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# Non-Employee DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Artech
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $135,200.0 - $145,600.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Computer Programming, DevOps, Open Source Technology, OpenShift, Ansible, Scripting, Load Balancing, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Hashicorp, Terraform, Golang
- **Published:** October 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/non-employee-devops-engineer-chicago-il--211c3e5c-45f7-420c-baa3-18cca2a4144f

## About the Role

* Kubernetes certification like CKA or CKAD and AWS certification
 * Application programming skills in Golang, Java, etc.
 * Understanding of k8s operator model
 * Scripting languages like shell / Helm modules or some programming experience
 * Diagramming skills such as sequence diagrams, flowcharts, etc.
 * Concepts of secrets/credential management for applications and systems, such as the use of HashiCorp Vault
 * Operators in Kubernetes/OCP

## Description

Job Title: Devops EngineerLocation: RemoteDuration: 6 month The Infrastructure Engineer works on holistic engineering deliverables across different stages of the product lifecycle and determines technology patterns for the overall solution. This role takes the lead in guiding more junior engineers and serves as a role model in fostering the adoption of new technologies. Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.Experience with Kubernetes - OpenShift(OCP) at a platform levelExperience with any one OpenShift / K8s supported Networking CNI (Plus if you know Calico)Experience with AWS infrastructure (VPC / Security groups / EC2 / Storages / Load Balancers)Experience doing OCP upgrades and creating OCP ClustersExperience with platform automation products like RH ACM / Terraform / AnsibleResponsible for incident resolution and Pager Support on a rotation basisAchieves product commitments by using informal leadership and highly developed communication skills and contributes to or leads technology communitiesUses automation, system tools, open-source solutions, observability, and 'security first' principles in daily workContributes to team agile ceremonies, leads demos and presentations, and helps new engineers learn established normsResponsible for pager support once every quarterInitiates high-level solution design approaches and guides the team to achieve desired key software delivery capabilities using automated, coded enterprise and observabilityParticipates in internal speaking and advocacy eventsSupports research activities to adopt new technology solutions in developing new capabilitiesContinues professional education and creates opportunities for core product teams to learn engineering best practicesCoaches immediate chapter and actively fosters the adoption of new technologiesPreferred QualificationsKubernetes certification like CKA or CKAD and AWS certificationApplication programming skills in Golang, Java, etc.Understanding of k8s operator modelScripting languages like shell / Helm modules or some programming experienceDiagramming skills such as sequence diagrams, flowcharts, etc.Concepts of secrets/credential management for applications and systems, such as the use of HashiCorp VaultOperators in Kubernetes/OCP