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DevOps Engineer - L4/L5 **TEAM LEAD**

UnisityAnnapolis Junction, Maryland

$235,000 - $245,000 / year

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Overview

Schedule
Alternate-schedule
Full-time
Career level
Director
Remote
On-site
Compensation
$235,000-$245,000/year
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance

Job Description

Unisity, LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing expert services in the Information Technology fields. We pride ourselves on delivering what is promised, as some would say we "just do". We are highly-qualified, self-driven professionals who work towards a common goal as a team, leading when appropriate and following when needed.

Please Note: While the technical requirements below reflect the environment and technologies supported by the team, this is primarily a Team Lead role and is not intended to be a hands-on technical position. The ideal candidate should have a strong enough technical background to understand these technologies and concepts, speak to them confidently, and effectively communicate with and lead the technical team. The primary focus of this position will be team leadership, task and sprint management, coordination, communication, and ensuring technical efforts remain aligned with program and product priorities.

Description: Provide a reliable, highly available platform that orchestrates the microservices of a modernized operational system utilizing cutting edge technologies. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for:
  • Extensive experience architecting infrastructure leveraging AWS technologies and services
  • Developing Infrastructure As Code (IaC) and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
  • Strong background in containerization technologies: install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Docker, Docker Compose, etc.
  • Perform high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, cost analysis, implementation, and complex issue resolutions.
  • Cloud infrastructure cost savings: iteratively evaluate costs, recommend cost savings measures, reduce maintenance, and reduce AWS services costs.
  • Sprint priority decomposition and ticket generation to align with internal team priorities.
  • Manage team tasking and sprint workloads, keeping the team on task and executing in an orchestrated manner.
  • Tracking ticket execution while driving technical direction of the infrastructure to align with the program and product needs.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
  • Communication and collaboration: Able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.
Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
  • 12 years or more of professional experience; or 10 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
  • An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph (CI must be within the last 7 years). The position allows little to no work from home and will require a significant portion or all work to be performed in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).
  • Able to support an on-call rotation
Desired Skills (2 of the below):
  • 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
Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with customer appropriate polygraph).Salary: $235,000 – $245,000 (Annually) Annual Compensation Figures listed for this position serve as a general guideline and are not a guarantee of compensation. Compensation will vary dependent upon factors including but not limited to: Government contract rates; education; relevant prior work experience, knowledge, skills, and competencies; certifications, and geographic location.Benefits Package: Unisity, LLC believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes an additional 12% of each employee's gross compensation to the company 401k plan, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds.Full-time employees have the option to participate in a variety of voluntary benefit plans including:
  • A Choice of Medical Plan Options, some with Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Vision and Dental
    • Unisity, LLC provides an additional 12% of employee's gross compensation to be used for benefits, any remaining funds are then forwarded to the employee as taxable income
  • Life and AD&D Benefits (Company Paid)
  • Short and Long-Term Disability (Company Paid)
Unisity, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Affirmative Action Statement: Unisity, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.Accommodations: Unisity, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact us at staffing@unisity.tech. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.

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FAQs About DevOps Engineer - L4/L5 **TEAM LEAD** Jobs at Unisity

What is the work location for this position at Unisity?
This job at Unisity is located in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, according to the details provided by the employer. Some roles may also include multiple work locations depending on the requirement.
What pay range can candidates expect for this role at Unisity?
Candidates can expect a pay range of $235,000 and $245,000 per year.
What employment applies to this position at Unisity?
Unisity lists this position under the following employment categories:
  • Alternate-schedule
  • Full-time
What experience level is required for this role at Unisity?
Unisity is looking for a candidate with "Director" experience level.
What benefits are offered by Unisity for this role?
Unisity offers following benefits: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, and 401k Matching/Retirement Savings for this position. Actual benefits may vary depending on the employer's policies and employment terms.
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