Senior DevOps Architect

Pay Range: $50.00hr - $55.00hr Job Overview: The Senior DevOps Lead / Architect will help advance enterprise DevOps transformation and standardization agenda and drive the DevOps Toolchain roadmap within the SDLC Hub. Working closely with the Product Owner, this role will provide technical and transformation leadership, accelerate adoption, influence technical and executive stakeholders, and assume selected product ownership responsibilities. This is a senior platform and transformation leadership role, not primarily an operational DevOps engineering position. Global collaboration across time zones and occasional travel may be required.

Other Relationships: Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Cloud and Platform Engineering, Quality, Testing, Product Owners, engineering teams, technology leaders, strategic partners, and managed service providers.

Responsibilities: Lead enterprise DevOps and DevSecOps transformation agenda, translating strategy into practical standards, reusable capabilities, adoption plans, and measurable outcomes. Partner with the Product Owner to shape, prioritize, and execute the DevOps Toolchain roadmap within the SDLC Hub, including refinement, dependencies, delivery sequencing, and selected day-to-day product decisions. Define and govern DevOps architecture principles, secure golden paths, reusable CI/CD templates, infrastructure-as-code patterns, quality gates, and software supply-chain controls.

Drive standardization and integration across GitLab, JFrog, cloud platforms, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, testing tools, and other SDLC capabilities to improve traceability and developer experience. Engage development and product teams to identify adoption barriers, gather feedback, support onboarding, and scale standard practices through coaching, demonstrations, and communities of practice.

Partner with Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, Cloud, Quality, Testing, and engineering teams to ensure solutions are secure, compliant, scalable, supportable, and practical for regulated environment. Communicate strategy, architecture, roadmap progress, outcomes, risks, dependencies, and investment needs clearly to technical teams and senior leadership. Define and track measures for adoption, DevOps maturity, developer experience, delivery flow, quality, reliability, and engineering productivity, including relevant DORA measures.

Provide hands-on technical leadership and challenge architecture and implementation decisions when needed, while enabling delivery teams rather than serving as the primary operational DevOps engineer. Assess emerging capabilities in platform engineering, developer self-service, software supply-chain security, and AI-assisted or agentic software delivery for appropriate use.

Benefits: Our Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 401(k) Retirement Plan Health Savings Account (HSA) Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term) Life and AD&D Insurance Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law) Supplemental Insurance Plans Identity Theft Protection Pet Insurance Employee Wellness Programs Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities Disclaimer: Benefits eligibility, accrual rates, and usage limits may vary based on employment status, length of service, and work location.

Paid Sick Leave is provided in strict accordance with applicable state and municipal mandates. Cynet Systems Inc. reserves the right to modify, amend, or terminate any benefit plans at any time in accordance with applicable laws. About Cynet Systems Founded in 2010 and headquartered in the Washington, DC metro area, Cynet Systems Inc. is a leading technology staffing and workforce solutions company serving Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and enterprise organizations across the United States and Canada.

We deliver agile, scalable talent solutions across IT, engineering, life sciences, clinical, and professional staffing, powered by a high-performing recruitment engine operating across North America and Asia. As a nationally and locally certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Cynet Systems is committed to helping organizations build high-performing teams while empowering professionals to grow rewarding careers.

Our organization is certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II standards, reflecting our commitment to quality, security, operational excellence, and customer success.