Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer — Cloud IaC & Automation

Division of Administration-Office of Technology Services; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Division of Administration/Office of Technology Services in Louisiana’s state government is seeking an experienced DevOps Platform Engineer to join the Architecture, Standards & Platform team. You will design, develop, and maintain automated infrastructure and software delivery using modern cloud technologies, IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and container platforms.

As a hands‑on engineer, you’ll build reusable deployment patterns, promote secure, standardized practices, and enable teams to adopt

Qualifications

• Seven years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus five years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR
• An associate's degree in information technology plus five years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR
• A bachelor’s degree plus five years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR
• A bachelor’s degree with twenty-four semester hours in an information technology, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or business analytics field plus four years of experience in information technology or administrative services; OR
• A master’s degree plus four years of experience in information technology or administrative services.
• EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.
• NOTE: A certification in an approved area may be substituted for the education and/or experience requirements at the time of hire or promotion, provided the appointment is made from a Certificate of Eligibles.

Responsibilities

• Builds and supports DevOps platform integrations and automation to enable consistent delivery.
• Serves as the head technical consultant for assigned DevOps infrastructure technologies, designing, developing, testing, debugging, and documenting automation and integrations across the DevOps toolchain.
• Develops and maintains golden paths and reusable building blocks that teams can adopt with minimal customization.
• Implements and maintains secure-by-default delivery automation and deployment patterns.
• Troubleshoots and resolves pipeline, deployment, and environment issues and conducts root cause analysis.

Job description

The Division of Administration/Office of Technology Services in Louisiana’s state government is seeking an experienced DevOps Platform Engineer to join the Architecture, Standards & Platform team. You will design, develop, and maintain automated infrastructure and software delivery using modern cloud technologies, IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and container platforms.

As a hands‑on engineer, you’ll build reusable deployment patterns, promote secure, standardized practices, and enable teams to adopt