DevOps Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
50% Travel

Skills

DevOps
Ansible
Apache Kafka
Bash
Docker
Grafana
Jenkins
IaaS
Kubernetes
PaaS
Microsoft Azure
RabbitMQ
TCP/IP
Azure
CI/CD

Job Details

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Cincinnati, OH / Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)

Employment Type: W2 Contract (No C2C)

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Summary:
We seek a DevOps Engineer with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) expertise to optimize and automate our cloud infrastructure. You'll ensure high availability for high-volume web applications while implementing CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar tools
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, Ansible, or ARM/Bicep
  • Manage cloud-native applications on Azure/Google Cloud Platform (PaaS, networking, security)
  • Monitor and troubleshoot always-on, high-traffic web environments
  • Implement observability solutions (Datadog, Azure Monitor, ELK, Grafana)
  • Optimize Linux systems for performance and security
  • Develop shell scripts for automation and monitoring
  • Support omnichannel technology stacks in retail/healthcare environments
  • Collaborate with developers to improve service-oriented architectures
  • Ensure compliance with core networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S), VPN)

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • 10+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Infrastructure roles
  • Strong expertise in:
    • CI/CD pipeline development
    • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
    • Azure/Google Cloud Platform PaaS and networking
  • Working knowledge of:
    • Linux system administration
    • Scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell)
    • Cloud security and performance tuning
  • Experience with:
    • High-volume web server environments
    • Observability tools (Datadog, ELK, Grafana, etc.)
  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science or 8+ years of relevant experience

Nice-to-Have Skills:

  • Microsoft Azure Certification
  • Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or serverless architectures
  • Background in retail or healthcare IT systems
  • Knowledge of message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS)
  • Master s/PhD in Computer Science or related field
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