DevOps Engineer

HealthEdge • Remote,

151d • $101,000 - $115,000 • Remote

About The Position

HealthEdge is seeking a DevOps Engineer with a strong Java background to build, automate, and operate infrastructure for its healthcare technology platform. The role connects development and operations by accelerating delivery pipelines, strengthening cloud infrastructure, and supporting the reliability of healthcare systems. The position is fully remote in the United States and is full-time and permanent.

The engineer will design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Java-based microservices and enterprise healthcare applications; automate infrastructure provisioning; deploy and manage AWS services; and configure storage, access, monitoring, and logging. The role also includes troubleshooting application and infrastructure issues, writing automation scripts, managing source control, supporting Docker and Kubernetes environments, and applying security controls, including HIPAA-related controls.

The engineer will collaborate with Java development teams and onshore and offshore colleagues, support healthcare partner integrations and EDI transaction pipelines, improve deployment and operational practices, mentor developers, and lead root cause analysis and post-mortems for production incidents. The position may require travel depending on company needs and may involve long periods at a computer, working across time zones, and occasional movement around an office.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of DevOps, platform engineering, or SRE experience in an enterprise environment.
• Strong Java development background, including ability to read and debug Java/Spring Boot codebases and work alongside Java teams.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar tools.
• Proficiency with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Infrastructure-as-Code experience with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Solid understanding of AWS networking, security groups, VPCs, and IAM.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Splunk, or PagerDuty.
• Experience working in onshore/offshore delivery models.
• Understanding of SQL, XML, JSON, REST/SOAP web services, and middleware technologies.
• Strong communication skills and ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort working in a fully remote, async-first environment.
• Automation-first mindset, collaboration, ownership of platform reliability, adaptability under pressure, commitment to security and quality, willingness to mentor, and comfort building processes amid ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare IT, including Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, or commercial insurance domains.
• Knowledge of HIPAA compliance, PHI data handling, and healthcare security standards.
• Familiarity with EDI healthcare transactions (837, 834, 835, 270/271, 276/277, 278).
• Exposure to healthcare platforms such as HealthRules, TriZetto, NASCO, Advantasure, or Change Healthcare.
• Experience supporting healthcare core administration systems, including claims adjudication and enrollment platforms.
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer, or equivalent.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery and tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Familiarity with secrets management tools such as HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Java-based microservices and enterprise healthcare applications.
• Customize pipeline stages, test automation, artifact management, and deployment strategies.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Deploy and manage AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, ECS/EKS, RDS, and networking components.
• Manage storage and access configurations, including S3 bucket policies, IAM roles, file permissions, and EFS/NFS mount or server paths.
• Implement and manage monitoring and logging solutions, including CloudWatch, Log Insights, and centralized logging integrations.
• Troubleshoot application, infrastructure, and deployment issues, including Linux administration and debugging.
• Write and maintain Bash, Shell, or Python automation scripts for deployment and operational tasks.
• Manage Git source control and branching strategies and integrate them with CI/CD pipelines.
• Apply security best practices across CI/CD, infrastructure, and application deployment, including secrets management, IAM policies, vulnerability scanning, and HIPAA compliance controls.
• Support containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes, including EKS or on-premises clusters.
• Collaborate with Java development teams to embed DevOps practices throughout the software delivery lifecycle.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and security compliance across healthcare environments.
• Support integrations with healthcare ecosystem partners and EDI transaction pipelines.
• Drive automation initiatives to improve deployment frequency, reduce lead time, and minimize incidents.
• Mentor developers on DevOps tools, practices, and cloud-native patterns.
• Maintain configuration and environment consistency across development, staging, and production.
• Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams in an Agile delivery model.
• Conduct root cause analysis for production incidents and drive post-mortem processes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level