DevOps Engineer

About the role

Career Team is a leading workforce development organization dedicated to transforming lives through cutting-edge technology and compassionate services. We develop enterprise software to connect people with employment, training, and life-changing resources across the U.S. We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Design, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code.
• Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable safe, reliable, and frequent software deployments.
• Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot containerized applications running on Kubernetes.
• Automate operational workflows and eliminate repetitive manual processes through scripting and infrastructure automation.
• Improve platform observability through logging, monitoring, metrics, alerting, and dashboards.
• Optimize systems for performance, scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Partner with engineering teams to improve developer experience and deployment reliability.
• Participate in production incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous operational improvements.
• Implement security best practices across cloud infrastructure, identity management, networking, secrets management, and application delivery.
• Support compliance initiatives for government-hosted environments, including AWS GovCloud deployments and security frameworks applicable to public sector software.
• Participate as a collaborative member of an Agile Scrum team, contributing to planning, design discussions, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience writing automation scripts using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, cloud security, IAM, DNS, TLS, and secrets management.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure, preferably on AWS.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience writing automation scripts using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, cloud security, IAM, DNS, TLS, and secrets management.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Skills

• Experience with modern cloud-native technologies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS & AWS GovCloud).
• Experience with Kubernetes (Amazon EKS).
• Experience with Docker.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Bash, Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, cloud security, IAM, DNS, TLS, and secrets management.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Experience with security best practices across cloud infrastructure, identity management, networking, secrets management, and application delivery.
• Experience with GitOps workflows and tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Experience with Node.js services and MongoDB in production.
• Experience with optimizing cloud infrastructure for cost, scalability, and reliability.
• Experience working within Agile software development teams.

Benefits

As a remote position with preference to candidates located near our Denver, Colorado headquarters, you will enjoy a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Career Team is an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees.

Pay

Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

The role is fully remote, with a preference for candidates located near our Denver, Colorado headquarters.