We are offering a long-term contract employment opportunity for a DevOps (AWS, Ansible, Terraform, Docker) IV in Washington, DC. This role requires a self-motivated individual with strong problem-solving skills, who can effectively collaborate with various teams and communicate at all levels within the organization. Responsibilities:• Collaborating with Software Development teams, Product Managers, and Business Owners to ensure the smooth operation and deployment of systems• Building and managing CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate both large and small-scale system provisioning and deployments• Using automation tools to monitor system health and reliability in order to support business process requirements• Troubleshooting and resolving issues across development, test, and production environments• Communicating status updates and potential risks to product teams• Streamlining operations and processes through automation• Developing and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations• Leveraging AWS technologies and other cloud providers to optimize costs and improve operational efficiency• Ensuring security and risk mitigation through technology• Utilizing automation tools such as Puppet, Terraform, CHEF, or Ansible• Working with technologies such as Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, PostGres, MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, microservices, and message queues• Applying knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, TravisCI, CircleCI, AppVeyor, etc• Employing Git or other version control tools and working in an Agile environment• Demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of modern platform technologies and industry-standard methodologies• Applying experience in financial services to manage database operations.