Cloud Automation & DevOps Engineer

Pay Range: $50.00hr - $55.00hr Job Overview: We are seeking a Cloud Automation & DevOps Engineer to design, automate, and support enterprise container platforms and CI/CD capabilities. The candidate will work with development, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to standardize software delivery, improve platform reliability, automate operational activities, and support cloud-native applications. The role requires strong hands-on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD automation, observability, secrets management, Linux, and scripting. The candidate will also support production troubleshooting, platform migrations, and reusable engineering solutions. Key Responsibilities: • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and reusable automation workflows. • Deploy and support containerized applications on OpenShift and Kubernetes. • Develop reusable GitHub Actions and GitLab CI templates to standardize application delivery. • Implement GitOps-based deployments using tools such as Argo CD, Flux, and Helm. • Automate infrastructure and operational activities using Python, Bash, Ansible, and similar tools. • Integrate applications and delivery pipelines with enterprise secrets-management platforms. • Build and support observability capabilities across logs, metrics, and distributed traces. • Develop automated platform validation, monitoring, and remediation solutions. • Support the migration of applications and microservices from legacy container or virtualization platforms to OpenShift. • Troubleshoot CI/CD, container, infrastructure, networking, and production runtime issues. • Implement code-quality and security controls within delivery pipelines. • Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous service improvement. • Create technical documentation, operating procedures, and reusable platform standards. • Collaborate with application teams to improve developer experience and release reliability. Required Skills: • Strong experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, or Podman. • Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or comparable CI/CD platforms. • Experience with Argo CD, Helm, Git, and GitOps delivery practices. • Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash. • Experience working in Linux-based enterprise environments. • Experience integrating HashiCorp Vault or a comparable secrets-management solution. • Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch, Kibana, or Jaeger. • Understanding of microservices, container networking, and cloud-native application architecture. • Experience supporting production systems and resolving platform or deployment incidents. • Knowledge of code-quality tools such as SonarQube. Preferred Skills: • Experience with Ansible, StackStorm, Zabbix, or automated remediation. • Exposure to AWS, GCP, OpenStack, VMware, or Rancher. • Familiarity with Active Directory and LDAP integrations. • Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, DB2, or MongoDB. • Programming exposure to Java, Node.js, C#, or C++. Education: • Diploma or degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.