DevOps Engineer

Hiring: W2 Candidates Only
Visa: Open to any visa type with valid work authorization in the USA

Summary

A DevOps Engineer is responsible for integrating development and IT operations to improve the speed quality and reliability of software delivery. This role focuses on automation continuous integration and deployment system monitoring and collaboration across development QA and operations teams to ensure efficient and secure application lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

Design implement and manage CI/CD pipelines to enable automated build test and deployment processes.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
Monitor system performance availability and reliability using logging and monitoring tools.
Collaborate closely with development and QA teams to support smooth releases and rapid issue resolution.
Implement security controls compliance standards and best practices within DevOps workflows (DevSecOps).
Troubleshoot deployment environment and system issues across development staging and production.
Optimize application and infrastructure performance for scalability reliability and cost efficiency.
Maintain version control release management processes and deployment documentation.
Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline repetitive operational tasks.
Support containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Participate in architecture reviews incident response and root cause analysis.
Ensure high availability disaster recovery and backup strategies are implemented and tested.
Evaluate and adopt emerging DevOps tools frameworks and industry best practices.
Promote DevOps culture collaboration and continuous improvement across teams.
Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on DevOps tools practices and automation strategies.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
3-6 years of hands-on experience in DevOps cloud engineering or infrastructure automation roles.
Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps or similar platforms.
Strong experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker Kubernetes).
Solid understanding of system administration networking and application architecture.

Preferred Skills / Duties

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell for automation.
Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack or similar solutions.
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP) and infrastructure-as-code tools.
Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible Chef or Puppet).
Strong collaboration problem-solving and communication skills.