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CirrusNorth

Senior/Principal DevOps Engineer - Contractor

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Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
135K-185K Annually
Senior level
Remote
Hiring Remotely in United States
135K-185K Annually
Senior level
Senior/Principal DevOps Engineers will deliver cloud and infrastructure projects for small, medium-sized, and enterprise clients. Responsibilities include DevOps project delivery, staff augmentation, fractional retainers, and solution consulting using AWS, GCP, Azure, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, and scripting languages. Strong communication and project management skills are required. Roles are available full-time or part-time as 1099 contractor engagements for US-based workers.
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Senior/Principal DevOps Engineer - Contract Positions

We are seeking proven professionals that have 3+ years experience in our core Cloud and DevOps skill areas. In addition to technical skills, it's critical that your communication and project management skills are also very strong. The most common tools we use to collaborate and communicate internally will be Gmail, Slack, and Google Meet.

Most of our clients are small and medium sized businesses, but we do have some enterprise clients as well. A number of our engagements may have you working as part of a project team.

Please note that all our positions are 1099 contractor roles, meaning you’ll be responsible for your own taxes and benefits. While we have worked with great people all over the world, we are only able consider 100% US based staff and are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time. If you are already authorized to work in the US (e.g., a US citizen, a permanent resident or otherwise authorized to work in a 1099 contractor position) we welcome your application.

Thanks for reading!

Desired Technical Skills
  • AWS, GCP, Azure

  • Terraform, AWS CDK, or other common infra-as-code (IaC)

  • k8s, Helm, Docker

  • Python, Golang, or other common scripting language

Contract Opportunities Available

Example Full-Time Engagements

  • 30-40 hours per week

  • DevOps Project Delivery, 2-6 months (our most common opportunities)

  • DevOps Staff Aug, 6+ months (less common opportunities)

Example Part-Time Engagements

  • 1-2 days or 10-20 hours per week

  • DevOps Fractional Retainers (more common opportunities)

  • DevOps Solution Consulting (less common opportunities)

    • Requires 5+ years experience

    • Requires additional screenings

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