Remote Principal DevOps Architect Cloud & Automation Leader

Maximus; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 165,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation with bonus

Comprehensive health coverage

401(k) with company match

Unlimited time off

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness programs

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Principal DevOps Architect to provide technical leadership across enterprise DevOps, cloud architecture, containerization, software delivery, and automation. Fully remote with 15% travel. Role partners with development, cloud, security, and operations to deliver scalable enterprise government programs.

Essential duties focus on implementing DevOps best practices, leading the DevOps team, and maturing configuration management and CI/CD across the organization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years enterprise IT experience with solution architecture, cloud platforms, software development, and government program experience preferred.
• Full-stack development with strong coding in .NET 4 and .NET 8+; solid JS/HTML/CSS/Vue.js skills.
• Strong SQL skills and data modeling; familiarity with AWS services; knowledge of security and auth standards (OIDC, SAML, JWT).

Responsibilities

• Define and implement DevOps and containerization best practices and release pipelines across the enterprise.
• Lead and mentor DevOps engineers, promoting best practices and excellence.
• Define and implement configuration management for the SDLC; oversee VCS usage and CI/CD workflows.
• Work with Cloud Services to install, upgrade, deploy, and containerize solutions.
• Develop automation scripts for build, deploy, and versioning activities.
• Research and resolve complex issues in version control and CI systems.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and IT ops to automate builds and deployments.
• Oversee large, technically complex projects to assure service delivery excellence.

Skills

Full-stack development

NET 4 & NET 8+

JavaScript/HTML/CSS/Vue.js

SQL Server

Cloud AWS

Software architecture patterns

OIDC/SAML 2.0/JWT

Security in software

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Principal DevOps Architect to provide technical leadership across enterprise DevOps, cloud architecture, containerization, software delivery, and automation. Fully remote with 15% travel. Role partners with development, cloud, security, and operations to deliver scalable enterprise government programs.

Essential duties focus on implementing DevOps best practices, leading the DevOps team, and maturing configuration management and CI/CD across the organization.