Lead DevOps Engineer

Oliver James Group; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James Group is seeking a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to design and implement cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes across AWS environments. This remote 6-month contract role emphasizes collaboration with application teams and leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools to streamline development and delivery.

The position requires strong DevOps expertise, solid AWS experience, and a deep understanding of deployment automation and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Hands-on DevOps engineering experience.
• Strong AWS/cloud infrastructure experience.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and deployment automation.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar tooling.
• Strong troubleshooting and cloud engineering skills.
• Ability to work directly with application/development teams.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Partner with application teams to design and implement cloud infrastructure.
• Build and maintain scalable AWS environments.
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Implement and optimise Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud, infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Improve the reliability, scalability and efficiency of development environments.
• Use AI-assisted tools to create, debug and understand code, scripts, pipelines and cloud configurations.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve overall delivery processes.

Skills

DevOps engineering

AWS cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Azure DevOps or similar tooling

Troubleshooting

Collaboration with development teams

AI-assisted development tools

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Lead DevOps Engineer - AWS / CI/CD - Remote

6 month initial contract with potential for FTE Conversion

We're looking for a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer to work closely with application teams, designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes across AWS environments.

This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex cloud and deployment challenges while using modern AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development and delivery.

What you'll be doing:

• Partner with application teams to design and implement cloud infrastructure
• Build and maintain scalable AWS environments
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Implement and optimise Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD platforms
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud, infrastructure and deployment issuesli>
• Improve the reliability, scalability and efficiency of development environments
• Use AI-assisted tools to create, debug and understand code, scripts, pipelines and cloud configurations
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve overall delivery processes

What we're looking for:

• Strong hands-on DevOps engineering experience
• Solid AWS/cloud infrastructure experience
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and deployment automation
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar tooling
• Strong troubleshooting and cloud engineering skills
• Comfortable working directly with application/development teams
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools is highly desirable