100% Remote DevOps Engineer III

Summit Human Capital is seeking a highly motivated Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to support our client in the Greater Richmond Region.

This position offers the opportunity to design, automate, and deliver cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, driving technical excellence and governance across modern DevOps environments.

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria: Requirements: · 4+ years AWS DevOps experience: cloud infrastructure, automation, application delivery · 4+ years GitLab CI/CD: designing pipelines, reusable templates · 4+ years containerization/Kubernetes: Amazon EKS, Red Hat OpenShift familiarity · Infrastructure-as-code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar · Java development support: automating builds, testing, security, deployments, releases · Technical leadership: governance, mentorship, collaborative approach Desired: · Red Hat OpenShift administration/engineering · Advanced Amazon EKS and AWS-native container platform · DevSecOps: security scanning, approvals, compliance, quality gates in CI/CD Responsibilities: · Design/build/maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for build, test, security, approvals, deployment, release · Automate AWS infrastructure; support containerized workloads (EKS, Kubernetes, OpenShift) · Partner with Java developers and engineering teams to improve deployment speed, reliability, security, developer experience · Establish DevOps governance: embed standards and controls in automated workflows · Serve as senior technical resource: architecture decisions, resolve complex cloud/pipeline/infrastructure issues · Mentor Level II engineers, document best practices, promote knowledge sharing, simplicity, resiliency, continuous improvement · Support observability, incident response, root-cause analysis, corrective actions for production/infrastructure issues · Collaborate with infrastructure, security, architecture, development, operations teams; limited travel to Richmond; on-call support as needed The hourly pay range for this position is $60 – $70, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance; 401(k)/retirement plan; and other benefits per applicable laws.