DevOps Engineer

State of Indiana•Indianapolis, IN

15d•$70,122•Onsite

About The Position

The Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) provides cost-effective, secure, consistent, and reliable enterprise-technology services to partner agencies, enabling them to better serve Hoosier taxpayers. IOT acts as a technology and solution enabler, helping agencies achieve business objectives and innovation. The DevOps Engineer will deliver enterprise-grade DevOps engineering capabilities supporting GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), AWS Transform, AI Foundry, and other shared platform services. This role involves designing, implementing, and governing statewide developer platforms to ensure secure, compliant, reproducible, and scalable DevOps workflows for all agencies. Responsibilities include platform provisioning, Copilot governance, audit configuration, and compliance monitoring. The engineer will collaborate with security, enterprise architecture, vendor partners, CloudOps, and agency development teams to align platform practices with State of Indiana cybersecurity standards, NIST requirements, and modern cloud-native engineering approaches. The role also focuses on building and maintaining shared CI/CD pipeline patterns, reusable workflow templates, and automation standards to facilitate safe and consistent agency onboarding onto modern development tooling. Additionally, the engineer will integrate platform monitoring into IOT enterprise systems, support incident response for platform-level issues, and assist agencies in adopting best practices for branching strategies, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), automated testing, and secure deployment automation. This blended role aims to drive statewide digital modernization by enabling secure, standardized, and AI-enhanced software delivery practices across Indiana’s public sector. This is an onsite position located at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Requirements

Strong foundations in DevOps, cloud automation, and software development.
3+ years of experience developing applications in C#/.NET, Web API/REST, and cloud-hosted patterns.
3+ years of experience in front-end development (Angular).
Strong experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Boards, Pipelines) or GitHub Enterprise.
Solid understanding of cloud architecture and security best practices across Azure.
Experience with Docker and container-based development (Azure Container Apps preferred).
Proficiency with Git branching strategies, code reviews, and collaborative development workflows.
Experience building CI/CD pipelines for .NET and Angular-based applications.
Experience with AI capabilities within Integrated development environments (IDE) such as VS Code, Visual Studio, and Github Enterprise Cloud.
Experience with SQL Server and Azure SQL design, tuning, and maintenance.
Self-motivated, proactive, and passionate about automation and engineering excellence.
Enjoys solving complex technical challenges independently and collaboratively.
Strong communication skills with an ability to work across cross-functional teams.
Ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

A degree is not required. However, at least 7+ years of experience applying the outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role may be considered.
Related certifications and coursework may also be considered.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain reusable CI/CD pipeline templates, workflow standards, and automated deployment patterns for statewide use.
Create IaC patterns and environment bootstrap scripts for consistent, reproducible cloud setups.
Implement shift left security, automated testing, and release automation within shared pipeline architectures.
Partner with agency engineering teams to modernize legacy pipelines and onboard them into standard GitHub Actions based automation.
Architect, implement, and govern statewide GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), AWS Transform, and AI Foundry services under the Internal Development Platform (1170P/1170PA).
Define enterprise level policies for security, Copilot governance, audit configuration, and compliance enforcement across all GHEC organizations.
Ensure adherence to State Security and Compliance standards, NIST guidance, and identity governance requirements.
Collaborate with enterprise architects and security stakeholders to maintain platform consistency and architectural alignment.
Provision new GHEC organizations and repositories, manage tenant wide configuration, and set up cost center and license governance.
Provide operational support for platform level issues through IOT’s ITSM processes; respond to incidents assigned to Application Development groups.
Integrate platform monitoring with IOT enterprise monitoring systems, ensuring full visibility into operational health and security events.
Serve as SME for GitHub Copilot enablement, training, and responsible AI adoption patterns across agencies.
Manage enterprise Copilot seat assignment, policy governance, and AI driven development guardrails.
Develop automation for license management, audit policy enforcement, repository standards, and organization level governance tasks.
Maintain platform observability through log aggregation, usage analytics, and compliance dashboards.
Continuously evaluate platform improvements, new GitHub features, cloud innovations, and automation opportunities.
Act as a technical advisor to agency development teams adopting modern DevOps workflows, cloud native patterns, and AI assisted development.
Liaise with vendors (GitHub, Microsoft, AWS) on platform strategy, roadmap alignment, incident response, and enterprise adoption planning.
Conduct architectural reviews for agencies implementing new CI/CD patterns or transitioning from legacy tooling.

Benefits

Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
Deferred compensation 457(b) account (similar to 401(k) plan) with employer match
Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to: 150 hours of paid New Parent Leave and up to eight weeks of paid Childbirth Recovery Leave for eligible mothers, Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave, Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
12 paid holidays, 14 in election years
Education Reimbursement Program
Group life insurance
Referral Bonus program
Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Free Parking for most positions
Free LinkedIn Learning access