Contract Mid-Level DevOps Engineer: CI/CD, Kubernetes, Cloud

Public Service Institute; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Service Institute in Albuquerque, NM seeks a DevOps Engineer to own a solid codebase, strengthen CI/CD, and lead modernization efforts across our teams. You will help migrate on-prem services to cloud-native architectures, improve telemetry, and boost release confidence.

The role requires hands-on work with Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL dashboards, plus a strong eye for networking and automation.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of DevOps or related experience.
• Adaptability and strong problem-solving skills.
• Solid networking fundamentals and cloud-native practice.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to explain tech decisions and drive consensus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across NM engineering teams.
• Keep Kubernetes schemas backward-compatible to avoid breaking upgrades.
• Support migration of on-prem services to cloud-native architecture.
• Pull PostgreSQL telemetry into leadership dashboards.
• Improve test automation frameworks to boost release confidence.
• Design and defend networking architecture; implement it.
• Handle edge cases in Kubernetes billing.

Skills

Attention to detail

Decision making

Curiosity

Continuous learning

Tools

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

Job description

Public Service Institute in Albuquerque, NM seeks a DevOps Engineer to own a solid codebase, strengthen CI/CD, and lead modernization efforts across our teams. You will help migrate on-prem services to cloud-native architectures, improve telemetry, and boost release confidence.

The role requires hands-on work with Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, and PostgreSQL dashboards, plus a strong eye for networking and automation.