Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Denver, CO

Six months, contract to hire role (no sponsorship permitted)

Pay Range: 75-88/hourly

Hybrid Role

The Planet Group has partnered with a Denver, CO are company to locate a Senior DevOps Engineer to help shape the future of a modern cloud platform supporting highly scalable software systems. This is an opportunity to influence engineering practices, drive platform strategy, and build the infrastructure that enables development teams to deliver software quickly, reliably, and at scale.

This role combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering. You'll partner closely with software engineers while designing cloud infrastructure, improving CI/CD pipelines, automating operational processes, and championing DevOps best practices across the organization.

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and modern automation practices
Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines that improve software delivery speed and reliability
Improve platform observability through monitoring, logging, and performance insights
Automate infrastructure provisioning and operational workflows
Partner with engineering teams to improve developer productivity and deployment processes
Lead technical initiatives focused on scalability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and platform reliability
Mentor engineers while helping establish DevOps standards and best practices across multiple teams
Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-powered development tools, to improve engineering efficiency

Required Skills and Experience

10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years focused on DevOps or Platform Engineering
Deep expertise designing and supporting cloud infrastructure in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
Production experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration
Expertise building and supporting CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Python, Go, or similar languages for automation
Strong understanding of networking concepts including DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, VPCs, and firewalls
Experience implementing monitoring, observability, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions
Excellent communication skills with the ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction

If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, building platforms that scale, and enabling engineering teams to move faster without sacrificing reliability, we'd love to connect.

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