DevOps Engineer

Scion Technology has been engaged to lead the search for a Senior DevOps Engineer on behalf of our client, a fast-growing and innovation-driven technology company. This is a full-time, remote opportunity open to candidates across the U.S., with a preference for those located in Texas or the Chicago metro area.

This direct hire role is ideal for a DevOps expert who thrives in cloud-native environments and wants to play a pivotal role in infrastructure automation, CI/CD optimization, and platform scalability. Youll work cross-functionally to shape the reliability and performance of modern applications in a collaborative, forward-thinking culture.

What Youll Be Doing:

• Designing and implementing automated cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines in Azure
• Managing CI/CD pipelines and driving continuous integration and delivery improvements
• Building and maintaining scalable, secure, and observable cloud environments
• Leading infrastructure automation efforts using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and scripting tools
• Supporting production systems, troubleshooting incidents, and ensuring platform reliability
• Collaborating with development, QA, infrastructure, and security teams
• Driving cost-efficiency, system uptime, and governance across environments
• Participating in cloud modernization and legacy system refactoring initiatives
  
  

What You Bring:

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure (compute, networking, identity, monitoring)
• Deep experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and scripting (e.g., Terraform, ARM, PowerShell, or Python)
• Solid background in containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in production incident management and root cause analysis
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor junior team members
• US work authorization (no sponsorship required)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Azure, Kubernetes, or DevOps-related certifications
• Familiarity with Agile and DevOps frameworks
• Experience with cost optimization and performance tuning at scale
  
  

Perks & Highlights:

• Fully remote position with flexible work hours (MF, 85)
• Opportunity to work on innovative, high-impact infrastructure projects
• Fast-growing engineering culture with space for autonomy and career growth
• Two-round interview process with fast feedback
  
  

Interested?

Contact Scion Technology today for more information by submitting your resume directly through this posting. We look forward to reviewing your background and discussing this exciting opportunity further!

About our firm:

Scion Technology is a national award-winning technical & IT staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented candidates with amazing opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire technical recruiting, interim leadership placement and temporary professional staffing. Our track record and recruitment process has made us one of the top recruitment firms in the nation.

We are proud to be part of theForbeslists of the Best Recruitment Firmsandthe Best Executive Search Firm in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as aClearlyRatedBest of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm byThe Business Times! More information about us can also be found atwww.sciontechnical.com.

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