Senior DevOps Engineer (Remote - US)

Nextech is a leader in specialty healthcare technology solutions, committed to hiring and retaining talent. The Senior DevOps Engineer role focuses on improving infrastructure, automation, and operations while collaborating with other engineers to deliver scalable solutions for customers.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure and automation processes, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and monitoring systems
• Partner with engineering teams to understand their technical needs and develop automated solutions that improve efficiency, scalability, and system reliability
• Continuously enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks to proactively identify system performance and reliability improvements
• Drive ongoing improvements in automation, infrastructure management, and process optimization to ensure high system availability, stability, and performance
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, conduct training sessions, and lead by example in best practices for DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure management
• Ensure the stability and reliability of production systems through day-to-day operations, incident response, and root cause analysis, including after-hours on-call support as needed
• Take ownership of key projects, from concept to execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives, timelines, and technical requirements
• Communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to stakeholders at all levels, fostering collaboration and transparency across teams
• Carry out additional responsibilities as assigned based on business need

Requirements:

• 5+ years of working experience in the tech industry
• 4+ years of DevOps experience
• Strong understanding of Azure
• Proven record of implementing DevOps in a Windows-based environment
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform to automate the creation of infrastructure
• Experience implementing configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Experience building secure CI/CD pipelines leveraging tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
• Experience with at least 1 scripting or programming language such as PowerShell, Python, .NET
• Hands-on experience working with APM solutions such as Dynatrace, Datadog or New Relic
• Experience working in an Agile method environment
• At least one Cloud related certification