Designs, deploys, and maintains Azure cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, observability, and production systems. Responsibilities include improving reliability, scalability, security, performance, and cost efficiency; troubleshooting complex incidents; supporting migrations and modernization; developing automation; and collaborating with development, QA, security, and business teams on software delivery and operational readiness.
This is a remote position.
Paradigm is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain the cloud infrastructure, automation, and deployment systems supporting high-volume, mission-critical enterprise applications.
This hands-on engineering role focuses on improving system reliability, scalability, security, and performance through cloud infrastructure management, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, and advanced monitoring and observability.
The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, excellent troubleshooting skills, and a proactive approach to solving complex engineering challenges. Working closely with software development, QA, security, and business teams, this individual will help streamline software delivery, modernize infrastructure, and improve production operations.
Type: Contract
Duration: 12-month*
Pay Rate: $60.87- $66.67/hour
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, life, 401(k), PTO, and sick leave
Location: Remote – approved U.S. locations
Job No.: Para_1507
* Assignment lengths are estimated based on the expected workload and scope of work. The assignment may be extended or conclude earlier than anticipated based on business needs.
Approved Hiring Locations: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington DC, and Wisconsin.
Responsibilities
Cloud Infrastructure & Automation
- Design, deploy, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure, primarily within Microsoft Azure.
- Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC), configuration management, and automation solutions.
- Build reusable tools and frameworks to streamline operations, reduce manual processes, and improve engineering productivity.
- Improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and cost efficiency of production environments.
CI/CD & Software Delivery
- Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- Collaborate with development and QA teams to improve release efficiency, deployment reliability, and application performance.
- Establish and maintain deployment standards, operational readiness requirements, and release management practices.
- Participate in Agile Scrum development activities, including technical planning, implementation, testing, and deployment.
Monitoring, Observability & Production Support
- Implement and enhance monitoring and observability solutions, including centralized logging, metrics, alerting, dashboards, and distributed tracing.
- Establish and maintain service-level indicators (SLIs) and service-level objectives (SLOs).
- Troubleshoot complex production issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and implement lasting corrective solutions.
- Identify and proactively address infrastructure, application performance, and operational risks.
- Support incident response and continuous improvement of production systems.
Migration & Modernization
- Lead or contribute to cloud, application, database, and infrastructure migration initiatives.
- Develop migration plans, automation scripts, validation procedures, rollback strategies, and post-migration monitoring.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to modernize infrastructure and improve system architecture.
Requirements
Mandatory:
- 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), platform engineering, cloud engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- 3+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting applications in cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Azure Bicep, ARM templates, or Ansible.
- Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions, including logging, metrics, alerting, dashboards, and distributed tracing.
- Proficiency in scripting and automation using one or more languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Node.js.
- Experience supporting cloud, application, infrastructure, or database migrations.
- Working knowledge of SQL databases and database deployment or migration processes.
- Experience supporting high-volume, highly available, multi-tier enterprise applications.
- Understanding of cloud security principles, identity and access management, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools for troubleshooting, automation, development, or documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Azure infrastructure, cloud services, and deployment automation.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, or Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Experience designing enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, and release management processes.
- Advanced knowledge of observability platforms, distributed tracing, alert optimization, and service reliability practices.
- Experience leading complex cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization, or platform transformation initiatives.
- Experience developing reusable infrastructure modules, automation frameworks, or engineering standards.
- Familiarity with NoSQL databases, messaging platforms, or event-driven architectures.
- Experience using AI agents or AI-enabled automation to streamline engineering workflows.
- Advanced technical education, professional certifications, or equivalent specialized training.
Benefits
Paradigm offers medical, dental, vision, life, 401K, PTO, and sick days.
About Us, Paradigm
Paradigm Information Services is an established staffing company that has been connecting talented people with great opportunities for more than 25 years. We work with clients across a variety of industries and positions, giving our recruiting team the opportunity to work on interesting and sometimes challenging searches.
Paradigm Information Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
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