Senior DevOps Engineer/Cloud Engineer

Role Overview

• Core focus: DevOps / Cloud Engineering
• Must be the sole DevOps engineer initially — someone confident making sound technical decisions for the business.
• Needs to be strong‑willed: able to push back when the business requests something that isn’t optimal, articulate risks, and propose the right solution.
• Expected to both engineer and lead (future team-building potential).
  
  
  

Technical Skills Needed

• AWS (primary cloud)
• Lambda + monitoring/observability
• Python (building automation, AI-driven reports)
• Linux background
• CI/CD experience
• Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Datadog (nice‑to‑have)
  
  
  

Description

We are seeking a highly versatile (swiss army knife) DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong IT fundamentals and a broad technical skillset spanning infrastructure, cloud, databases, and automation. Looking for someone who can operate in ambiguity, can communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and proactively drives reliability, scalability, and cost optimization across diverse systems.

Skills

site reliability, azure, Automation, Cloud

Top Skills Details

site reliability,azure,Automation,Cloud

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Azure: Resource groups, networking (VNets, NSGs), AKS, App Services, Functions, Storage, Key Vault, Monitor, Policy, Cost Management.

Systems & Networking: Linux/Windows internals, DNS, TLS, routing, load balancing, caching.

Datastores: SQL Server, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Cosmos DB, Redis—query performance, indexing, backup/restore, HA/DR patterns.

Observability: Metrics, logs, traces; SLOs/Error Budgets; using Azure Monitor/Log Analytics/Grafana/Prometheus.

Automation: Infrastructure-as-Code (Bicep/Terraform), CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), scripting (Python/PowerShell), runbooks.

Security & Compliance: Secrets, identity (Azure AD), least-privilege, policy enforcement, vulnerability/TLS hygiene.

Ticket triage & backlog hygiene: “Why is this open?”; age/priority/impact; close/noise reduction; define clear exit criteria.

Incident management: Rapid diagnosis; comms to business; post-incident reviews that produce durable fixes (not blame).

Capacity & performance: Can we scale back safely? Where do we need headroom? Evidence-based decisions.

Change management: Guardrails, pre-flight checks, safe deploys/rollbacks, feature flags.

Collaboration & Communication

Communicate technical issues in business terms to non-technical stakeholders.

Challenge developers constructively on reliability, scalability, and release risk.

Partner with product teams to enforce reliability standards and guardrails.

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Dallas, TX.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully remote position. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Feb 20, 2026. h4>About TEKsystems: We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
  
  
  

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.