Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Fairfax, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract)
Location (On-site Remote or Hybrid): Fairfax VA (Remote)
Contract Duration: Contract until 12/31/2026

Job Summary:
Senior technical contributor responsible for delivering and governing development-stage DevOps build work for internal-use software and platform components (e.g. CI/CD infrastructure-as-code deployment automation) and ensuring release readiness through initial testing evidence and technical artifacts.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement development-stage automation and platform components (coding/configuration) tied to approved scope and milestones.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows; create reusable templates and standards that support scalable delivery.
Develop infrastructure-as-code required for new/enhanced application functionality (e.g. environment provisioning secrets/configuration patterns) and support initial environment validation.
Establish release quality gates (code review static checks initial test evidence) and provide go-live readiness sign-off for defined releases.
Produce and maintain technical artifacts (ADRs design notes runbooks for initial release) and ensure traceability between tasks code changes and deliverables.
Mentor mid-level engineers and coordinate with Product/Architecture on implementation decisions.

Required Qualifications:

7 years of experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering / SRE with hands-on build delivery.
Strong proficiency with CI/CD tooling and workflow automation.
Experience authoring and reviewing infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation Bicep) and configuration management.
Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language used for automation (e.g. Python Bash PowerShell).
Experience implementing secure deployment patterns (secrets management least privilege auditability).
Demonstrated ability to produce technical documentation and delivery artifacts suitable for audit/traceability.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting AI/ML platforms and data pipelines in production environments.
Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker Kubernetes) and/or cloud-native deployment patterns.
Familiarity with regulated or governed environments requiring documentation and change control. Deliverables / Success Measures: Implemented and documented pipelines/automation aligned to scope; reproducible environment provisioning; successful completion of initial testing evidence for targeted releases; traceable artifacts linking tasks code tests deployment readiness.

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract) Location (On-site Remote or Hybrid): Fairfax VA (Remote) Contract Duration: Contract until 12/31/2026 Job Summary: Senior technical contributor responsible for delivering and governing development-stage DevOps build work for internal-use software and...

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer (Contract)
Location (On-site Remote or Hybrid): Fairfax VA (Remote)
Contract Duration: Contract until 12/31/2026

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement development-stage automation and platform components (coding/configuration) tied to approved scope and milestones.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows; create reusable templates and standards that support scalable delivery.
Develop infrastructure-as-code required for new/enhanced application functionality (e.g. environment provisioning secrets/configuration patterns) and support initial environment validation.
Establish release quality gates (code review static checks initial test evidence) and provide go-live readiness sign-off for defined releases.
Produce and maintain technical artifacts (ADRs design notes runbooks for initial release) and ensure traceability between tasks code changes and deliverables.
Mentor mid-level engineers and coordinate with Product/Architecture on implementation decisions.

Required Qualifications:

7 years of experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering / SRE with hands-on build delivery.
Strong proficiency with CI/CD tooling and workflow automation.
Experience authoring and reviewing infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation Bicep) and configuration management.
Proficiency in at least one scripting/programming language used for automation (e.g. Python Bash PowerShell).
Experience implementing secure deployment patterns (secrets management least privilege auditability).
Demonstrated ability to produce technical documentation and delivery artifacts suitable for audit/traceability.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience supporting AI/ML platforms and data pipelines in production environments.
Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g. Docker Kubernetes) and/or cloud-native deployment patterns.
Familiarity with regulated or governed environments requiring documentation and change control. Deliverables / Success Measures: Implemented and documented pipelines/automation aligned to scope; reproducible environment provisioning; successful completion of initial testing evidence for targeted releases; traceable artifacts linking tasks code tests deployment readiness.