
DevOps Engineer
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Contract
- Full-time
Location: Pittsburgh, PA (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 months contract to hire
Job Description:We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer and Release Manager to support a dynamic team of 10 PODs managing a hybrid environment of mainframe and distributed applications. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a major modernization initiative, enhancing operational efficiency, and supporting the client’s strategic pillar to run our company better.Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage end-to-end release processes across multiple PODs, ensuring smooth, timely, and high-quality deployments.
- Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines for both mainframe and distributed application environments.
- Collaborate closely with development, QA, and operations teams to automate and streamline build, test, and deployment workflows.
- Monitor and improve system reliability, performance, and scalability during and after migration phases.
- Drive best practices in DevOps, release management, and configuration management tailored to a mixed technology stack.
- Facilitate communication and coordination among PODs to align release schedules and resolve dependencies.
- Support the migration strategy from mainframe to distributed systems by enabling automation and operational readiness.
- Proven experience in DevOps engineering and release management in complex, multi-team environments.
- Strong knowledge of mainframe and distributed application ecosystems.
- Expertise with CI/CD tools, automation frameworks, and release orchestration.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work across diverse technical teams.
- Ability to manage multiple releases and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- DevOps with QA is required... HM is flexible on tools (Selenium, Playwright)
- Covering 10+ pods which is different than a standard DevOps person who manages just 1 team
- Any mainframe experience/knowledge would be a big plus
- Must have some experience with Dockers/Kubernetes (or similar), Jenkins is a plus
- Will be asked to script in this role
- Goal is to convert to FTE
- Onsite 4+ days per week
- 2 rounds of interviews: 1 MS Teams then 1 Onsite