Senior DevOps Engineer

Experience: 12+ Years
Job Type: W2 Contract

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, and production operations. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise in AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Git, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines for application development and deployment.

• Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS and/or Azure.

• Build and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.

• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or Bicep.

• Implement automated deployment strategies including Blue-Green, Canary, and Rolling deployments.

• Manage CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Azure DevOps.

• Develop automation scripts using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and performance solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor.

• Establish and enforce DevSecOps practices, including security scanning, secrets management, IAM/RBAC, and vulnerability management.

• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, deployment, networking, and production issues.

• Collaborate with development, QA, architecture, security, and operations teams to improve application delivery.

• Support high availability, scalability, disaster recovery, and production operations.

• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, code reviews, and DevOps best-practice initiatives.

• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and provide technical guidance on cloud and DevOps practices.

Required Skills

• 12+ years of DevOps / Cloud Engineering experience

• Strong expertise in AWS and/or Azure

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker

• Advanced knowledge of CI/CD pipelines

• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps

• Strong experience with Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

• Proficiency in Linux/Unix administration

• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell

• Advanced knowledge of Git and source control

• Experience with microservices and cloud-native architectures

• Strong understanding of networking, IAM, RBAC, security, and secrets management

• Experience with monitoring, logging, alerting, and production support

• Strong troubleshooting and incident-management skills

Preferred Skills

• AWS EKS / Azure AKS

• Helm and Argo CD

• Ansible

• Prometheus and Grafana

• ELK / OpenSearch

• Kafka

• GitOps

• DevSecOps

• Service Mesh / Istio

• AIOps and AI-assisted DevOps

• Cloud migration and modernization experience

• Experience leading DevOps initiatives and mentoring engineering teams