Senior DevOps Engineer (m/w/d)

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Permanent employee

Schedule: Full-time

Seniority: Experienced

Location: Remote - USA

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to maintain, enhance, and scale our AWS-based infrastructure. We develop and operate a state-of-the-art OSINT collection and processing SaaS platform. You will work with a mature IaC environment managing production systems, including Kubernetes clusters, MongoDB sharded deployments, message queues, and comprehensive monitoring solutions.

• Maintain and enhance Ansible playbooks and roles
• Manage AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation
• Operate and scale Kubernetes clusters with KEDA-based event-driven autoscaling
• Administer sharded MongoDB clusters and Elasticsearch databases
• Manage RabbitMQ and Redis clusters
• Maintain and improve monitoring stack (Nagios, ELK, CloudWatch, PagerDuty)
• Implement and enforce security controls (SELinux, FIPS compliance, OSSEC, WAF)
• Develop automation scripts in Python and Bash for operational tasks
• Support CI/CD pipelines using Atlassian Bamboo/GitHub Actions
• Participate in on-call rotation for production infrastructure support
• Create and maintain baseline AMIs for rapid environment provisioning

• US Citizen with 3+ years of AWS experience
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Strong proficiency with Ansible (playbooks, roles, dynamic inventory)
• Experience operating Kubernetes clusters in production, including non-managed clusters. Hands-on experience with MongoDB administration of sharded replica sets
• Familiarity with Nagios or similar monitoring platforms
• Experience with RabbitMQ and Redis (or similar) clustering
• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting
• Experience with containerization (Docker, CRI-O)
• Familiarity with Linux administration (RHEL/Rocky Linux/CentOS)
• A firm understanding of AWS networking concepts

Preferred Qualifications

• Current Top Secret security clearance or ability to be cleared
• Experience with KEDA or other event-driven Kubernetes autoscaling
• Background in security hardening (SELinux, DISSA STIGs)
• Experience with ELK Stack
• AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator certification (LPIC II)
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Bamboo, Jira, Confluence)

Here are some of the reasons why you will love Maltego:

• Insights into the daily operations of a fast-growing tech scale-up.
• Work with a world-class sales team passionate about growth, learning, and impact.
• Competitive compensation with a bonus/commission structure based on pipeline creation.
• Fully remote U.S. role with opportunities to travel for events and training.
• Inclusive, diverse culture, where your voice and contributions matter.
• Supported language courses 
• Mental health support via .nilo (psychologists & digital tools)

At Maltego, we are committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.Our office in Virginia, or Remote in the USPlease submit a CV and a cover letter explaining your motivation to be part of Maltego