Devops Engineer II - Ignite Insurance Systems

OpenTalent; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent in Jersey City, NJ seeks a skilled DevOps Engineer II to implement, automate, and operate AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. You will build and maintain infrastructure, improve CI/CD pipelines, and support deployments to production.

Collaborate with software engineers, security, and operations to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions; contribute to automation, monitoring, and incident response, including on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years in DevOps/SRE/Infrastructure roles.
• 2+ years managing AWS environments and services.

Responsibilities

• Support AWS infrastructure via IaC (CDK/CloudFormation) with security and operations standards.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, and related tools.
• Assist with containerized apps using Docker, ECS, and EKS.
• Improve observability with CloudWatch, Splunk, and related tooling.
• Participate in production support, incident response, and deployment support.

Skills

DevOps

SRE practices

Python scripting

Bash scripting

CI/CD automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CDK

AWS CloudFormation

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

AWS CodePipeline

CloudWatch

Splunk

ECS

EKS

Job description

We are looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer 2 to support the implementation, automation, and operation of AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. In this role, you will help build and maintain infrastructure, improve CI/CD pipelines, support application deployments, and contribute to the reliability, security, and performance of production systems. You will work closely with senior DevOps engineers, software engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver stable, scalable, and secure cloud solutions.

• Support the implementation, maintenance, and improvement of AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as CDK or AWS CloudFormation while following established security, governance, and operational standards.
• Build, update, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and related DevOps tools to support reliable software delivery.
• Assist with containerized applications and cloud-native services using Docker, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and related technologies.
• Contribute to infrastructure automation, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational improvements using CloudWatch, Splunk, and other observability tools.
• Participate in production support, incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and deployment support to help maintain reliable application environments.
• Collaborate with software engineering, security, architecture, and infrastructure teams to apply DevOps and DevSecOps practices, support cloud migration efforts, and improve operational efficiency.
• Document processes, contribute to technical standards, share knowledge with the team, and identify opportunities to improve automation, reliability, and cloud cost awareness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Infrastructure Engineering, or a related technical role.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience supporting or managing AWS cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of AWS services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Route 53, ELB, and Auto Scaling.
• Experience building, maintaining, or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or Azure DevOps.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using CDK and/or AWS CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience supporting application deployments or production environments, including participation in on-call or operational support rotations.