Senior Platform - DevOps Engineer

Senior Platform - DevOps Engineer
Salt Lake City, UT
6month Contract to Hire
$80.00 - $120.00per hr / Salary Target: $200K - $230K + Bonus/Equity

Job Description:
Our client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to accelerate critical platform and infrastructure initiatives in a fast-growing GovTech environment. This person will be a hands-on builder, not simply a ticket-driven DevOps resource.
The immediate priorities are to:

• Build and operationalize a self-service infrastructure portal for engineering teams, including security and cost guardrails.
• Stand up an open-source observability stack within a FedRAMP environment.
• Continue improving and automating the existing AWS infrastructure and DevOps processes.
• Clean up legacy AWS accounts/services and begin driving AWS cost optimization.
• Support cloud infrastructure for AI-related workloads as needed.

The existing environment has a solid AWS/Terraform foundation, so the need is for someone who can come in quickly, understand the existing architecture, make sound technical decisions, and independently execute.

Required Skills:

• Senior-level DevOps / Platform Engineering experience
• Strong hands-on AWS experience
• Production experience with Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code
• Strong GitHub and GitHub Actions experience
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with observability / monitoring platforms
• Ability to independently design architecture and implement solutions
• Experience with cloud infrastructure, automation, security, and reliability
• Ability to work effectively in a startup / ambiguous environment
• Strong problem-solving and ownership mentality

Bonus / Desired Skills:

• Experience building self-service infrastructure platforms or developer portals
• Kubernetes experience
• Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, and/or OpenTelemetry
• FedRAMP experience
• Experience with SOC 2, HIPAA, HITRUST, or similar compliance frameworks
• Azure experience, particularly Azure OpenAI
• RAG Pipeline Experience and LLM Supporting Infrastructure
• Experience supporting AI/LLM infrastructure or workloads
• FinOps / AWS cost optimization experience
• Startup or zero-to-one platform engineering experience
• Experience with multi-tenant or highly regulated cloud environments

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