DevOps Engineer

Note: This is W2 ONLY ROLE NO C2C Title: DevOps Infrastructure Engineer Location: Longmont, Colorado (onsite) Duration: 6+ months The Role: • We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Contractor with expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure CI/CD systems that support both internal and external GitHub repositories and workflows. • We are building a hybrid infrastructure that includes on-prem, self-hosted clusters orchestrated with container orchestration with GitHub workflows. • This infrastructure will support a wide range of research projects within the organization. • The successful candidate for this role will lead the design and implementation of this infrastructure, manage physical and virtual systems, and ensure high availability and performance of our CI/CD pipelines. • This role requires a hands-on engineer with deep experience in DevOps, container orchestration, system administration, and network troubleshooting. Key Responsibilities: • Architect, deploy, and maintain on-premise self-hosted GitHub Actions runners for container orchestration. • Design and implement secure and scalable infrastructure for both internal-only and external-facing repositories and workflows. • Manage physical systems including OS installation, hardware setup, and network configuration. • Monitor and troubleshoot system performance, network issues, and CI/CD pipeline failures. • Develop automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code to streamline deployment and maintenance. • Collaborate with development teams to understand requirements and optimize workflows. • Ensure compliance with security and operational best practices. • Document infrastructure, processes, and troubleshooting guides. Preferred Experience: • Proven experience with GitHub Actions, self-hosted runners, and CI/CD pipeline design. • Strong knowledge of container orchestration tools, preferably Nomad (experience with Kubernetes is also valuable). • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Go. • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible). • Deep understanding of Linux system administration and networking. • Experience managing physical servers, including OS installation and hardware troubleshooting. • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack). • Ability to work across teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders. • Experience in secure infrastructure design and implementation.