Senior DevOps Engineer

Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Tampa, FL

Duration:12 months

Minimum years of experience needed in the required skills- 5-7 years

Minimum over all work experience required - 8 to 10 Years

Domain - Cloud & DevOps Engineering

Any certification required - Azure/AWS/GCP Architect

Complete job description:

We are seeking a highly skilled SRE / DevOps Engineer with strong development experience to build, automate, and operate scalable cloud-native systems. This role blends software engineering, system reliability, and DevOps practices to improve system performance, enhance automation, and ensure seamless delivery of applications.

The ideal candidate will write production-quality code, design robust infrastructure, and implement automation to improve system reliability and developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

SRE & Reliability Engineering

Define and manage SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs

Ensure high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance of systems

Lead incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis (RCA)

Implement self-healing systems and automated recovery mechanisms

Conduct performance tuning and capacity planning

DevOps & CI/CD Engineering

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Automate build, test, and deployment workflows

Implement canary, blue-., and rolling deployment strategies

Improve release quality and reduce deployment risks

Software Development & Automation

Develop tools, scripts, and microservices to automate operations

Write clean, efficient code in Python, Go, Java, or .NET

Build reusable frameworks for deployment, monitoring, and scaling

Integrate APIs and backend services

Cloud & Infrastructure

Architect and manage infrastructure on Azure (preferred), AWS, or GCP

Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)

Design secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud architectures

Kubernetes & Containers

Deploy and manage applications using Docker and Kubernetes (AKS preferred)

Maintain cluster health, scaling, and upgrades

Develop Helm charts or Kubernetes manifests

Optimize resource utilization and performance

Observability & Monitoring

Implement monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor

Build dashboards, alerts, and automated incident detection systems

Enable distributed tracing and log aggregation

Security & DevSecOps

Integrate security practices into CI/CD pipelines

Manage secrets using Azure Key Vault or Vault solutions

Ensure compliance with security standards and policies

Collaboration & Engineering Excellence

Work closely with developers, QA, and product teams

Promote DevOps culture and automation-first mindset

Contribute to architecture discussions and design reviews

Mentor junior engineers

Required Skills & Qualifications

Core Technical Skills:

5–10 years of experience in DevOps / SRE / Software Engineering

Strong experience in CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps preferred)

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Docker

Expertise in Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

Strong understanding of cloud platforms (Azure preferred)

Programming & Development

Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, .NET, or similar languages

Strong coding skills with focus on automation and backend services

Experience in API development and system integration

Systems & Networking

Strong understanding of Linux systems

Networking fundamentals (DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls)

Observability

Experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing tools

Understanding of metrics, logs, and distributed tracing

Nice to Have:

Experience with GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux)

Knowledge of service mesh (Istio, Linkerd)

Exposure to event-driven architecture (Kafka, Service Bus)

Experience with chaos engineering

Certifications:

Azure DevOps Engineer (AZ-400)

Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD)

Job type: Contract Division: eTeam Inc (US) Category: eTeam United States Reference: 26-55096