Remote App Developer Jobs in Pasadena, MD (NOW HIRING)

Description

Welcome to Interclypse, where innovation meets passion. Every team member is a vital piece of our success story. We are not just a company, but a dynamic community driven by the shared vision of redefining excellence. At Interclypse, you will find more than a career - you will discover a vibrant ecosystem where your talents are celebrated, your ideas are embraced, and your potential is achieved. Every Interclypse team member can benefit based on their efforts and collectively benefit through the overall company's success. Join our mission to positively impact society, community, industry, and individuals by always "Doing What is Right". Together, let's pioneer a future where greatness is achieved and exceeded.

To actualize this vision, Interclypse employs a growth mindset culture that empowers employees to rise in their careers by providing them with tools, mentorship, and a supportive environment to ensure long-term success.

Interclypse is supporting several Maryland state agencies in the modernization and sustainment of critical systems. This exciting opportunity provides candidates with the ability to contribute to the long-term health and success of the state while continuing to learn and grow professionally within Interclypse's growth mindset culture.

All positions are required to be onsite at various locations in Maryland.

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Responsibilities:

 The DevOps Engineer drives the reliability, scalability, and security of the Maryland Benefits platform infrastructure. This role focuses on architecting production-grade container orchestration using Amazon EKS and implementing robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform. This expert will design complex networking and service discovery layers using HashiCorp Consul and AWS App Mesh to ensure seamless communication between microservices. Furthermore, this role is responsible for modernizing deployment strategies by managing advanced Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, ensuring that legacy systems and new AI-driven applications are deployed rapidly, securely, and consistently across all environments.

1. Leading the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle management of highly available Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). 
2. Developing and executing strategies for immutable infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, ensuring modular and reusable code for all AWS resources. 
3. Spearheading the implementation of AWS App Mesh to standardize traffic control, visibility, and security across the microservices architecture. 
4. Designing and managing HashiCorp Consul for dynamic service discovery and distributed configuration management across hybrid cloud environments. 
5. Orchestrating complex Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins to automate testing, security scanning, and deployment. 
6. Managing the transition to GitOps workflows for application deployment and cluster configuration management. 
7. Driving the security posture of the infrastructure by implementing fine-grained IAM roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) and network policies within the mesh. 
8. Collaborating with AI and App Dev teams to ensure underlying infrastructure supports high-compute requirements for LLM and AI agent workloads. 
9. Architecting auto-scaling strategies (Karpenter/Cluster Autoscaler) to optimize cost and performance for the Maryland Benefits product suite. 

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other relevant technical degrees. The candidate must have at least eight (8) years of progressive experience in software engineering, systems administration, or DevOps, with a demonstrated track record of supporting high-traffic enterprise platforms. 
• Must have at least five (5) years of experience in a technical lead or senior DevOps role focusing on AWS cloud infrastructure and containerization.
• Proven experience architecting and managing production Kubernetes clusters using Amazon EKS, including upgrades, node group management, and security hardening.
• Deep expertise in Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with a strong portfolio of writing custom modules and managing remote state.
• Hands-on experience implementing Service Mesh architectures (specifically AWS App Mesh) and Service Discovery tools (Consul) in a complex microservices environment.
• Demonstrable experience building and maintaining complex Jenkins pipelines (Groovy scripting) for automated CI/CD.
• Expertise in AWS networking (VPC, Transit Gateway) and security (Security Groups, NACLs, IAM).
• Experience with Helm charts for package management and deployment on Kubernetes.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and implement self-healing infrastructure strategies.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of relevant experience

Why You Will Love Interclypse

• You want to work for an adaptive company that moves at your speed.
• You want a healthy work-life balance.
• You want to work with a passionate team on an important mission.
• You want to work for an organization that values and appreciates you.
• You want to work for an organization that invests in your growth.
• You want the option for career mentorship, both in technology and in business.
• You value a company with a strong culture of growth and support.

Employee Impact Program

Every employee has the opportunity to be rewarded for the contributions they can make toward the long-term health of the company, our customers, and employees. This program in combination with our comprehensive benefits, time off and leave programs allow you to design a career and compensation program that enables unmatched flexibility while ensuring company, customer, and employee health and prosperity.

Benefits

• Personal Time Off (PTO) for vacations, holidays, illnesses
• Parental Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
• Retirement: Unlimited 401K match up to 8% of your salary up to the federal maximum
• Financial education and planning support
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Educational support
• Company apparel
• Social events: Holiday Party, Spring Picnic, Fall Picnic, happy hours and more.
• Access to group rates for voluntary benefits such as Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, and Identity Theft Protection

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Interclypse is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

The base salary range provided is not adjusted for geographic differences associated with where the work is being performed. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, candidate's experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and market and business consideration.