DevOps Engineer

Job Requirement – DevOps Engineer Title: DevOps Engineer Location: Hybrid (Newark) –2 times per month with flexibility for more. Type: Contract-to-Hire Compensation: Overview We are seeking a DevOps Engineer to support enterprise-wide CI/CD pipeline adoption and infrastructure automation. This role will focus on building, onboarding, and maintaining shared frameworks and deployment processes across multiple teams and environments (AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Kubernetes). The engineer will work under senior architects and play a key role in scaling DevOps best practices across the organization. Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Git). • Onboard application teams onto enterprise-wide CI/CD pipelines. • Develop and maintain shared frameworks and libraries to support scalable deployments. • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and CloudFormation. • Support deployment processes for Databricks and/or Snowflake applications (not as a data engineer, but ensuring pipeline-driven deployments). • Configure and manage Kubernetes deployments using Helm charts. • Ensure secure, automated provisioning and configuration in AWS. • Support event-driven processes with familiarity in Kafka and related architectures. • Collaborate with senior developers and architects to expand adoption of DevOps practices across the enterprise. Required Skills & Experience • 3–5 years of experience in DevOps engineering or related roles. • Strong experience with CI/CD tools: Jenkins, Git. • Proficiency in scripting/programming languages: Python, Java, Groovy. • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Helm, CloudFormation. • Familiarity with AWS cloud services. • Experience with Kubernetes deployments. • Exposure to event-driven architectures and Kafka. • Experience supporting deployment pipelines for data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake (one is sufficient). Nice to Have • Experience managing and scaling shared libraries/frameworks across multiple teams. • Prior work in event-driven enterprise ecosystems. • Ability to contribute to DevSecOps practices. Ideal Candidate Profile • A mid-level engineer (3–5 years) who can work independently but also grow under senior architect supervision. • Strong problem-solver with the ability to scale processes across multiple teams. • Not necessarily a “career architect” but skilled in automation and framework building.