$90 - $100 per hour
LaSalle Network is hiring for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Compute Platform) with a compute-focused, enterprise-leading company known for innovation and operational excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dyna…
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DevOps Engineer jobs in Chicago, IL
DevOps engineers build the pipelines, infrastructure, and automation that let teams ship software quickly and safely. The work centers on CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and reliability.
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your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range $170,000.00/yr - $190,000.00/yr As a DevOps Engineer you will be an integral part of our technology team. You will work closely with eng…
An established industry player is seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their dynamic technology team. In this role, you will collaborate closely with engineers to enhance infrastructure, automate deployment processe…
$90 - $100 per hour
LaSalle Network is hiring for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Storage Platform) at a remote, industry-leading company known for its innovative storage and cloud solutions. This is a contract role ideal for a seasoned professio…
$120k - $135k
Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer Company: Snapsheet Job Location: Remote Job Type: Full-time About Snapsheet : Snapsheet is claims technology the way it should be: purposeful, precise, and designed to deliver outcomes.…
$131.6k - $230.3k
It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy... ...insights, intelligent monitoring). ~6+years of experience in DevOps engineering, wi…
$160k - $185k
, we believe a workplace food program should be something employees love and look forward to every day. Who You Are: The DevOps Engineer responsible for managing, optimizing, and securing cloud-based infrastructure and s…
$165k - $195k
administration, PowerShell, and SQL Server Experience with agentic AI tooling and securing agentic workflows If you're a strong senior engineer excited by this work but coming from an adjacent stack or a less conventiona…
Role ITRS is looking for an experienced and accomplished FDE Engineer to join our collaborative and inclusive team. Reporting to our... ...make the product easier to manage. Requirements ~7+ years of DevOps experience. ~…
Job Title Python / DevOps Engineer for Private Voice-AI Setup Job Description We are looking for an experienced Python / DevOps engineer to complete a one-time private setup of a Chatterbox-based voice-cloning system. Th…
performance Other duties as assigned Skills you'll need Python experience strongly preferred SQL experience preferred Prior DevOps experience essential Terraform/Ansible/Kubernetes experience preferred Ability to multi-t…
Job Description Job Description Job Description: We are looking for an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines for deploying software stacks in public and private cloud environme…
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What devops engineers earn in Chicago
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $39–$54 | $81k–$113k |
| Mid level | $54–$78 | $113k–$162k |
| Senior | $75–$101 | $157k–$211k |
Adjusted for the Chicago market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
AWS, GCP, or AzureKubernetes and DockerTerraform or other IaCCI/CD pipelinesLinux and shell scriptingPython or GoMonitoring (Prometheus, Grafana)Incident responseCost optimization
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through a CI/CD pipeline you built or improved.
Cover the stages, what you automated, and the measurable result — faster deploys, fewer failed releases. Numbers make this answer.
A deploy just took production down. What do you do?
Roll back first, diagnose second, communicate throughout. Then talk about prevention: canaries, health checks, smaller changes.
How do you manage infrastructure as code, and why does it matter?
Explain reproducibility, review, and drift prevention with a tool like Terraform. Mention how you handle state and secrets — that is where real experience shows.
How would you reduce a team's cloud bill?
Start with visibility (tagging, cost reports), then rightsizing, reserved capacity, and killing orphaned resources. A real example with a dollar figure is ideal.
How do you decide what to monitor and alert on?
Alert on symptoms users feel, not every metric. Talk about SLOs and reducing alert fatigue — mature answers focus on fewer, better alerts.
How do you roll out a risky infrastructure change?
Describe staging environments, incremental rollout, rollback plans, and communicating with affected teams before you touch anything.
How do you handle secrets in pipelines and applications?
Name a secrets manager, rotation, and least privilege, and the anti-pattern you are avoiding: credentials in code or CI variables sprayed everywhere.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For devops engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Lead with measurable operational wins: deploy frequency, mean time to recovery, uptime, or cloud cost reductions.
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Name your infrastructure stack precisely — 'Kubernetes on EKS with Terraform and GitHub Actions' beats 'cloud technologies'.
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Certifications (AWS, CKA) still move the needle in this field; list current ones near the top.
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Describe scale: number of services, clusters, or engineers your platform supported.
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Mention incident and on-call experience — teams hiring DevOps are usually buying calm under pressure.
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Where this role goes
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