DevOps Engineer - Level II - 26-15080

DevOps Engineer - Level II
Location: Albany, NY (Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days WFH)
Duration: 34 months
Pay Rate: $50 to $55 per hour
Employment Type: Contract (NO BENFITS)

Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team. This role is critical in bridging the gap between development and operations, ensuring seamless delivery, reliability, and security of enterprise applications and infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have a broad IT generalist background with a deep understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD pipelines, application support, and infrastructure management. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust technology solutions that support strategic initiatives, while ensuring the continuous availability and integrity of our systems.

Key Responsibilities

• DevOps & CI/CD Support: Provide expert assistance to development teams on GitLab, including version control, merge conflicts, and access management. Design, configure, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with the Enterprise team to optimize development and deployment workflows.
• Enterprise Application & Platform Support: Lead upgrade and maintenance efforts for key enterprise applications such as Blueprint, Tasktop, Jira, PowerCenter, and Informatica MDM. Proactively identify and mitigate critical and high-severity vulnerabilities to ensure system integrity and security.
• Daily Operations & Reliability: Oversee and execute daily operational tasks to ensure the continuous availability and reliability of all supported systems. Serve as the primary point of contact for operational support, delivering timely resolutions, clear communication, and proactive monitoring strategies.
• InRule Environment Support: Manage the installation, configuration, and validation of InRule environments across Development (DEV) and Quality Assurance (QA) stages. Coordinate with relevant teams for non-production and future production environment readiness.
• Application Deployment & Configuration: Execute and manage the deployment and configuration of Java applications and APIs.
• ETL Job Management & Scheduling: Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to ETL job failures, performance, and operational constraints (OpCons).
• Middleware & Infrastructure Support: Provide comprehensive support for related products, including installation, setup, and configuration. Diagnose and resolve high-availability issues, such as MongoDB replica set failures and ActiveMQ active/passive failures, to minimize downtime.
• Vulnerability Management & Remediation: Drive and support critical and high-severity vulnerability remediation across key enterprise platforms.
• Strategic Initiative Support: Work collaboratively within a team of problem solvers to address complex business issues from strategy through execution. Design and implement technology infrastructure, develop and enhance applications, and provide tools that align with strategic initiatives.
• Application Support Lifecycle: Address defects and enhancements as part of the application support lifecycle and participate in post-implementation incident resolution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Arrangement

• Hybrid: 3 days onsite, 2 days work from home
• Telecommuting of more than 50% of work hours, up to and including 100% remote, may be available with direct manager approval and is subject to change based on program needs. Consultants approved for 100% remote work must attend monthly in-person meetings at the Albany office and be available for major milestone meetings as needed.

Mandatory Qualifications

• More than 7 years of experience working on complex projects, with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a DevOps Engineer
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in DevOps and middleware administration, designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab), including version control, merge conflict resolution, and access management. Must demonstrate understanding of both development and operational aspects of the software cycle, business process management, and API management products
• Minimum of 2 years working in an Integrated Eligibility System program across various workstreams, including Data Management and Shared Services, in a health and human services setting

Desirable Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience supporting and maintaining enterprise-level applications such as Blueprint, Tasktop, Jira, Informatica, PowerCenter, or Informatica MDM, including upgrade/maintenance efforts and high-severity vulnerability remediation
• 3+ years of experience managing InRule environments (installation, configuration, and validation across DEV/QA) and deploying Java applications, including ETL job troubleshooting and scheduling (OpCons)
• 3+ years of experience administering middleware, databases, and messaging systems in high-availability configurations, including diagnosing and resolving MongoDB replica set failures and ActiveMQ active/passive failures