Senior DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join an exciting project for our Fortune 500 client . The role involves building a repeatable deployment framework for enterprise AI and data applications. You will work on existing apps and make them portable, secure, scalable, and deployable within client-owned environments. You will define the deployment architecture, production hardening standards, CI/CD model, observability patterns, and environment templates required to move AI- and data-heavy applications from internal use to client production environments. This is a remote-first contract position with a required overlap of US working hours (2-6 PM CET) . Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, repeatable deployment frameworks for AI, data, and cloud-native applications. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automated environment provisioning, and deployment workflows to ensure consistency across environments. Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines that enable reliable, automated delivery across development, testing, staging, and production. Standardize application packaging and deployment models to enable seamless delivery into customer environments with minimal customization. Define and implement best practices for secrets and configuration management, identity and access management (IAM), networking, secure connectivity, observability, logging, monitoring, alerting, and release management. Improve production readiness by strengthening application resilience, scalability, security, runtime governance, and operational excellence. Observability Improvements : Enhance monitoring for services to improve system reliability. Scripting & Automation : Develop, implement, and maintain scripts to automate processes and reduce manual efforts. Work Conditions Type: Full-time 3-month contract with high posibility of extension Start Date : ASAP Location : Remote (99%) in Europe; must be able to travel freely within Europe for workshops. US Time Zone Overlap : Required ( 2 PM - 6 PM CET ) Contract with European LLC Requirements Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or Platform Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer. Experience with Azure cloud services, ideally Azure , with an understanding of infrastructure and networking concepts . Proven experience deploying enterprise web, data, or AI applications to production. Strong hands-on expertise with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containers, observability, secrets management, and secure deployment practices. Experience in productionizing prototypes, analytics, or AI solutions into scalable, reliable applications. Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, security, and operational best practices. Solid working knowledge of tools such as: GitHub (including GitHub Actions and managing own action runners) Terraform Kubernetes CloudBees Jenkins SonarQube GitHub Copilot Grafana, Datadog.. Related technologies ( Git, Maven, npm ). Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail . Excellent communication skills , ability to work in a team environment , and a commitment to continuous improvement . Preferred Experience Familiarity with deploying analytics and AI applications, including APIs, services, data platforms, and AI-powered solutions. Experience preparing enterprise applications for secure, production-ready client deployments. Experience deploying applications across diverse customer environments and technology stacks. Exposure to data-intensive and AI-driven products with a focus on performance, scalability, and portability. Highlights If you're interested in platform management, AI deployment, and improving DevOps processes , we'd love to hear from you! 🚀 Originally posted on Himalayas