Senior DevOps Engineer

Hiring: Senior DevOps EngineerLocation: Bethesda, MD or Boca Raton, FL (5 Days Onsite)Employment Type: 6 Months Contract-to-Hire (W2 Only – No C2C)About the RoleWine & More is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of a Kubernetes-first, multi-cloud platform across Azure (AKS) and Google Cloud (GKE).This is a hands-on technical role where you'll help define platform standards, improve CI/CD pipelines, and build scalable infrastructure that empowers engineering teams.You’ll play a key role in platform engineering, automation, observability, and AI-driven innovation.What You’ll DoManage multi-cloud Kubernetes (AKS & GKE) environmentsDesign and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins & GitHub ActionsBuild and evolve an Internal Developer Platform (Backstage)Orchestrate workflows using Argo Workflows (non-CI/CD use cases)Operate and scale distributed systems: Kafka, CockroachDB, Couchbase, ElasticsearchImprove observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and TempoDevelop platform tooling using Go, Node.js, and C#/.NETDefine SLOs, alerting strategies, and system reliability standardsCollaborate with cross-functional teams and support engineering best practicesRequired Skills & Experience5–8+ years in DevOps / Platform EngineeringStrong expertise in Kubernetes-first environmentsDeep experience with Jenkins CI/CD & GitHub ActionsMulti-cloud experience: Azure & GCPHands-on experience with Kafka at enterprise scaleExperience with Backstage (IDP) and developer self-service platformsStrong knowledge of observability & distributed systemsProgramming skills in Go, Node.js, or C#/.NETPreferred CertificationsCertified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)