What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior DevOps Engineer position at Agile Resources, Inc.?
Senior DevOps Engineer
St. Louis, MO (hybrid 3 days per week in office with 2 days remote)
Candidates local to St. Louis only
1 year contract
Pay: $70-$85/hr W2
No C2C or third parties please
We are partnering with a leading enterprise organization to hire a Senior DevOps Engineer for a hybrid role based in St. Louis, MO. This engineer will play a critical role in delivering secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure and platform services that support both internal teams and external customers.
You will work across development, operations, and cloud engineering teams to drive automation, enhance deployment processes, and ensure the reliability and performance of large-scale distributed systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and operate large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems in a DevOps environment
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to deliver highly available and cost-effective infrastructure
- Troubleshoot issues, resolve tickets, and execute scripts in partnership with cloud operations
- Develop tools and automation for incident auto-remediation, monitoring, and alerting
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, cloud CLIs, and SDKs aligned with security and engineering standards
- Participate in a follow-the-sun, 24/7 operational support rotation as part of an incident first-responder team
Key Skills & Competencies
- DevOps Practices: Ability to design, code, test, automate, and maintain scripts and tools following modern DevOps/SRE standards
- Systems Thinking: Understanding of system integrations, dependencies, and strategies for improving uptime and resilience
- Operational Excellence: Strong organizational and analytical skills with a focus on measuring system performance and driving continuous improvement
- Troubleshooting: Methodical approach to identifying, diagnosing, and resolving issues; strong problem-solving skills
- Technical Communication: Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to stakeholders
Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5 years of experience in DevOps Engineering
- 3 years of hands-on experience with public cloud platforms
- Experience monitoring application and infrastructure availability and performance
- Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Python, Bash, Java, Go, JavaScript, or Node.js
- Strong understanding of systems, storage, networking, security, and databases
- Experience with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and automation/orchestration tools
- Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tooling
- Cloud certification strongly preferred
Salary : $70 - $85
