DevOps Engineer

About the role

The Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) provides cost-effective, secure, consistent, and reliable enterprise-technology services to partner agencies to better serve Indiana taxpayers. This role involves delivering DevOps engineering capabilities supporting various platforms like GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), AWS Transform, and AI Foundry.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, workflow standards, and automated deployment patterns for statewide use.
• Create IaC patterns and environment bootstrap scripts for consistent, reproducible cloud setups.
• Implement shift left security, automated testing, and release automation within shared pipeline architectures.
• Partner with agency engineering teams to modernize legacy pipelines and onboard them into standard GitHub Actions based automation.
• Architect, implement, and govern statewide GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), AWS Transform, and AI Foundry services under the Internal Development Platform (1170P/1170PA).
• Define enterprise level policies for security, Copilot governance, audit configuration, and compliance enforcement across all GHEC organizations.
• Ensure adherence to State Security and Compliance standards, NIST guidance, and identity governance requirements.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and security stakeholders to maintain platform consistency and architectural alignment.
• Provision new GHEC organizations and repositories, manage tenant wide configuration, and set up cost center and license governance.
• Provide operational support for platform level issues through IOT’s ITSM processes; respond to incidents assigned to Application Development groups.
• Integrate platform monitoring with IOT enterprise monitoring systems, ensuring full visibility into operational health and security events.
• Serve as SME for GitHub Copilot enablement, training, and responsible AI adoption patterns across agencies.
• Manage enterprise Copilot seat assignment, policy governance, and AI driven development guardrails.
• Develop automation for license management, audit policy enforcement, repository standards, and organization level governance tasks.
• Maintain platform observability through log aggregation, usage analytics, and compliance dashboards.
• Continuously evaluate platform improvements, new GitHub features, cloud innovations, and automation opportunities.
• Act as a technical advisor to agency development teams adopting modern DevOps workflows, cloud native patterns, and AI assisted development.
• Liaise with vendors (GitHub, Microsoft, AWS) on platform strategy, roadmap alignment, incident response, and enterprise adoption planning.
• Conduct architectural reviews for agencies implementing new CI/CD patterns or transitioning from legacy tooling.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience developing applications in C#/.NET, Web API/REST, and cloud-hosted patterns.
• 3+ years of experience in front-end development (Angular).
• Strong experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Boards, Pipelines) or GitHub Enterprise.
• Solid understanding of cloud architecture and security best practices across Azure.
• Experience with Docker and container-based development (Azure Container Apps preferred).
• Proficiency with Git branching strategies, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines for .NET and Angular-based applications.
• Experience with AI capabilities within Integrated development environments (IDE) such as VS Code, Visual Studio, and Github Enterprise Cloud.
• Experience with SQL Server and Azure SQL design, tuning, and maintenance.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and passionate about automation and engineering excellence.
• Enjoys solving complex technical challenges independently and collaboratively.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to work across cross-functional teams.
• Ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications

• This role requires strong foundations in DevOps, cloud automation, and software development.
• A degree is not required. However, at least 7+ years of experience applying the outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role may be considered.
• Related certifications and coursework may also be considered.

Skills

• DevOps, cloud automation, software development.
• C#, .NET, Web API/REST, cloud-hosted patterns.
• Front-end development (Angular).
• Azure DevOps (Repos, Boards, Pipelines) or GitHub Enterprise.
• Docker and container-based development (Azure Container Apps preferred).
• Git branching strategies, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows.
• CI/CD pipelines for .NET and Angular-based applications.
• AI capabilities within Integrated development environments (IDE) such as VS Code, Visual Studio, and Github Enterprise Cloud.
• SQL Server and Azure SQL design, tuning, and maintenance.

Benefits

• Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans.
• Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards.
• Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution.
• Deferred compensation 457(b) account (similar to 401(k) plan) with employer match.
• Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options.
• A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs.
• Education Reimbursement Program.
• Group life insurance.
• Free Parking for most positions.
• Free LinkedIn Learning access.

Pay

The salary for this position traditionally starts at $70,122.00 but may be commensurate with education or work experience. Use our Compensation Calculator to view the total compensation package.

Schedule

This is an onsite position at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.