Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer

Oddball; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Annual stipend

Company Match 401(k) plan

Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays

Job summary

Oddball is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our VA team, delivering high-priority, Veteran-facing systems with a focus on reliability and rapid response. You will own CI/CD pipelines, observability, and IaC in Azure and AWS, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating across VA programs.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years in DevOps/SRE, strong scripting in Python/Bash/PowerShell, and familiarity with VA platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure and AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with Datadog or Dynatrace for observability.
• Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Solid scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with VA Platform, GitHub Enterprise, or VA.gov standards is a plus.
• Thrives in a remote, collaborative Agile environment and communicates clearly.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure across Azure and AWS.
• Own observability and monitoring using Datadog or Dynatrace to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Reduce MTTR through better incident management, runbooks, and automated remediation.
• Provision and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Write automation scripts in Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline workflows.
• Collaborate with development teams across VA programs to resolve engineering issues and improve platform stability.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to DevOps standards across the team.

Skills

Cloud experience

Observability

SRE practices

Agile

Mentoring

Communication

VA ecosystem familiarity

Tools

Azure

AWS

Datadog

Dynatrace

Terraform

Python

Bash

PowerShell

GitHub Enterprise

Job description

Oddball believes that the best products are built when companies understand and value the things they are working on. We value learning and growth and the ability to make a big impact at a small company. We believe that we can make big changes happen and improve the daily lives of millions of people by bringing quality software to the federal space.

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join our VA team and be part of an elite rapid-response engineering group that gets called in to solve the VA's most complex, high-priority technical challenges across Veteran-facing systems.

What you'll be doing:

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure across Azure and AWS environments
• Own observability and monitoring using tools like Datadog or Dynatrace to proactively identify and resolve issues
• Reduce MTTR through better incident management, runbooks, and automated remediation
• Provision and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Write automation scripts in Python, Bash, or PowerShell to streamline operational workflows
• Collaborate with development teams across VA programs to resolve engineering issues and improve platform stability
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to DevOps standards and best practices across the team

What you’ll bring:

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure engineering
• Hands‑on experience with Azure and AWS cloud environments
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog or Dynatrace
• Proficiency with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Solid scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Familiarity with the VA ecosystem including VA Platform, GitHub enterprise practices, or VA.gov standards is a plus
• Thrives in a remote, collaborative Agile environment and genuinely enjoys working across engineering teams
• Communicates clearly and openly, whether writing a runbook or coordinating with stakeholders during an incident
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. In alignment with federal contract requirements, certain roles may also require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and/or a security clearance.

Education:

• Fully remote
• Annual stipend
• Company Match 401(k) plan
• Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays

Oddball is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants based on race, religion, color, disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), age, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Any applicant with a mental or physical disability who requires an accommodation during the application process should contact an Oddball HR representative to request such an accommodation by emailing [e-mail]

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

At Oddball, we may use AI-assisted tools as part of our recruitment process to help review applications, verify applicant information, and identify potentially fraudulent submissions. These tools support our recruiting team in maintaining a fair and secure hiring process. AI-generated findings are reviewed by our recruiting team and are not used as the sole basis for hiring decisions.

Compensation:

At Oddball, it’s important each employee is compensated competitively and fair. In alignment with state legal requirements. A range for the included position is listed below. Be advised, actual offer details are determined by job category, job location, and candidate skill level.

United States Wage Range: $120,000 - $156,000

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self-identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Oddball’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service‑connected disability.

A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three‑year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service.

An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.

An "Armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.