DevOps Architect / Manager--F2F Mandate

Hi All,

Good Morning,

We have an urgent positon for the below mentioned requirement.

Location: Reading, PA
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite--F2F is Mandate
Experience: 14+ Years
Role: DevOps Architect / Manager

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Architect / Manager to support enterprise applications and cloud-native platforms for a major client in Reading, PA.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience across Java 21 services, Maven multi-module projects, Node.js applications, OpenShift, IAM, AWS, AWS Bedrock, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Apigee, F5, and Alkira networking.

This position requires a strong technical leader who can work across application development, DevOps, cloud, security, networking, and infrastructure teams while providing architecture guidance and hands-on technical support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps architecture, engineering, deployment, and production-support activities for enterprise applications.

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD processes for modern Java and Node.js applications.

• Support Java 21 microservices and services, including build, deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.

• Manage and support Maven multi-module projects, including dependencies, builds, packaging, and release processes.

• Support Node.js applications across development, deployment, and production environments.

• Design, deploy, and manage containerized applications using OpenShift/Kubernetes.

• Develop and maintain cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services.

• Support implementation and integration of AWS Bedrock and enterprise AI/GenAI capabilities.

• Design and manage IAM solutions, including authentication, authorization, roles, policies, service accounts, and access controls.

• Support Kafka environments, including topics, producers, consumers, integrations, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

• Support application and data integrations involving PostgreSQL and Snowflake.

• Design, deploy, and manage APIs using Apigee, including API security, policies, traffic management, and lifecycle management.

• Support F5 technologies for load balancing, application delivery, traffic management, and availability.

• Work with networking teams on Alkira cloud networking and connectivity.

• Implement automation and standard DevOps practices across development, testing, and production environments.

• Troubleshoot complex issues across application, cloud, container, IAM, database, API, and networking layers.

• Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational processes to improve application reliability and availability.

• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of critical production incidents.

• Participate in architecture reviews, technical design sessions, deployment planning, and production-readiness assessments.

• Collaborate with developers, architects, security teams, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to DevOps and engineering teams.

• Identify opportunities to improve automation, scalability, security, performance, and operational efficiency.

Required Technical Skills

• 14+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Architecture.

• Strong hands-on experience with Java 21.

• Strong experience with Maven multi-module projects.

• Experience supporting Node.js applications.

• Hands-on experience with OpenShift/Kubernetes.

• Strong AWS Cloud experience.

• Experience with AWS Bedrock or AWS AI/GenAI services.

• Strong understanding of IAM, authentication, authorization, RBAC, and access management.

• Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka.

• Strong experience with PostgreSQL.

• Experience with Snowflake.

• Hands-on experience with Apigee/API Management.

• Experience with F5 application delivery/load-balancing technologies.

• Experience with Alkira or enterprise cloud networking solutions.

• Strong understanding of CI/CD, microservices, containers, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps practices.

• Excellent troubleshooting, communication, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Docker / Kubernetes

• Helm

• Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

• Git / GitHub / GitLab

• Jenkins / GitHub Actions

• AWS EKS

• CloudWatch

• Prometheus / Grafana

• ELK / OpenSearch

• REST APIs / Microservices

• OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / SAML

• DevSecOps

• Agile/Scrum

Leadership & Collaboration

The successful candidate should be comfortable functioning as both a hands-on technical architect and DevOps leader.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical direction and architecture recommendations.

• Coordinating with application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and networking teams.

• Managing technical priorities, dependencies, and risks.

• Leading critical incident resolution and root-cause analysis.

• Mentoring engineers and promoting DevOps best practices.

• Communicating technical solutions and risks effectively to senior stakeholders.