DevOps Engineer
Posted:
27 October 2026 (5 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
24 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
This is a remote position.
Paradigm is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to design build and maintain the cloud infrastructure automation and deployment systems supporting high-volume mission-critical enterprise applications.
This hands-on engineering role focuses on improving system reliability scalability security and performance through cloud infrastructure management CI/CD automation infrastructure-as-code and advanced monitoring and observability.
The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise excellent troubleshooting skills and a proactive approach to solving complex engineering challenges. Working closely with software development QA security and business teams this individual will help streamline software delivery modernize infrastructure and improve production operations.
Type: Contract
Duration: 12-month*
Pay Rate: $60.87- $66.67/hour
Benefits: Medical dental vision life 401(k) PTO and sick leave
Location: Remote approved U.S. locations
Job No.: Para1507
* Assignment lengths are estimated based on the expected workload and scope of work. The assignment may be extended or conclude earlier than anticipated based on business needs.
Approved Hiring Locations: Alabama Arizona Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington DC and Wisconsin.
Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure & Automation
- Design deploy maintain and optimize cloud infrastructure primarily within Microsoft Azure.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) configuration management and automation solutions.
- Build reusable tools and frameworks to streamline operations reduce manual processes and improve engineering productivity.
- Improve the reliability scalability performance security and cost efficiency of production environments.
CI/CD & Software Delivery
- Design implement and maintain secure scalable CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve release efficiency deployment reliability and application performance.
- Establish and maintain deployment standards operational readiness requirements and release management practices.
- Participate in Agile Scrum development activities including technical planning implementation testing and deployment.
Monitoring Observability & Production Support
- Implement and enhance monitoring and observability solutions including centralized logging metrics alerting dashboards and distributed tracing.
- Establish and maintain service-level indicators (SLIs) and service-level objectives (SLOs).
- Troubleshoot complex production issues conduct root-cause analysis and implement lasting corrective solutions.
- Identify and proactively address infrastructure application performance and operational risks.
- Support incident response and continuous improvement of production systems.
Migration & Modernization
- Lead or contribute to cloud application database and infrastructure migration initiatives.
- Develop migration plans automation scripts validation procedures rollback strategies and post-migration monitoring.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to modernize infrastructure and improve system architecture.
Requirements
Mandatory:
- 5 years of professional experience in DevOps Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) platform engineering cloud engineering or a closely related discipline.
- 3 years of experience designing implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- 3 years of hands-on experience deploying operating and troubleshooting applications in cloud environments preferably Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Terraform Azure Bicep ARM templates or Ansible.
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions including logging metrics alerting dashboards and distributed tracing.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using one or more languages such as Python PowerShell Bash JavaScript TypeScript or .
- Experience supporting cloud application infrastructure or database migrations.
- Working knowledge of SQL databases and database deployment or migration processes.
- Experience supporting high-volume highly available multi-tier enterprise applications.
- Understanding of cloud security principles identity and access management secrets management and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools for troubleshooting automation development or documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure cloud services and deployment automation.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker Kubernetes or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Experience designing enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines deployment strategies and release management processes.
- Advanced knowledge of observability platforms distributed tracing alert optimization and service reliability practices.
- Experience leading complex cloud migrations infrastructure modernization or platform transformation initiatives.
- Experience developing reusable infrastructure modules automation frameworks or engineering standards.
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases messaging platforms or event-driven architectures.
- Experience using AI agents or AI-enabled automation to streamline engineering workflows.
- Advanced technical education professional certifications or equivalent specialized training.
Benefits
Paradigm offers medical dental vision life 401K PTO and sick days.
About Us Paradigm
Paradigm Information Services is an established staffing company that has been connecting talented people with great opportunities for more than 25 years. We work with clients across a variety of industries and positions giving our recruiting team the opportunity to work on interesting and sometimes challenging searches.
Paradigm Information Services does not discriminate on the basis of race sex color religion age national origin marital status disability veteran status genetic information sexual orientation gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Required Skills:
5 years of professional experience in DevOps Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) platform engineering cloud engineering or a closely related discipline CI/CD Pipeline Automation Cloud Computing preferably Azure Observability with monitoring and alerting
Required Education:
Advanced degree technical training or other relevant education in a related field preferred