DevOps Engineer

The Carrera Agency is seeking a Senior Developer/DevOps Engineer for their client in the medical device field. This hybrid role requires expertise in Ruby on Rails and DevOps to modernize a legacy healthcare application, focusing on cloud-native solutions and compliance with healthcare regulations.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the migration of legacy Ruby on Rails applications to containerized solutions (Docker/ECS), optimizing for scalability, high availability, and performance
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible), and comprehensive monitoring and alerting suites
• Enhance deployment practices, incident response protocols, and system access logging
• Maintain optimal cloud resource utilization by right-sizing instances, investigating overspend, and proposing actionable cost-saving recommendations
• Set up, provision, and monitor disaster recovery regions in AWS, including multi-region database deployments
• Support healthcare data interchange initiatives using BOOMI atoms and molecules
• Participate in technical requirements gathering, AWS infrastructure design, and DevOps/CI/CD process design in collaboration with architecture leadership
• Conduct deep code archeology and reverse engineering of the existing Ruby/RoR codebase to identify legacy dependencies, refactor as necessary, and facilitate containerization and CI/CD automation
• Contribute development expertise to support application performance improvements, feature enhancements, and technical debt reduction
• Act as a guardian of AWS infrastructure — manage CVEs, patch windows, and maintain strict HIPAA/HITRUST compliance controls
• Oversee and maintain application and infrastructure security, including managing patch windows, vulnerability assessments, and security standards compliance
• Adhere to all Corporate Compliance guidelines, OIG, government healthcare regulations, and privacy and security standards, including HIPAA requirements
• Treat Protected Health Information (PHI) with the strictest confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA standards
• Collaborate with the Managed Service Provider (MSP), ensuring a productive, aligned, and effective partnership
• Mentor less experienced team members, promoting a culture of learning, ownership, and engineering excellence
• Identify, analyze, and resolve system problems proactively and with urgency

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on Linux/Unix system administration
• Strong shell scripting skills (Bash, and/or Python/Ruby for automation)
• Experience with package management, log analysis, performance tuning, and hardening Linux systems in a regulated or security-conscious environment
• 5+ years of DevOps and/or systems administration experience with deep, hands-on knowledge of EC2, ECS, ECR, RDS (Postgres), Lambda, and multi-account networking
• 5+ years of development background in Ruby/RoR
• Proven experience with continuous integration tools
• Mastery of IaC and configuration management via Terraform, CloudFormation, Fargate, Chef and/or comparable tools
• Strong background in managing vulnerabilities, patching schedules, and operating within highly regulated frameworks (HIPAA/HITRUST)
• Knowledge of database management with light DBA skills; Postgres and MySQL experience
• Leadership & Ownership: Takes charge of modernization initiatives, drives them to completion within agreed timelines, and holds themselves accountable for outcomes
• Communication: Communicates effectively across the organization
• Continued Learning: Proactively stays current with emerging technologies, AI tooling, and modern deployment methodologies
• Execution: Strong time management, attention to detail, and analytical mindset; passionate about clean code and modern infrastructure practices
• Culture: Self-starter, motivated, and results-driven
• Strong preference for GitHub Action expertise
• Experience working with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect, SysOps Admin Associate, or DevOps Engineer Professional)