DevOps Engineer

Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-Time

A financial services organization in Chicago is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support the development and operation of modern DevSecOps platforms and cloud-based delivery pipelines.

This role focuses on building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines containerized environments and infrastructure-as-code frameworks. The Senior DevOps Engineer will work closely with development security and infrastructure teams to improve software delivery processes while maintaining strong security and reliability standards.

This is a hands-on technical role requiring strong experience with cloud platforms container orchestration DevSecOps practices and automated deployment frameworks.

• Design build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting automated software delivery.

• Implement and manage build and release pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps and GitHub Enterprise.

• Integrate automated testing code quality analysis and security scanning into CI/CD workflows.

• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and optimize build and deployment performance.

• Embed security practices into the software development lifecycle using automated scanning and quality gates.

• Implement automated security checks including SAST SCA DAST and container scanning.

• Work with development teams to enforce secure coding practices and dependency management.

• Build and manage containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Support container orchestration platforms such as AWS EKS.

• Maintain cluster health scalability and upgrade processes.

• Implement container security policies and runtime monitoring.

• Develop reusable infrastructure modules using Terraform.

• Integrate infrastructure provisioning into CI/CD pipelines.

• Implement automated validation drift detection and environment consistency controls.

• Configure monitoring logging and alerting tools to improve system observability.

• Implement dashboards and metrics for platform performance and reliability.

• Support incident response and root-cause analysis.

• Work closely with development QA and security teams to improve delivery workflows.

• Support DevOps adoption across engineering teams.

• Contribute to documentation training and knowledge sharing initiatives.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience

• 5 years of DevOps cloud engineering or platform engineering experience

• Experience working in Agile or Scrum development environments

• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices within enterprise software delivery

• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Enterprise

• Experience working with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tools

• Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes

• Experience deploying workloads in AWS and/or Azure environments

• Experience implementing static code analysis and security scanning tools

• Familiarity with code quality tools such as SonarQube

• Experience implementing automated testing within CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Datadog Splunk or similar platforms

• Ability to analyze operational metrics and identify opportunities for improvement

• Experience with scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell

• Familiarity with programming languages such as Go C or similar languages is a plus

• Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities

• Ability to collaborate across engineering security and infrastructure teams

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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