DevOps Engineer Location: Grand Rapids, MI Type: W2 Work Authorization: Any EAD Locals highly preferred No C2C, 1099, or third-party profiles accepted. No H-1B or CPT Rate:$32/hr w2 Job Description We are seeking a mid level DevOps Engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals and experience across DevOps, release engineering, and cloud engineering. The ideal candidate has an engineering mindset focused on automation, development, and building reliable delivery platforms, rather than primarily manual operations. Requirements · Experience in DevOps, release engineering or cloud engineering roles with strong software engineering fundamentals. · A genuine engineering mindset. We are looking for people who automate and build, not people who operate a console. · Azure platform as a service expertise, including function apps, App Service, networking and Key Vault. · Deep GitHub Actions experience, plus Azure DevOps Pipelines. · Release engineering experience coordinating deployments across teams with shared dependencies. · Experience running infrastructure, .NET and Maven deployments in production. · Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash). · Well versed in building, running, and debugging apps in C#/.NET, Java, Node.js, TypeScript, etc. · Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and agile delivery practices. · Excellent collaboration and troubleshooting skills, and comfort moving between teams with different stacks. Preferred: · Kubernetes and GitOps (Argo CD preferred), including Canary and Blue/Green deployment strategies. · Exposure to GCP. · Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, YAML). · SAFe agile environment experience. · Kafka, GraphQL, Temporal, LaunchDarkly, SonarQube, Backstage, and mobile app release experience.