Onsite Senior DevOps Engineer — Contract Role

NextPath Workforce Solutions; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 96,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

NextPath Workforce Solutions is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our client’s team in Reading, PA on an onsite, contract basis. The role demands 8+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure, with leadership across multiple tech stacks and strong OpenShift/Podman experience.

The candidate will own CI/CD pipelines, support Java 21 and Node.js services, and guide infrastructure on AWS (incl. IAM and Bedrock), Kafka, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and related services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or related fields.
• Experience supporting digital products, SaaS platforms, or customer-facing apps.
• Practical leadership across multiple technologies and teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Drive technical requirements independently and collaborate across teams.
• Support Java 21 and Node.js services, Maven projects, and frontend workflows.
• Provide technical guidance for containerized platforms using OpenShift and Podman.
• Oversee AWS platform practices, including IAM and AWS Bedrock usage.
• Manage infrastructure involving Kafka, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, etc.
• Coordinate API management with Apigee and traffic control with F5.
• Partner with security teams to ensure secure platform and pipeline practices.
• Develop, optimize, and automate infrastructure and deployment workflows.
• Support reliable event-driven data flows and application deployment.
• Facilitate dependency management, testing strategies, and release processes.
• Monitor, log, and ensure operational performance and resilience.
• Coordinate incident response and operational risk management.

Skills

DevOps

Leadership

Java 21

Node.js

Python

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s or higher degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

OpenShift

Podman

AWS

AWS Bedrock

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Snowflake

Bamboo

Apigee

F5 networking

Linux

Job description

NextPath Workforce Solutions is seeking a Lead DevOps Engineer to join our client’s team in Reading, PA on an onsite, contract basis. The role demands 8+ years in DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud infrastructure, with leadership across multiple tech stacks and strong OpenShift/Podman experience.

The candidate will own CI/CD pipelines, support Java 21 and Node.js services, and guide infrastructure on AWS (incl. IAM and Bedrock), Kafka, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and related services.