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DevOps Engineer jobs in Philadelphia, PA
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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$39–$101/hr
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$138k
Median, full-time
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Job Details: Lead Site Reliability Engineer The Lead Site Reliability Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for the... ...leadership and mentorship Qualifications ~6+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Enginee…
analysis Design and enhance operational tools and architect DevOps solutions to optimize system performance and efficiency.... ...holding a Technical Lead / Senior role or mentoring a small team of engineers. Ability to…
agencies, a list that spans across the country. Job Description The Opportunity: CapTech is seeking a SaaS platform engineer to play a hands-on role in the engineering, administration, and evolution of our enterprise app…
VetsEZ is currently seeking a Senior Backend DevOps Engineer for a 100% remote position supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs' Joint Longitudinal Viewer (JLV) program. JLV is a mission-critical clinical applicati…
VetsEZ is currently looking for a Senior Azure Integration Engineer for a 100% remote position supporting a large federal government... ...pipelines. ~Expertise with Python, PySpark, SQL, JSON, Git, Azure DevOps, and Azu…
culture with competitive benefits and compensation with a business casual atmosphere. FreedomPay is seeking a Platform Operations Engineer to help the Platform Operations team maintain operational readiness as the compan…
reliability are not afterthoughts here; they are first-class engineering concerns. We are looking for a Senior Platform and Security... ..., UAT, and production environments Manage and evolve Azure DevOps pipelines for b…
Job Description Job Description Kubernetes Platform Engineer – Voice Services Modernization Skills: Expert-level Kubernetes administration... ...scalable, resilient Kubernetes-based platforms using modern DevOps, CI/CD,…
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What devops engineers earn in Philadelphia
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 Philadelphia 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
Typical progression
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Junior DevOps Engineer
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DevOps Engineer
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