DevOps Engineer

Job Category: Technology and IT
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: USA
Company Name: Motion Recruitment

Company Overview

Motion Recruitment is a premier provider of IT Talent Solutions across North America, offering services in Contract Staffing, Direct Hire, Managed Solutions, and Statement of Work (SOW) delivery. With 21 strategically located delivery centers, we specialize in connecting top-tier technology professionals with innovative startups and enterprise organizations alike.

Our success is driven by a high-touch, team-based recruitment model that is hyper-focused on specific tech domains. This targeted approach enables us to deliver deeply consultative and personalized solutions for both clients and candidates. Our core areas of recruiting expertise include:

  • Software Engineering

  • Mobile Development

  • Data & Analytics

  • Infrastructure & Cloud

  • Cybersecurity

  • Product Management & UX

  • Functional IT roles

In addition to staffing services, we also offer comprehensive IT consulting solutions through the Motion Consulting Group (MCG). MCG empowers clients to achieve true digital transformation by delivering expert guidance and hands-on support in key areas such as:

  • Agile Development & Coaching

  • DevOps & DevSecOps Implementation

  • Managed Services for IT Operations

Key Responsibilities

  • CI/CD Pipeline Development:
    Design, implement, and manage GitHub Actions (GHA) pipelines for iOS, Android, and Java applications to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.

  • Infrastructure Support:
    Manage deployment artifacts across staging and production environments. Provision and modify Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) databases to support application needs.

  • Performance & Reliability:
    Monitor and optimize performance within Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), resolving issues related to CPU, memory, and resource allocation.

  • Legacy System Modernization:
    Lead the migration of Jenkins jobs to GitHub Actions, ensuring improved continuity and scalability of CI/CD operations.

  • Security & Compliance:
    Assist in managing SSL/TLS certificates and enforce compliance with PCI and SOX standards.

  • Troubleshooting & Diagnostics:
    Provide expert-level support for macOS build environments, including Xcode, and resolve integration or performance issues. Offer diagnostic support for testing frameworks like JUnit and static code analysis tools like SonarQube.

  • Continuous Improvement:
    Stay up to date with emerging DevOps technologies and recommend tools or practices to improve system resilience, security, and efficiency.


Required Skills & Experience

  • Proven expertise in GitHub Actions (GHA), ArgoCD, and Chartis for deploying Java microservices to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

  • Experience configuring and optimizing mobile CI/CD pipelines (iOS & Android) using GHA.

  • Strong understanding of AKS orchestration, container lifecycle management, and infrastructure performance tuning.

  • Hands-on experience with Docker, Opscode Chef, and scripting in Shell.

  • Skilled in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) with tools like Ruby, and familiarity with Chef for configuration management.

  • Familiar with performance testing using JMeter and BlazeMeter.

  • Working knowledge of Java, Kotlin, and iOS/Xcode build tools.

  • Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), especially for centralized logging and monitoring.

  • Knowledge of observability frameworks like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus.

  • Strong troubleshooting skills on both Linux and macOS systems.


Benefits Offered (W2)

  • Medical Insurance

  • Vision Insurance

  • Dental Insurance

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

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