Hello, Title : Senior DevOps Engineer Location: Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO (Onsite) TS/SCI with CI poly required. Contract length: 3 year contract Job Summary: HOW A SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT A Sen…
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DevOps Engineer jobs in St. Louis, MO
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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$33–$86/hr
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nation through a dynamic role in government contracting. This is an opportunity for you to advance your career as a Cloud and DevOps Engineer, continuing your contributions to the warfighter mission and experiencing prof…
impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats. Job Description DevOps Team Lead, a Key Personnel Role, requires a unique blend of cloud engineering expertise, operational rigor, and leadership. As a…
Job Description Job Description Kickstart your career as a DevOps Engineer Intern with Delta Dental of Missouri, where you’ll gain hands-on experience in Azure cloud environments and modern DevOps practices. In this role…
MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing, young, energetic global IT- Engineering services company with clients across the US . We provide... ...your updated resume. We look forward to hearing from you! DevOps / Automation…
Job Description Job Description What Impact You'll Have Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps Engineer. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a care…
Job Description Job Description Job Title: Junior DevOps Engineer (0–2 Years) Location: Remote (United States) Employment Type: Full-Time (W2) or Independent Contractor (1099) Experience: 0–2 Years Salary: $50,000 per ye…
your expertise to protect our country from threats. Job Description Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps Engineer, Sr. at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of…
We have an opening for a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong networking experience to assist with the development, integration, deployment, and sustainment of mission critical systems. Responsibilities: The primary duties…
Overview: We are looking for a Systems/ DevOps Engineer to work on our Cloud Automation Advancements Team. Work hand-in-hand with technical and program management leadership to implement the next generation desktop and w…
Job Description Job Description We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with a deep background in Linux systems administration. This role is a perfect fit for a seasoned sysadmin who is ready to transition into o…
Job Description Job Description Are you ready to lead, build, and make an impact? We are seeking a DevOps Engineering Manager to guide a small but growing team through an exciting stage of growth. In this role, you'll ma…
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What devops engineers earn in St. Louis
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $33–$47 | $69k–$97k |
| Mid level | $47–$66 | $97k–$138k |
| Senior | $64–$86 | $133k–$179k |
Adjusted for the St. Louis 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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