DevOps Engineer

Placement Type:


Temporary

Salary:


$60-66.67 Hourly

Start Date:


Aug 10, 2026

Aquent is proud to partner with a prominent financial services institution dedicated to empowering individuals and institutions through innovative technology solutions. This organization is at the forefront of delivering robust and reliable platforms that underpin critical financial operations, making a significant impact on the economic well-being of millions.


Are you ready to make a profound impact on critical financial operations and contribute to the economic well-being of millions? We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate individual to join a dynamic team, where your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring the stability, performance, and scalability of essential enterprise applications. This is an exceptional opportunity to leverage your deep technical knowledge to optimize complex distributed systems, drive continuous improvement, and directly enhance the reliability and efficiency of vital services.


What You'll Do

• Lead enterprise-level system administration, monitoring, and deployment activities, ensuring the smooth operation of critical systems.
• Design, develop, and implement automation scripts to streamline operations, enhance system efficiency, and reduce manual effort.
• Build and maintain application dashboards for proactive monitoring and configure alerts for early issue detection across various monitoring tools and platforms, ensuring rapid response to potential problems.
• Drive process improvements and adhere to Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices in all operational endeavors, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Provide expert-level administration, troubleshooting, and tuning for both Linux and Windows operating systems, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
• Ensure the stability and performance of large-scale distributed systems and high-availability architectures, supporting a resilient infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability, bridging the gap between development and operations.

What You'll Bring


We are looking for a self-starter with a gritty resolve to delve deep into technical challenges, an extreme sense of ownership, and a strong customer orientation. You should possess the ability and confidence to independently resolve complex issues, drive results, and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and operational excellence.

• 6-8 years of experience with enterprise-level administration and support.
• 6-8 years of experience in writing automation scripts, building application dashboards for proactive monitoring, and setting up alerts for early determination of issues using various monitoring tools and platforms.
• 6-8 years of experience practicing Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for process improvements.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise systems administration, monitoring, and deployment activities.
• Experience with Windows Server environments (2016, 2019, 2022) hosted via Virtual Machine.
• Strong knowledge of IP networking including DNS, DHCP, firewalls, and IP routing.
• Familiarity with large-scale distributed systems and high-availability architectures.
• Proficiency in Linux and Windows system administration, troubleshooting, and tuning.
• Development experience in one or more programming languages such as .Net, C#, Powershell, Yaml, Java, Python, or Bash.
• Knowledge of one or more relational and NoSQL databases.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

Bonus Points

• Experience within the financial services industry.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies.

About Aquent Talent


Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!


Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.


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