Top Senior DevOps Jobs in Washington, DC

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.

Own and improve 15Five’s AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure, databases, CI/CD pipelines, observability, reliability, disaster recovery, security operations, and AI platform. The role includes incident leadership, on-call participation, infrastructure automation with Terraform and Ansible, PostgreSQL administration, access and secrets management, compliance support, and cross-functional project delivery. This remote position requires strong ownership, communication, and the ability to independently deliver infrastructure, security, reliability, and AI governance initiatives.

Designs, deploys, and manages secure, scalable GCP infrastructure using Terraform. Builds CI/CD pipelines, automates infrastructure and application delivery, optimizes cloud performance and costs, and maintains reliability through monitoring and incident management. The role requires deep GCP and Terraform expertise, familiarity with CI/CD tools, and knowledge of containers, Kubernetes, zero-trust security, IAM governance, and cloud compliance.

Build and maintain scalable AWS/Azure infrastructure, Terraform-based IaC, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes and GitOps deployments. Improve observability, reliability, security, automation, and developer productivity while troubleshooting production issues and participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation. Partner with engineering and security teams on infrastructure best practices and long-term platform projects.

Lead enterprise architecture and Java engineering teams developing scalable on-premises and AWS cloud applications. Design baseline and target architectures, optimize Oracle and PostgreSQL data systems, oversee CI/CD pipelines, and guide Agile and DevOps execution. Evaluate architecture gaps and recommend improvements for stability, interoperability, portability, scalability, and security accreditation. Provide technical strategy, client consultation, data analysis, project staff supervision, and leadership for national security missions.

Designs, implements, and maintains Azure cloud infrastructure, Azure DevOps pipelines, and Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code. Serves as a technical expert across infrastructure and application teams, ensures cloud solutions meet security and vendor best practices, develops technology roadmaps, performs root cause analysis, and documents managed services. The role also supports Microsoft cloud integrations, lifecycle planning, and communication of technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.

Lead ServiceNow implementations for enterprise customers: design, develop, integrate, and maintain scalable ServiceNow solutions (ITOM, Discovery, Service Mapping, AIOps). Build custom scripts and integrations, troubleshoot, participate in SCRUM, and work directly with customers to deliver projects on time.

Designs, builds, automates, and manages secure, scalable cloud platforms. Responsibilities include developing platform services, APIs, self-service capabilities, CI/CD pipelines, IAM solutions, infrastructure automation, observability, and security controls. The role supports reliability, incident management, troubleshooting, modernization, documentation, and collaboration across development, security, architecture, and operations teams.

Build and operate full-stack, cloud-native applications for network automation and mission platforms using Python, Go, JavaScript, and TypeScript. Develop APIs, AI agents, generative user interfaces, integrations, and telemetry workflows. Contribute to CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, containerized deployments, production troubleshooting, security, observability, and architecture. Collaborate across software, cloud, platform, product, and security teams in an ambiguous, mission-focused environment.

Leads a team of test specialists and owns system, regression, performance, integration, acceptance, end-to-end, and automated testing programs. Develops test strategies, translates requirements into test objectives, builds UiPath automation, analyzes defects and test results, and provides recommendations to government stakeholders. Requires Agile experience, test leadership, 5+ years of software testing experience, relevant certification, and an IT-II Non-Critical Sensitive clearance.

Own and improve cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, monitoring, alerting, and incident response. Embed security and compliance controls for CJIS, CMMC, and SOC 2 requirements. Partner with engineering, security, product, and delivery teams to prioritize infrastructure work. Implement AI-driven DevOps automation, including remediation, anomaly detection, infrastructure-as-code generation, and compliance evidence collection.

Own and evolve cloud-native and HPC infrastructure to maximize reliability, security, cost-efficiency, and developer experience. Build self-service platforms, integrate MLOps for GPU deployments, support SLURM-based scientific workloads, implement monitoring and CI/CD, adopt AI-powered developer and ops tooling, and participate in on-call to maintain production availability.

Build and maintain Python backend services, APIs, healthcare integrations, and reliable platform infrastructure. Collaborate with product, frontend, engineering, and clinical teams to define functionality, ensure safety, troubleshoot production issues, and deliver projects end to end. Contribute to DevOps, CI/CD, observability, testing, code review, and technical architecture for an AI-powered healthcare platform.

