery, or engineering leadership; experience in every specialty is not required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting Big Data Platforms, data lakes, or distributed-data workloads.
• Experience with Hadoop, Accumulo, Ceph, Spark, NiFi, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, or comparable services.
• Hands-on experience with Helm, Flux, K9s, AWS CLI, and AWS services such as SNS, SQS, or Diode.
• Experience with container and operating-system security hardening.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud and edge mission environments.
• Experience designing performance improvements for high-availability systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including a company-contributed Health Savings Account.
• Annual paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan with a company match and financial wellness support.
• Training and development opportunities, award programs, and company-sponsored events.
• Work environment focused on employee well-being, professional growth, and work-life balance.