Devops Engineer

Client: State of MA

Department: Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development

Job ID: BD-25-1043-DAO01-32500-112395

Title: DevOps Engineer

Duration: ASAP – 6/30/2025

Shift Timings: Monday through Friday 8:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M

Location: EOLWD/IT Department, Saltonstall Building, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114

Position: Hybrid

Hours per week : 37.5 Hours

Job Description

DevOps Engineer (Hybrid)

EOLWD is seeking a DevOps Engineer. In this role, you will enable digital transformation for our partners in a global delivery model, research on technologies independently, recommend appropriate solutions and give technology-specific best practices and standards. You will be responsible for interfacing with key stakeholders and applying your technical proficiency across different stages of the Software Development Process. You will be part of a learning culture, where partnership and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in crafting architecture documents to provide with the work you're doing in line with architectural requirements
• Create design artifacts and support prototyping through creation of POCs
• Delivery high quality work and support peers in quality checks such that design requirements are met. Create documentation for the assigned modules
• Lead validation activities for the assigned modules for all types of testing e.g., Functional, Integration, System, User Experience etc.
• Support the creation of “Go Live” plan and lead assigned activities in the plan
• Perform root-cause analysis of any issues that arise post-implementation and work on appropriate solutions
• Participate in Knowledge Transfer sessions, prepare system appreciation documents and support the transition process
• Conduct impact analysis of issues logged, prioritize and ensure that production support is provided as per committed SLAs
• Lead code pipeline and automation projects
• Support and mentor other team members to bolster the team’s effectiveness
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Candidate must be located within commuting distance of Boston, MA. Current hybrid model requires 2-3 days per week in office.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of dynamic experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education
• At least 3 years of experience in GitHub with GitHub Actions
• Extensive experience with AWS: instance management, parameter store, general administration
• Experience with package managers (i.e. Chocolatey)
• In-depth knowledge of monitoring and logging tools like Splunk and New Relic
• Good experience in continuous integration and release engineering
• U.S. Citizenship and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are not able to sponsor at this time
• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in scripting languages
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Good understanding of source code management, virtualization, and containerization
• Experience in project management
• Good understanding of a variety of operating systems
• Familiarity with APM tools like New Relic, BMC, and others