Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS | EKS | Terraform | Service Mesh)
Location: Linthicum Heights, MD (Hybrid)
Experience Required: 8+ years overall | 5+ years in Senior/Lead DevOps role
Education: Bachelor s in CS/Engineering/Technology (Master s preferred)
Position Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to architect, implement, and manage secure, scalable, and production-grade cloud infrastructure supporting the Maryland Benefits platform. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Service Mesh (App Mesh), Consul, and advanced CI/CD automation.
The ideal candidate will lead container orchestration strategy, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) implementation, GitOps adoption, and infrastructure modernization to support high-traffic enterprise systems and AI-driven workloads.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and manage highly available Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS
- Design modular and reusable Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform
- Implement and manage AWS App Mesh for microservices traffic control and security
- Design and administer HashiCorp Consul for service discovery and configuration management
- Build and maintain advanced Jenkins CI/CD pipelines (Groovy scripting)
- Lead GitOps transition for cluster and application configuration management
- Implement secure IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA)
- Design AWS networking solutions (VPC, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, NACLs)
- Optimize autoscaling using Karpenter / Cluster Autoscaler
- Support AI/LLM workloads requiring high-compute infrastructure
- Implement Helm-based Kubernetes deployments
- Ensure reliability, scalability, cost optimization, and security best practices
Required Technical Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS (EKS, VPC, IAM, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, NACLs)
- Terraform (custom modules, remote state, modular IaC)
- Kubernetes (EKS upgrades, node groups, hardening)
DevOps & Automation
- Jenkins (complex pipelines, Groovy scripting)
- GitOps (ArgoCD / Flux preferred)
- Helm
Service Mesh & Discovery
- AWS App Mesh (mandatory)
- HashiCorp Consul (mandatory)
Scaling & Performance
- Karpenter / Cluster Autoscaler
- High-traffic distributed systems troubleshooting
- Self-healing architecture
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