DevOps/Platform Engineer SME-Westchester, IL | 100% Remote

Confidential company is seeking a Staff-level DevOps/Platform Engineer SME. The role will lead Application Platform, CI/CD, Automation, and Developer Experience initiatives by designing scalable internal platforms, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, driving DevSecOps practices, and providing technical leadership and mentorship.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Application Platform, CI/CD, Automation, and Developer Experience initiatives
• Design scalable internal platforms
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines
• Drive DevSecOps practices
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, SRE, or DevEx
• Strong expertise in AWS/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS)
• Hands-on experience with Terraform/Ansible and cloud-native architectures
• Strong programming skills in C#, Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript; .NET/JVM experience preferred
• Expertise with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI
• Experience with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb, or similar observability tools
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, Snyk/Checkmarx, GitHub, Artifactory, and SonarQube
• Proven Staff/Lead-level leadership, architecture, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration
• US Citizen, Green Card, TN, GC EAD and H4 EAD only
• Generative AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Cursor, or Windsurf are a plus
• .NET/JVM experience preferred