JOB DESCRIPTION Insight Global is looking for a DevOps Engineer - Level 1 to join our client in the government sector.

This role will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, automation solutions, and production environments while partnering closely with development, QA, security, and operations teams to improve deployment processes, system reliability, scalability, and overall platform performance.

The role involves participating in Agile ceremonies, architecture discussions, and requirements gathering, while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to evaluate solutions, address infrastructure impacts, and drive continuous improvement efforts.

The ideal candidate will have experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, Jenkins, GitHub, Windows and Linux administration, PowerShell, networking, API management, cybersecurity principles, and enterprise monitoring tools such as Dynatrace and SolarWinds.

Additionally, they will leverage modern AI-assisted engineering tools including Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, intelligent automation solutions, and AI-driven development practices to enhance operational efficiency and software delivery.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE • Supporting enterprise application platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and automated solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management, container orchestration, and API management technologies. • Supporting, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing enterprise application services, integration services, SDLC environments, networked systems, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure high availability and reliability. • Applying middleware technologies, tools, and protocols, including certificate services, API gateways, JDBC, JMS, SOAP and REST web services, and related integration technologies to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable enterprise solutions. • Diagnosing and resolving complex application, middleware, Windows Server, Linux, networking, and infrastructure issues, including performance, authentication, capacity, connectivity, and system integration challenges. • Leveraging approved AI-assisted engineering technologies, Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP) services, automation platforms, and development tools to improve software delivery, platform reliability, incident analysis, troubleshooting, knowledge management, system optimization, and operational efficiency.

NICE TO HAVE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE • AI automation experience will make candidates more favorable Must be local to Austin! 10 month contract to hire