Development Operations Engineer

Western Health Advantage•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

Western Health Advantage is seeking a skilled Development Operations (DevOps) Engineer to help design, deploy, and maintain the systems that power our software platforms, with a strong emphasis on OKTA-based identity and access management solutions. In this role, you will bring both strategic thinking and hands-on expertise to support CI/CD pipelines, secure authentication and authorization frameworks, hybrid infrastructure, and release management—ensuring reliable, scalable, and secure deployments across environments. This position is ideal for a DevOps professional who enjoys automating complex systems, strengthening identity and security capabilities, and continuously improving how software is built, tested, and released in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Science or a related discipline
5 years of IT experience, including at least 3 years of hands-on DevOps implementation
3 years of experience with Okta development and administration
Experience implementing solutions in multi-layered hybrid environments
Experience designing, implementing, and managing Release Management processes across business- and customer-facing environments
Experience architecting, designing, and implementing CI/CD frameworks in both legacy and modern environments
Experience with Linux/Unix operating systems (including Ubuntu) and at least one scripting language such as Python, Shell, Bash, PowerShell, or Perl
Hands-on experience with tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Nginx, HAProxy, ELK stack, or similar SDLC tools
Experience using Git and Git-based source control tools (e.g., Bitbucket)
Strong understanding of engineering best practices for building high-performance, reliable, and scalable web services
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace

Nice To Haves

IIS and Windows Server experience
Experience working with microservices architectures and modern web technologies (Docker, REST, Node.js, React, JavaScript, HTML5, AJAX, Git, Big Data architectures)
Previous experience in the healthcare industry, particularly within an HMO environment

Responsibilities

Building and maintaining OKTA solutions for multi-cohort, multi-entitlement identity management environments
Implementing API gateway solutions, including routing and rate limiting
Designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, tooling, and user interfaces to support scalable, high-frequency deployments with minimal downtime
Leveraging commercial and open-source tools to manage deployments across test, production, and customer-facing environments
Driving Release Management strategy, framework design, and execution across Agile and Waterfall projects, including release calendars and zero-downtime initiatives
Evaluating and improving version control and configuration management tools to enable parallel development and real-time change impact analysis
Developing and maintaining DevOps standards, guidelines, best practices, and procedures (DevOps Playbook)
Defining and implementing test automation and continuous testing strategies that support test-driven development (TDD) across multiple platforms
Defining and supporting test environment management strategies and tooling to efficiently provision and manage environments
Partnering with Infrastructure teams to automate scaling and server resource management in support of CI/CD and zero-downtime goals
Collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Monitoring industry trends and emerging tools to continuously improve DevOps practices
Participating in required after-hours activities, such as scheduled server patching
Supporting special projects and performing additional duties as assigned