Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Contractor to join our engineering team and drive the development, automation, and deployment of our cloud infrastructure and on-premise using CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate is hands-on, highly collaborative, and comfortable working in an Agile environment to support fast-moving development teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and AWS tools like CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Ansible, AWS CDK, and Docker.
- Support container orchestration and microservices deployment using Kubernetes.
- Collaborate with developers to ensure reliable builds, secure code delivery (DevSecOps), and effective release management.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize build/deployment processes for performance, reliability, and scalability.
- Write and maintain automation scripts using Python, Shell, and package managers like pip, npm, and maven.
- Advocate and implement best practices for infrastructure as code (IaC), security, and continuous delivery.
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of hands-on DevOps experience in cloud-native environments.
- Strong expertise in AWS Development Tools (CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline).
- Proven experience with CI/CD systems like Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Solid background in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Proficiency in scripting languages: Python and Shell.
- Experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and secure deployment practices.
- Knowledge of AWS CDK and infrastructure as code.
- Experience using build tools and package managers such as maven, pip, and npm.
- Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum teams and participating in sprint planning and retrospectives.
Additional Skills:
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional).
- Experience with monitoring/logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch and Nagios).
- Familiarity with security scanning tools and compliance frameworks.
Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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