DevOps Engineer at ALEX-Alternative Experts, LLC

Compensation

$175,000 – $195,000/yr

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland
Type: Full-time, Contract
Posted: Jul 1, 2026

Description

The DevOps Engineer (Development Lead) at ALEX-Alternative Experts, LLC is responsible for creating a robust, scalable platform utilizing microservices technology. This role involves leading sprint planning, directing infrastructure technical strategy, and overseeing CI/CD pipeline management along with optimizing cloud infrastructure costs. It's a senior individual contributor and team lead position demanding strong Agile execution, deep AWS architecture knowledge, and effective cross-functional communication.

Required Skills

AWS Infrastructure Architecture
Terraform
Python
Ansible
Kubernetes
EKS
ECS
Fargate
Docker
Docker Compose
GitLab CI/CD
Argo CD
Agile

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline OR Master's degree and 10 years of professional experience.
Required Previous Experiences: Extensive experience architecting and managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform and IaC practices.
Strong background in containerization and orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, ECS, Fargate), Docker, Docker Compose.
Experience developing and managing GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Argo CD GitOps workflows.
Proficiency in DevOps scripting languages: Python, Ansible, Terraform.
Experience performing high-level systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, and cost analysis.
Experience managing sprint workloads and driving team technical direction in an Agile environment.
Preferred Qualifications: AWS services depth: EC2, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, EventBridge, Athena, Step Functions with auto-scaling.
AWS networking: VPCs, NAT gateways, IP gateways, and network segmentation design.
GitLab CI/CD pipeline design and deployment automation.
Application performance and reliability optimization in collaboration with development teams.
Infrastructure troubleshooting and system uptime management for mission-critical environments.
Kubernetes advanced operations with EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate focus.
Cloud infrastructure cost optimization and AWS spend reduction strategies.