Sr DevOps Engineer :10+yrs (W2 and Need only Visa independent candidates )

Sr DevOps Engineer

Location:Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin

**I need an engineer first who is passionate about DevOps not a traditional DevOps button pusher who learned how to code a little.

Meijer Digital is the eCommerce arm of Meijer, focused on delivering exceptional grocery pickup and delivery experiences through our website and mobile app. You will work with multiple agile teamsacross many different platforms and tech stacks supporting Meijer Digital. We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to help accelerate our DevOps capabilities and support multiple agile teams in delivering high-quality features and services. This role is hands-on and focused on implementing automation, improving CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing resiliency across a multi-cloud environment. A large focus for this role will be in supporting automation efforts and key initiatives within DevOps to improve developer experienceand increase our speed and agility. If you re passionate about engineering excellence, automation, and building systems that scale this opportunity is for you.

What You'll Be Doing

Design and implement automation that improves developer experience, accelerates delivery, and increases platform resiliency.

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps for secure, scalable, and repeatable delivery patterns.

Implement GitOps practices using Argo CD and Kubernetes for deployment automation (Canary, Blue/Green strategies).

Develop scripts and tooling (PowerShell, Python, Bash) to automate repetitive tasks and optimize workflows.

Create templates and automation to enable developer self-service for repos, pipelines, and containers.

Support agile teams with repo/pipeline setups and partner with teams to ensure successful deployments to production.

Troubleshoot build and deployment issues across development teams and provide hands-on support.

Collaborate with platform and architecture teams on multi-cloud strategies (Azure and Google Cloud Platform).

Implement additional capabilities within RedHat OpenShift to improve utilization of K8S (e.g., Advanced Cluster Management, Custom Metrics Autoscaler).

Support critical release activities and ensure smooth, reliable deployments; willing to support releases up to 2 3 nights per week.

Contribute to documentation and guardrails that improve efficiency, security, and reliability.

What You Bring

5 years of experience in DevOps or platform engineering roles with strong software engineering fundamentals.

Strong engineering mindset not just manual DevOps experience.

Expertise in:

Kubernetes (K8S) and GitOps (Argo CD preferred)

RedHat OpenShift experience

GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Pipelines

Azure PaaS services; Google Cloud Platform experience is a plus

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, YAML)

Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash).

Well versed in building, running, debugging apps in C#/.NET, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, etc.

Experience supporting distributed systems in a multi-cloud environment; multi-cloud active-active experience preferred.

Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and agile delivery practices; working in a SAFe agile environment is a plus.

Excellent collaboration and troubleshooting skills.

Ability to work independently and deliver solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Bonus: Kafka, GraphQL, Temporal, LaunchDarkly, SonarQube, Backstage, and mobile app release experience.