Devops Engineer /Architect

DevOps Engineer / Architect 12 Mo.+ Contract 85.00-105.00 hourlyIf you check these boxes — let's talk.We're hiring a senior, hands-on DevOps Engineer / Architect to design and run modern infrastructure. This is not a pure coding role — it's for an engineer who applies code to build, automate, and operate real systems across cloud, backend platforms, and bare metal .You'll help evolve our Infrastructure-as-Code practices, scale Kubernetes environments, and improve platform reliability through automation-first engineering.Core Skills — You Should Check Most (Ideally All) of TheseArchitecture MindsetYou've designed systems end-to-end and can explain tradeoffs, scalability decisions, and reliability patterns.Strong Coding Ability (Python and Golang Preferred)You write production-quality code to automate infrastructure, build tooling, and improve platforms.Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / Terragrunt)Deep hands-on experience building and managing cloud infrastructure using IaC at scale.Kubernetes in ProductionYou've deployed, operated, and troubleshot real Kubernetes environments.Ansible (Tower or AWX Required)Strong configuration management experience and automation design.Linux Systems ExpertiseComfortable at the OS level — performance, networking basics, packages, system behavior.Cloud + Bare Metal ExperienceYou understand how systems run both in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and on physical or low-level infrastructure.CI/CD & Platform AutomationExperience designing and maintaining pipelines and automation workflows (Jenkins preferred).What You'll Work OnDesigning and automating scalable infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-CodeStandardizing Terraform, Terragrunt, and Kubernetes environmentsBuilding and improving CI/CD pipelines and platform toolingCreating secure, repeatable infrastructure patterns with engineering teamsImproving system reliability, scalability, and operational efficiencyNice to Have (Bonuses, Not Requirements)HashiCorp Consul (service networking/service discovery) • Temporal or Cadence (distributed workflow orchestration) • Kong • Advanced Jenkins • NetScaler (Citrix) • Route 53 DNS • Grafana • Nexus/Artifactory • Multi-region cloud architecturesSuccess in This RoleYou think like an architect, automate like an engineer, and operate like an owner. You build platforms that scale, remove manual work, and raise the bar for reliability, security, and developer experience.Please no 3rd parties at this time.