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Job Posting Title
IaC DevOps Lead
Date
Monday, March 10, 2025
City
Annapolis Junction
State
MD
Country
United States
Working time
Full-time

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking a skilled IaC DevOps Lead to support vital systems in the defense of our Homeland. In this role, you will focus on enhancing efficiency by implementing cutting-edge deployment pipelines and fostering collaboration between technical teams and enterprise stakeholders. With a strong background in IT service management and a passion for driving continuous improvement, you’ll play a key role in advancing our delivery processes while aligning them with organizational goals and industry best practices. 

This position is on-site, five days a week and requires an active secret clearance. 
Maximus TCS (Technology and Consulting Services) Internal Job Profile Code: TCS088, T4, Band 7

Project-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Lead architecture and engineering efforts to plan, analyze, design, test, and deploy infrastructure expressed as code.
  • Establish, mature, standardize, and maintain DevSecOps processes within the organization by leveraging automation tools and applications including services available in agency’s Cloud environments.
  • Architect and engineer CI/CD pipelines for development teams and manage configuration of tools and plugins in support of release engineering processes in a SAFe/Agile environment.
  • Demonstrated track record of success leading IT services in large enterprise setting as well as critical skills in developing partnerships, modeling behaviors, and developing team capabilities.
  • Partner with the enterprise stakeholders, IT support organization and development teams to chart a service delivery roadmap, manage deliverables, SLAs and SLOs.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements: 
  • 12+ years of experience in IT Services delivery field 
  • A High School diploma or GED is required.
  • Active Secret clearance is required.
  • Due to federal requirements, only US Citizens can be considered. Candidates with dual citizenship cannot be considered.
  • This is an on-site position at a government facility.
  • Requires presence on-site five days per week.
  • Candidates must reside within a commutable distance to Annapolis Junction, MD.
  • Participation in a rotational on-call schedule for emergency page-outs is required.

Must possess the following:
  • 3 years of cloud architect level experience with AWS, Azure and/or GCP
  • 3 years of experience working in an Agile delivery environment
  • 2 years of experience building and releasing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) in a controlled environment with an understanding of full lifecycle configuration management
  • 3 years of experience in automation scripting using one or more of the following languages: Java, Perl, Ruby, or Python
  • 2 years of experience developing coding/scripting to build required automation and tools using Chef, Ruby, YAML, JSON, Python, Bash, Azure CLI, PowerShell, Java, etc.
  • 3 years of hands-on experience with code repository management, code merge and quality checks, continuous integration, and automated deployment & management using tools like Jenkins, SVN, GitHub, GitLab, Chef, Ansible, Art factory, Remedy, SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium
  • Effective presentation skills with an ability to make technology concepts accessible to colleagues outside of technology 

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Minimum Requirements
TCS088, T4, Band 7
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EEO Statement
Active military service members, their spouses, and veteran candidates often embody the core competencies Maximus deems essential, and bring a resiliency and dependability that greatly enhances our workforce. We recognize your unique skills and experiences, and want to provide you with a career path that allows you to continue making a difference for our country. We’re proud of our connections to organizations dedicated to serving veterans and their families. If you are transitioning from military to civilian life, have prior service, are a retired veteran or a member of the National Guard or Reserves, or a spouse of an active military service member, we have challenging and rewarding career opportunities available for you. A committed and diverse workforce is our most important resource. Maximus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Maximus provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disabled status.
Pay Transparency
Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.
Minimum Salary
$
120,000.00
Maximum Salary
$
150,000.00