DevOps Engineer
Hybrid in Linthicum Heights, MD, US • Posted 5 days ago • Updated 5 days agoContract W2
Contract Independent
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Nexsolv Inc
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Skills
- Communication
- Amazon EKS
- Configuration Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Continuous Delivery
- Amazon Web Services
- Continuous Integration and Development
- Leadership
- DevOps
- Groovy
- Management
- Microservices
- Network
- Problem Solving
- Hardening
- IT Management
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Lifecycle Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cloud Computing
- Software Engineering
- System Administration
- Computer Networking
- Continuous Integration
- Workflow
- IaaS
- Provisioning
- Scripting
- Terraform
- Testing
- Virtual Private Cloud
- Writing
Summary
NexSolv is seeking a DevOps Engineer for our direct client, State of Maryland. Please share your updated resume if you are a fit and interested in this position.
Job Duties:
- Leading the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle management of highly available Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
- Developing and executing strategies for immutable infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, ensuring modular and reusable code for all AWS resources.
- Spearheading the implementation of AWS App Mesh to standardize traffic control, visibility, and security across the microservices architecture.
- Designing and managing HashiCorp Consul for dynamic service discovery and distributed configuration management across hybrid cloud environments.
- Orchestrating complex Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins to automate testing, security scanning, and deployment.
- Managing the transition to GitOps workflows for application deployment and cluster configuration management.
- Driving the security posture of the infrastructure by implementing fine-grained IAM roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) and network policies within the mesh.
- Collaborating with AI and App Dev teams to ensure underlying infrastructure supports high-compute requirements for LLM and AI agent workloads.
- Architecting auto-scaling strategies (Karpenter/Cluster Autoscaler) to optimize cost and performance for the Maryland Benefits product suite.
Education: This position requires a Bachelor s degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, engineering, technology, or a related technical discipline; a Master s degree in a related field is preferred.
General Experience: The candidate must have at least eight (8) years of progressive experience in software engineering, systems administration, or DevOps, with a demonstrated track record of supporting high-traffic enterprise platforms.
Specialized Experience:
- Must have at least five (5) years of experience in a technical lead or senior DevOps role focusing on AWS cloud infrastructure and containerization.
- Proven experience architecting and managing production Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS, including upgrades, node group management, and security hardening.
- Deep expertise in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with a strong portfolio of writing custom modules and managing remote state.
- Hands-on experience implementing Service Mesh architectures (specifically AWS App Mesh) and Service Discovery tools (Consul) in a complex microservices environment.
- Demonstrable experience building and maintaining complex Jenkins pipelines (Groovy scripting) for automated CI/CD.
- Expertise in AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway) and security (Security Groups, NACLs, IAM).
- Experience with Helm charts for package management and deployment on Kubernetes.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and implement self-healing infrastructure strategies.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
- Dice Id: 90943166
- Position Id: 8891880
- Posted 5 days ago
Company Info
About Nexsolv Inc
NexSolv is well positioned with the resource pool with requisite skill sets and experience to assist our clients in implementing and supporting technology solutions toward program and project success. NexSolv has been recognized by its customers for designing and executing efficient and effective recruitment strategies while maximizing the capabilities of our resources. Our strategy has proven results with clients at Federal, State agencies and many other commercial clients across USA.
Why Choose Us
We are delivering IT Design, Development and Maintenance services to several Federal, State and commercial clients for many years. Our track record demonstrates the commitment NexSolv has towards our customer success. The essence of the success is not only based on our approach, but on nourishing an environment of intellectual challenge, professional growth. NexSolv is looking forward to work with our clients in supporting the wide range of IT services and requirements.
NexSolv has a flexible and responsive recruitment team on alert to support our client immediate and long term needs. It is a one-stop source covering wide range of technical and professional competencies. Our team ensures that we provide resources that are experienced and trained to succeed on the job and inturn make our clients successful. We retain and provide experienced team of professionals with proven track record of supporting enterprise solutions.
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Why Choose Us
We are delivering IT Design, Development and Maintenance services to several Federal, State and commercial clients for many years. Our track record demonstrates the commitment NexSolv has towards our customer success. The essence of the success is not only based on our approach, but on nourishing an environment of intellectual challenge, professional growth. NexSolv is looking forward to work with our clients in supporting the wide range of IT services and requirements.
NexSolv has a flexible and responsive recruitment team on alert to support our client immediate and long term needs. It is a one-stop source covering wide range of technical and professional competencies. Our team ensures that we provide resources that are experienced and trained to succeed on the job and inturn make our clients successful. We retain and provide experienced team of professionals with proven track record of supporting enterprise solutions.
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