DevOps engineer

Job Role: DevOps Engineer
Location: Jersey City NJ/ New York NY/ Wilmington DE/ Chicago IL/ Atlanta GA
Long Term Contract
Looking for W2 Candidates. No C2C

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in cloud infrastructure CI/CD automation containerization Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and production support. The candidate will work closely with development QA and operations teams to streamline software delivery processes and enhance platform reliability scalability and security.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application deployment.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
• Manage and support cloud environments (AWS Azure or GCP).
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform CloudFormation or ARM templates.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor system performance availability and security using modern observability tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes and application reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure deployment and application issues.
• Implement security best practices across cloud and DevOps environments.
• Support production releases and participate in on-call rotations as needed.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.

Required Skills:

• 8 years of experience in DevOps Cloud Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Strong experience with AWS Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD or Azure DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong experience with Terraform Ansible CloudFormation or other IaC tools.
• Experience with Linux/Unix administration.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python Bash or PowerShell.
• Experience with Git and version control systems.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Datadog or Splunk.
• Strong understanding of networking security and cloud architecture principles.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud certifications (AWS Azure or GCP).
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of serverless technologies.
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with security scanning and compliance tools.
• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise environments.