Build and maintain reliable integrations between UpDoc and healthcare systems, EHRs, and external APIs. Own integration projects from discovery and architecture through deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance. Develop Python APIs and backend services using FastAPI and Pydantic, implement healthcare interoperability standards, handle failures and data integrity, and create automated tests. Collaborate with healthcare technology stakeholders while supporting security, HIPAA, SOC 2, observability, and clinical reliability requirements.

Designs and supports secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native infrastructure, containerized applications, Kafka and Elastic platforms, AWS environments, observability solutions, certificate lifecycle automation, and DoD security compliance. The role troubleshoots infrastructure and application issues, optimizes cloud costs, integrates security controls, monitors reliability, and collaborates with distributed Agile engineering teams. It also provides technical leadership, documentation, stakeholder communication, and operational risk management.

Designs and maintains automated testing frameworks for enterprise applications. Develops automation scripts, validates APIs and web services, performs functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing, and applies BDD practices. Supports CI/CD integration, analyzes QA metrics, improves testing processes, and collaborates with engineering and business stakeholders to ensure software quality, reliability, performance, and maintainability.

Own BAMKO’s AWS and Cloudflare infrastructure end to end, improving availability, scalability, resilience, automation, monitoring, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency. Manage infrastructure as code, databases, production upgrades, backups, and the AWS Well-Architected improvement roadmap. Serve as the primary on-call resource for infrastructure incidents and lead post-incident reviews.

Leads an autonomous team of 8–10 engineers developing payment acceptance and value-added services such as network tokens, account updater, 3DS, and account validation. Oversees AI-augmented software delivery, architecture, hiring, coaching, roadmap collaboration, reliability, security, incident response, testing, observability, and compliance. Partners cross-functionally to deliver scalable, secure, enterprise-grade financial products and participates in on-call rotations.

Design and operate scalable, secure, highly available AWS infrastructure for a revenue management platform. Build infrastructure automation, CI/CD tooling, monitoring, and developer tools; advise on architecture, improve reliability and security, troubleshoot 24/7 incidents, lead root cause analyses, support AI-enabled DevOps workflows, and mentor engineers. The role participates in a weekly on-call rotation and is remote in the US or Canada.

Designs, operates, and improves AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure supporting customer-facing higher education products. Owns Kubernetes platforms, infrastructure as code, deployment automation, CI/CD, monitoring, security, reliability, disaster recovery, and cost optimization. Troubleshoots complex infrastructure and application issues, leads incidents, participates in on-call rotations, mentors engineers, contributes to technical standards, and partners across Development and Information Security on modernization and production readiness.

Develop and maintain scalable full-stack web applications using TypeScript, Java, Node.js, HTML, CSS, and MS SQL in a microservice environment. Build AI-powered applications with LLMs, GenAI agents, RAG pipelines, semantic search, vector databases, and LLMOps practices. Collaborate across teams, optimize performance, troubleshoot issues, participate in code reviews, and create responsive user interfaces.

Leads and mentors a software engineering team building applications for sales, operations, marketing, and customer experience platforms. This player-coach role includes architecture and design decisions, hands-on coding, Agile delivery, sprint and capacity planning, technical roadmaps, stakeholder collaboration, performance management, and maintaining quality, security, performance, and reliability standards. The manager also supports AI and automation initiatives and develops technical talent.

Build, secure, and operate AWS and AWS GovCloud infrastructure across commercial and government environments. Own CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes and GitOps deployments, infrastructure as code, environment segmentation, secrets management, monitoring, incident response, database migrations, and compliance automation. Support FedRAMP, GovRAMP, and IL5 authorization requirements, collaborate with Security/GRC on audits and continuous monitoring, and improve reliability, scalability, and engineering productivity.

Build and maintain scalable backend applications, serverless functions, microservices, data workflows, ETL pipelines, and cloud-native architectures using Python and AWS. Manage databases, APIs, batch jobs, and real-time integrations while optimizing performance, scalability, security, compliance, and cost. Collaborate with product, engineering, analytics, and data teams; contribute to architecture, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, development standards, and technical mentorship. Healthcare claims data experience is required.