Senior DevOps Engineer Contract

Lantana Consulting Group provides services and software for standards-based health-information exchange. As a rapidly growing distributed, employee-owned company, we hire exceptional talent nationwide and offer flexible remote work arrangements. We take pride in our mission to improve public health and quality of care and to advance research. Leads and integrates DevOps, release management, and security efforts to align with technical standards and security frameworks. Provides hands-on leadership to guide infrastructure integration, streamline security compliance, and support project delivery. Serves as a key technical liaison between internal teams and IT stakeholders. Drive the daily integration of secure development practices, infrastructure automation, and release coordination across multiple federal-facing projects Work closely with software engineers, quality assurance, infrastructure, and security teams to design and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines, align with NIST 800-53 controls, and implement continuous security monitoring and vulnerability-remediation strategies Manage and evolve DevOps workflows using industry-standard tools to support timely, compliant, Cloud-based deployments Review and improve build and deployment processes Serve as a technical liaison between development and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) IT operations Lantana Consulting Group provides services and software for standards-based health-information exchange. As a rapidly growing distributed, employee-owned company, we hire exceptional talent nationwide and offer flexible remote work arrangements. We take pride in our mission to improve public health and quality of care and to advance research. Leads and integrates DevOps, release management, and security efforts to align with technical standards and security frameworks. Provides hands-on leadership to guide infrastructure integration, streamline security compliance, and support project delivery. Serves as a key technical liaison between internal teams and IT stakeholders. Drive the daily integration of secure development practices, infrastructure automation, and release coordination across multiple federal-facing projects Work closely with software engineers, quality assurance, infrastructure, and security teams to design and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines, align with NIST 800-53 controls, and implement continuous security monitoring and vulnerability-remediation strategies Manage and evolve DevOps workflows using industry-standard tools to support timely, compliant, Cloud-based deployments Review and improve build and deployment processes Serve as a technical liaison between development and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) IT operations Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field Over 10 years of experience in DevOps and CI/CD implementation with a strong foundation in principles of software development Hands-on automation experience using languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash, with a focus on using tools such as Azure DevOps to integrate security and optimize pipelines Ability to translate technical requirements into implementation plans Experience creating, documenting, and implementing standardized DevSecOps processes and security protocols across multiple teams and projects, and driving adoption while complying with federal requirements Experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams (software engineers, QA, security, infrastructure) to support secure software-delivery pipelines Experience supporting federal agencies such as CDC or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); and knowledge of federal IT environments, security frameworks, and compliance protocols Experience using tools such as Jira and Confluence to document technical infrastructure, including Cloud environments, security protocols, and CI/CD pipelines Strong understanding of data-encryption best practices, including enforcing policies for data at rest and in transit and responding to security threats using tools like Tenable.Familiarity with Cloud-based development and deployment environments Ability to implement and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes in Cloud-based environments Experience implementing automated testing and security monitoring to support compliance, key management, and system reliability in Cloud environments Familiarity with CDC's Continuous Monitoring tools such as Tenable.We are a remote organization, but we prioritize in-person collaboration during key events such as our annual company meeting. All qualified applicants for current openings will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit based factors. Employment type Employment type Full-time Job function Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting Sign in to set job alerts for “DevOps Engineer” roles. We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #