Top DevOps & Platform Engineering Jobs in Lexington, KY

Senior/Principal DevOps Engineers will deliver cloud and infrastructure projects for small, medium-sized, and enterprise clients. Responsibilities include DevOps project delivery, staff augmentation, fractional retainers, and solution consulting using AWS, GCP, Azure, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, and scripting languages. Strong communication and project management skills are required. Roles are available full-time or part-time as 1099 contractor engagements for US-based workers.

Manage Azure cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, load balancing, DNS, security, monitoring, and logging. Build CI/CD pipelines and secure Linux machine images, implement Infrastructure as Code, troubleshoot deployments, and improve application reliability. This two-month contractor engagement requires independent delivery of production-quality infrastructure, with opportunities to support multi-cloud environments and confidential computing.

Leads and builds the engineering services function, overseeing DevOps, SRE, release engineering, infrastructure as code, data pipelines, security operations, and data governance. Manages a distributed team while establishing CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, on-call practices, SLOs, security standards, DORA reporting, and cloud cost visibility. The role remains hands-on and requires strong AWS, automation, reliability, and people leadership experience.

The Lead Technology Engineer will lead IT systems implementation, ensure network security, manage integrations, and enhance operational efficiency through automation.

Designs, deploys, migrates, secures, and operates production Azure infrastructure across hybrid VMware and Windows environments. Responsibilities include Azure networking, platform services, disaster recovery, migrations, Terraform automation, Azure DevOps pipelines, identity and governance, monitoring, cost management, troubleshooting, and compliance. The engineer supports application platforms including AKS, App Services, databases, and integrations while participating in incident response, change management, on-call duties, and occasional after-hours cutovers.

Own the reliability, availability, performance, observability, and security of Ophelia’s GCP telehealth platform. Define SLOs, improve monitoring and incident response, expand Terraform infrastructure, strengthen CI/CD, manage disaster recovery, and address latency and Cloud Run performance. Lead on-call maturity, HIPAA/SOC 2 infrastructure controls, and reliability education for engineers. Use AI-assisted tools for automation and incident triage while partnering with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Provides senior-level systems administration and IT operations support for a Department of State contract. Responsibilities include desktop, infrastructure, application, web services, and network support; incident, problem, and change management; root cause analysis; application deployment; and ticket ownership. The role leads technical initiatives, supervises and mentors systems administrators, supports geographically distributed users, and maintains reliable enterprise IT services. Active Secret clearance and extensive IT service management experience are required.

Operate and improve large-scale AI compute, storage, and networking infrastructure in 24x7 environments. Responsibilities include capacity planning, performance analysis, patching, upgrades, firmware management, automation, incident response, documentation, disaster recovery testing, and L3 escalation support. The role also requires customer collaboration, operations enablement, and participation in an on-call rotation while supporting OpenStack or similar private cloud platforms.

Coordinate and execute software deployments across staging, testing, and production environments. Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automate deployment processes, troubleshoot failures, manage cloud configurations, perform post-deployment testing, and maintain deployment documentation and tooling. Collaborate with development, product, and operations teams to deploy and sustain mission-critical technology in DoD network environments while ensuring security, operational compliance, and deployment readiness.

Leads engineering standards, architecture governance, platform strategy, technical quality, security and compliance engineering, and production AI governance across CSL Plasma’s digital products. Manages cross-domain technical teams, sets cloud and integration direction, owns shared engineering platforms and data architecture, and ensures reliable, scalable, regulated software delivery. The role also drives AI-assisted development, production AI operations, engineering metrics, talent development, and alignment with enterprise architecture and cybersecurity.