IT DevOps Engineer

***** Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.

***** No C2C candidates. No candidates requiring sponsorship (now or in the future).

***** Utah candidates preferred. If not, candidates MUST be able to work MST hours and willing to relocate to Logan, UT after conversion to full time employee.

• Location North Logan, UT
• Job Type Contract to Hire
• Posted February 19, 2026

Work Model: Contract-to-Hire, can be remote during contract period but onsite after conversion to full time employee

Our client is seeking a mid to senior-level Dev Ops Engineer to design and engineer platforms within a complex on-prem and hybrid infrastructure environment. The selected candidate is responsible for designing and building the tooling, automation, and delivery patterns used by application teams. This IT role focuses on engineering solutions rather than day-to-day operations or ticket-based support. Operational ownership transitions to administrator roles once solutions are delivered and documented.

• Designs and implements CI/CD pipeline infrastructure
• Defines standardized build, deployment, and promotion patterns across environments
• Partners with development teams to design reliable and secure delivery workflows
• Engineers platform observability patterns, including metrics, logs, and traces
• Embeds security and compliance requirements (e.g., CMMC, NIST 800-171) into design
• Participates in architectural reviews and platform roadmap planning
• Builds, automates, and evolves CI/CD pipelines using cloud native solutions or infrastructure as code
• Contributes to platform standards, reference architectures, and technical decision-making processes
• Delivers engineered platform solutions with complete documentation, reference architectures, and operational handoff to administrator teams
• Provides after-hours and on-call support as required

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in lieu of degree
• 5+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or software engineering roles, including at least 3 years in a Dev Ops/Kubernetes platform engineering capacity
• 1+ year hands-on experience in a Dev Ops or platform engineering role
• Strong CI/CD engineering experience (Git Hub Actions, Flux v2, Argo, Jenkins, or similar)
• Strong understanding of containerized application delivery
• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance
• Must be able to travel as needed
• Valid CompTIA Security+ certification (or equivalent) is required or must be obtained within 30 days of hire

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a Dev Ops or platform engineering role
• Kubernetes experience (AKS highly preferred)