Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dice is seeking a DevOps Engineer to strengthen cloud operations and modern delivery practices for a long-term remote contract position. The role involves working closely with engineering teams to maintain reliable infrastructure, improve application deployment workflows, and support secure production environments.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and enhance cloud infrastructure running in Google Cloud Platform to support scalable, resilient application environments
- Administer Kubernetes clusters, resolve platform issues, and help ensure dependable containerized deployments in production
- Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD workflows using GitLab to streamline software releases and improve delivery consistency
- Create and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform to standardize provisioning and reduce configuration drift
- Support GitOps-based deployment practices with tools such as Argo CD and Helm to improve release control and traceability
- Track system reliability, application performance, and security signals through observability platforms such as Datadog
- Investigate production incidents, address operational risks, and help remediate vulnerabilities affecting service availability
- Partner with software engineers to strengthen deployment reliability, improve developer workflows, and increase platform effectiveness
- Automate recurring operational tasks through scripting and tooling to minimize manual intervention and boost efficiency
Skills
- Demonstrated experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Operations roles
- Strong hands-on expertise with Google Cloud Platform and supporting production cloud environments
- Proven background managing Kubernetes platforms and troubleshooting containerized applications
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including work with GitLab
- Solid knowledge of Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform
- Understanding of cloud networking, load balancing, monitoring, and observability concepts
- Proficiency with automation or scripting, including Python and related operational tooling
- Familiarity with security practices, cloud-native architectures, and modern software delivery methods
Benefits
- Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance.
- Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan.
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