Principal DevOps Architect: Enterprise Cloud & Automation

Maximus; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Comprehensive health insurance

401K retirement plan with companymatch

Unlimited time off

Wellness program

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Professional development

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Principal DevOps Architect to provide technical leadership across enterprise DevOps, cloud architecture, containerization, software delivery, and automation. This fully remote role requires 15% travel and partners with development, cloud, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable government-grade solutions.

Essential duties include defining DevOps best practices, guiding the engineering team, and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• 15+ years enterprise IT experience in solution architecture, cloud platforms, and government programs.
• Full-stack development experience with .NET, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Vue.js.
• Strong SQL skills and data modeling abilities.
• Experience with AWS cloud services and secure software design.
• Proficiency in identity & access: OIDC, SAML 2.0, JWT.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement DevOps and containerization best practices and automated release pipelines enterprise-wide.
• Lead and mentor DevOps teams; promote engineering excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Develop and enforce a robust configuration management system across SDLC.
• Manage source code, branching, merges; guide junior engineers.
• Collaborate with cloud, security, development, and operations teams to optimize deployments.
• Develop automation scripts for build, deploy, and versioning activities.
• Oversee large, complex projects and ensure reliable service delivery.

Skills

DevOps

Containerization

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Automation

SDLC

Source control

Security

AWS

.NET

Vue.js

SQL

OIDC

SAML 2.0

JWT

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Docker

Kubernetes

SSRS

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Principal DevOps Architect to provide technical leadership across enterprise DevOps, cloud architecture, containerization, software delivery, and automation. This fully remote role requires 15% travel and partners with development, cloud, security, and operations teams to deliver scalable government-grade solutions.

Essential duties include defining DevOps best practices, guiding the engineering team, and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines.