Knak Digital
Principal DevOps Engineer
Knak Digital, McLean, Virginia, 22107
Open to Boston, Tampa, McLean, VA. Benefits: Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location Pension / Retirement benefits Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee). Our client's Database Engineering team seeks an experienced DevOps Engineer to manage Distributed Databases, Automation, and BI technologies. Role Overview: • Lead Aurora PostgreSQL Database team initiatives • Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform • Manage automation with Python, Ansible, Chef • Oversee CICD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab) • Drive cloud database strategy and implementation Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree or equivalent • 8-10 years relevant experience • Strong IaC experience (Terraform) • Python scripting proficiency • AWS Aurora Postgres and Oracle Database expertise • AWS Cloud architecture knowledge • CICD pipeline management experience • Unix/Linux expertise Technical Skills: • Infrastructure as Code • Ansible, Chef, AWS SSM • Jenkins/GitLab CICD • Python automation • AWS Cloud services • Database automation • Groovy (plus Compensation: $155,000 per year