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DevOps Engineer - Terraform NEW

Peraton

Annapolis Junction, MD
Full Time
Senior
135k-216k
10 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Our employees solve the most daunting challenges facing our customers, contributing to national security and technological innovation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud infrastructure using Terraform and HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL).
  • Automate provisioning, scaling, and management of infrastructure to ensure reliability and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to support cloud initiatives and streamline deployment processes.
  • Monitor cloud environments, perform regular maintenance, and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
  • Implement and enforce best practices for cloud security, compliance, and risk management.
  • Conduct ongoing security testing and code reviews to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
  • Contribute to architectural designs, technical documentation, and provide engineering solutions for improved security.
  • Stay current with new tools, technologies, and industry best practices, and advise teams on secure coding practices.
  • Integrate Terraform with Ansible to automate the provisioning and configuration of infrastructure, ensuring a seamless and consistent infrastructure-as-code (IaC) deployment process across cloud and on-prem environments.
  • Use Terraform to manage and provision infrastructure resources (e.g., compute, storage, networking) and leverage Ansible for post-provisioning configuration management, including application deployments and security hardening.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to design end-to-end automation workflows that combine Terraform's infrastructure provisioning with Ansible's configuration management, ensuring scalable, repeatable, and secure deployments.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD; 4 years of additional experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Active TS/SCI clearance is required.
  • Experience in software engineering and integration of Commercial Off-the-Shelf software products.
  • Must have a current DoD 8570.1-M IAT Level III certification.

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI clearance.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
  • Knowledge of cloud security, compliance, and risk management practices.

Benefits & Perks

  • Heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for employees and dependents.
  • 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap.
  • Eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
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Job Details

Posted AtJul 14, 2025
Job CategoryDevOps
Salary135k-216k
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeOnsite
ExperienceSenior

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About Peraton

Website

peraton.com

Location

Annapolis Junction, MD

Industry

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

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