DevOps Engineer : W2 role

DevOps Engineer

Contract-to-Hire

Employment Eligibility

This is a contract-to-hire opportunity and is not available on a corp-to-corp basis. Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the United States and must not require employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Key Responsibilities

Support the deployment and successful launch of a customer-facing technology platform

Design, implement and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure within AWS

Build, maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support efficient software delivery

Collaborate closely with software engineers, product leaders and business stakeholders

Support and modify live production applications while identifying bugs and implementing fixes

Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause analysis through resolution

Monitor application performance, system reliability and infrastructure health

Implement observability, logging, alerting and incident response processes

Manage infrastructure as code and environment configuration

Support security, compliance and operational best practices

Continuously improve deployment processes, automation and platform reliability

Partner with engineering teams to streamline development workflows

Contribute to application development and code-level troubleshooting when needed

Evaluate and leverage AI-powered tools to improve productivity, automation and operational effectiveness

Qualifications

Required

3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure or a related software engineering role

Strong experience supporting AWS-based environments

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Experience supporting production applications in cloud environments

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot, modify and improve live software

Experience with infrastructure automation and deployment tooling

Knowledge of monitoring, logging and observability solutions

Strong troubleshooting, debugging and problem-solving skills

Ability to collaborate effectively with software engineers, product leaders and business stakeholders

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Preferred

Full-stack software engineering experience

Experience building and shipping customer-facing software with active users

Experience supporting applications throughout the full software development lifecycle

Experience working in Agile software development environments

Startup or high-growth company experience

Experience supporting or developing React-based applications

Familiarity with modern backend architectures and APIs

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation

Experience supporting containerized environments and orchestration platforms

Experience working with Rust or a similar modern backend language

Interest in emerging AI technologies and experience using AI tools to enhance engineering productivity and operational efficiency

Technology Environment

The role will focus primarily on cloud infrastructure, software delivery and operational excellence. Exposure to the broader technology stack is highly beneficial:

AWS Cloud Platform

React

Rust

Modern backend architectures and APIs

Infrastructure as Code

Containerization and orchestration technologies

Modern CI/CD and DevOps tooling

Monitoring, logging and observability platforms

AI-powered engineering and productivity tools

Location

Preferred locations include:

Charlotte, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina

Denver, Colorado

Remote candidates located within these markets will be considered. Occasional onsite collaboration in Charlotte is strongly preferred.