DevOps Development Lead (Clearance Required)

Location: Fort Meade, Maryland, United States (on-site). Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph, CI Polygraph within the last 7 years, and current DoD 8140 certification must be active before starting.

Salary: $100,000–$150,000 per year.

Company

Risk and financial advisory solutions provider combining trusted expertise with technology to address complex client and industry challenges.

What you will do

• Architect, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure with Terraform, IaC, auto-scaling, secure networking, and managed services.
• Develop Python, Ansible, and Terraform automation, scripting, and internal tooling.
• Install, configure, tune, and operate Kubernetes environments using EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate, plus Docker and Docker Compose.
• Develop and manage GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Argo CD GitOps delivery workflows.
• Lead sprint planning, team tasking, Agile ceremonies, ticket execution, and infrastructure technical direction.
• Analyze, document, integrate, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance, reliability, uptime, and AWS infrastructure costs.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph and CI Polygraph within the last 7 years, both active before starting.
• Current DoD 8140 (CWIP) certification, active before starting.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or equivalent education and experience: 12 or more years of professional experience, or 10 years with a related master’s degree.
• Extensive experience architecting and managing AWS infrastructure with Terraform and IaC practices.
• Strong containerization and orchestration experience with Kubernetes, including EKS, ECS, or Fargate, Docker, and Docker Compose.
• Experience developing and managing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Argo CD GitOps workflows.
• Proficiency with Python, Ansible, and Terraform for DevOps scripting and automation.
• Experience with high-level systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, and cost analysis.
• Experience managing sprint workloads and driving technical direction in an Agile environment, with strong communication and collaboration across engineers, product owners, and program stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Depth with AWS services including EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Athena, and Step Functions with auto-scaling.
• AWS networking experience with VPCs, NAT gateways, IP gateways, and network segmentation.
• GitLab CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation.
• Application performance and reliability optimization with development teams.
• Infrastructure troubleshooting and uptime management for mission-critical environments.
• Advanced Kubernetes operations focused on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.
• Cloud infrastructure cost optimization and AWS spend reduction.

Culture & Benefits

• On-site role supporting a mission-critical operational system.
• U.S.-specific benefits may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off and holidays; parental and family leave.
• Life, short- and long-term disability, and accident insurance.
• Performance-based incentives, merit-based compensation reviews, and 401(k) plans with company matching.
• Benefits may vary by region, department, and role.

Hiring process

• Formal application via careers.hirify.global.com is required for consideration.