Sr. Devops Engineer

Workplace Type: Onsite (Charlotte, NC) | Employment Type: Contract (9 months)

About the role

Join a leading organization within the financial services sector as a Sr. DevOps Engineer, where you'll play a critical role in developing and maintaining scalable, secure CI/CD pipelines across on-premise and AWS environments. This position offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate with innovative teams to support high-traffic financial transaction systems, ensuring reliability, security, and operational excellence. If you thrive in dynamic, fast-paced settings and have a passion for automation, cloud infrastructure, and security, this role is your next career move.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain scalable, secure CI/CD pipelines across on-premise and AWS environments.
• Manage complex multi-region cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Administer Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), including cluster hardening, service meshes, and custom controllers.
• Design scalable, self-healing pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins supporting GitOps workflows.
• Architect and optimize AWS and Azure environments for cost, security, compliance, and high availability.
• Implement comprehensive telemetry using ELK stack, Grafana, or Datadog for system health monitoring.
• Lead the transition from monolithic architectures to microservices and integrate automated security measures within CI/CD pipelines.
• Enforce security using tools such as SAST/DAST, HashiCorp Vault, and IAM policy enforcement.
• Collaborate effectively across teams in an Agile environment.

Requirements

• Advanced expertise in Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Proficiency in Kubernetes management (EKS, AKS), including cluster hardening, service meshes, and custom controllers.
• Strong experience designing scalable, self-healing pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins supporting GitOps workflows.
• Deep architectural knowledge of AWS and Azure, focusing on cost optimization, security, compliance, and high availability.
• Leadership in implementing comprehensive telemetry using ELK stack, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Proven experience in transitioning monolithic architectures to microservices and integrating automated security measures within CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with security tools such as SAST/DAST, HashiCorp Vault, and IAM policy enforcement.
• Practical experience with CI/CD tools including Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, SonarQube, Fortify, Blackduck, Xray, along with AWS native tools.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering Technology, or related fields.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in DevOps or SRE roles managing high-traffic production environments.
• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte, NC.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Availability to start within two weeks of offer acceptance.
• Willingness to partake in security assessments and adhere to protocol standards.

Nice to Have

• Deep expertise in AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Certified Kubernetes or Docker certifications.
• Programming skills in Python, Go, or Ruby for developing custom automation and APIs.
• Extensive experience with Linux system administration, network protocols, and kernel tuning.
• Knowledge of modern security practices, including SOC 2 compliance and encryption standards.