Senior DevOps Engineer with Python at New York, NY -Contract

Title : Senior DevOps Engineer with Python

Location: New York, NY

Onsite

3 days/week

Type: Contract

Responsibilities

The role involves managing Kubernetes-based environments, developing automation and platform tooling in Python, implementing and optimizing GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and supporting Azure cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities include infrastructure automation, deployment standardization, monitoring and observability, performance optimization, and ensuring secure and reliable delivery of platform services in a highly regulated enterprise environment.

Skills

Must have

• Python — Strong proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, infrastructure tooling, and building CI/CD utilities.
• Kubernetes — Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes including cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh (Istio), pod orchestration, troubleshooting, and production-grade deployments.
• CI/CD — Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with a focus on reliability and speed.
• GitLab CI/CD — Deep expertise in GitLab pipelines, including multi-stage pipelines, templates, shared runners, artifacts, and pipeline-as-code best practices.
• Azure Cloud — Solid knowledge of Azure services (AKS, Azure DevOps, Virtual Networks, IAM/RBAC, Storage, Key Vault, Monitor) with experience in cloud architecture and cost optimization.

Nice to have

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, ELK)
• Shell scripting (Bash/PowerShell)
• Networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, ingress controllers)
• Incident management and on-call experience