DevOps Engineer (Cloud & Automation Specialist)

Devitechs; Texas; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Devitechs, located in the Town of Texas, Wisconsin, is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their team. The successful candidate will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, ensuring scalable and reliable operations.

The role involves close collaboration with development teams, optimizing deployments, and adopting best practices in automation and security.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using various tools.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage cloud infrastructure for high availability.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform.

Tools

Jenkins

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.
• Manage cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, ensuring high availability, scalability, and cost‑efficient cloud operations.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible for consistent, repeatable environment setups.
• Monitor system performance and logs using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Build and manage containerized applications using Docker and orchestrate deployments with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, or GKE).
• Configure automated backups, disaster recovery strategies, and failover mechanisms for critical applications.
• Work closely with development teams to streamline deployments, reduce downtime, and improve overall release cycles.
• Implement robust security practices, including IAM roles, secrets management, KMS encryption, and compliance checks.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines to reduce deployment time, improve success rates, and eliminate manual intervention.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks such as environment provisioning, cluster updates, and package installs.
• Build monitoring dashboards, alerts, and on‑call notifications for rapid issue detection and response.
• Set up log aggregation, performance monitoring, and tracing for distributed microservices environments.
• Maintain configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet to support scalable infrastructure.
• Collaborate with developers and QA teams to ensure production readiness of applications through testing automation.
• Manage version control workflows using Git, branching strategies, and pull request reviews.
• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement long‑term fixes for recurring issues or outages.
• Support zero‑downtime deployments using blue‑green, canary, and rolling update strategies.
• Document infrastructure design, processes, runbooks, and deployment procedures thoroughly.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum processes, contributing to sprint planning, architecture discussions, and standups.
• Stay updated with emerging DevOps tools, cloud technologies, and automation best practices to continuously improve environments.