DevOps Engineer - Remote
The Fountain Group · United States · 4 days ago
RemoteRemoteOTHR$80–$90/hrContract
Job Details
Pay: $80 - $90/hr. 3-month assignment, possible extension based on budget and performance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering.
- Promised track record in designing and operating scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Strong expertise with AWS services, including EC2, S3, EKS, ECR, Route 53, IAM, and core networking and security concepts.
- Advanced hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster operations, upgrades, autoscaling, networking, ingress, RBAC, policy enforcement, and production workload management.
- Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, environment management, and repeatable platform provisioning.
- Experience with Kubernetes packaging and deployment tools such as Helm and Kustomize.
- Experience with CI/CD systems such as GitLab CI/CD and familiarity with GitOps approaches using Argo CD, Flux, or similar tools.
- Strong experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or comparable tooling.
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL/RDS, including performance tuning, reliability, and operational support.
- Solid understanding of cloud and container security practices, including IAM least privilege, secrets management, image scanning, admission controls, and policy enforcement.
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Practical fluency with AI-assisted engineering tools such as LLMs, code assistants, and workflow automation tools.
Desirable Skills
- Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or related platform technologies.
- Experience with additional cloud platforms such as GCP or Azure.
- Experience improving incident response, operational readiness, and platform standards for distributed engineering teams.
- Experience designing internal platform capabilities that improve developer self-service and reduce operational toil.
- Familiarity with compliance, governance, and risk management requirements in regulated or enterprise environments.