DevOps Engineer

Our client in the medical device field is seeking a Senior Developer/DevOps Engineer to join their software team. This is a high-impact, hybrid role that blends deep Ruby on Rails development expertise with modern DevOps engineering — purpose-built to lead the architectural evolution of a flagship healthcare application. * Start Date: June 2026* Duration: 6 - months on Contract, with the intent to convert to FTE.* Location: Remote from United States, supporting Pacific Timezone hours (8am - 5pm PT)* Pay Rate Range: starting at $70/hr W2, depending upon experience, plus benefits Role Overview This critical hybrid role leads the end-to-end modernization of a legacy Ruby on Rails application running on AWS — migrating it into a secure, containerized, cloud-native environment while upholding the highest standards of reliability and compliance in a regulated healthcare space. The ideal candidate bridges the gap between senior application development and infrastructure engineering: someone who can reverse-engineer legacy code, architect the containerization path forward, and own the DevOps pipelines that get it there. Core Responsibilities Infrastructure Modernization & DevOps • Lead the migration of legacy Ruby on Rails applications to containerized solutions (Docker/ECS), optimizing for scalability, high availability, and performance. • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible), and comprehensive monitoring and alerting suites. • Enhance deployment practices, incident response protocols, and system access logging. • Maintain optimal cloud resource utilization by right-sizing instances, investigating overspend, and proposing actionable cost-saving recommendations. • Set up, provision, and monitor disaster recovery regions in AWS, including multi-region database deployments. • Support healthcare data interchange initiatives using BOOMI atoms and molecules. • Participate in technical requirements gathering, AWS infrastructure design, and DevOps/CI/CD process design in collaboration with architecture leadership. Application Development & Code Modernization • Conduct deep code archeology and reverse engineering of the existing Ruby/RoR codebase to identify legacy dependencies, refactor as necessary, and facilitate containerization and CI/CD automation. • Contribute development expertise to support application performance improvements, feature enhancements, and technical debt reduction. Security & Compliance • Act as a guardian of AWS infrastructure — manage CVEs, patch windows, and maintain strict HIPAA/HITRUST compliance controls. • Oversee and maintain application and infrastructure security, including managing patch windows, vulnerability assessments, and security standards compliance. • Adhere to all Corporate Compliance guidelines, OIG, government healthcare regulations, and privacy and security standards, including HIPAA requirements. • Treat Protected Health Information (PHI) with the strictest confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA standards. Operational Leadership • Collaborate with the Managed Service Provider (MSP), ensuring a productive, aligned, and effective partnership. • Mentor less experienced team members, promoting a culture of learning, ownership, and engineering excellence. • Identify, analyze, and resolve system problems proactively and with urgency. Technical Qualifications • Linux/Unix Systems: 5+ years of hands-on Linux/Unix system administration — this is a core competency for this role. • Strong shell scripting skills (Bash, and/or Python/Ruby for automation) are required, as is comfort diagnosing and resolving complex system-level issues under pressure. • Experience with package management, log analysis, performance tuning, and hardening Linux systems in a regulated or security-conscious environment is expected. • AWS Infrastructure & Containerization: 5+ years of DevOps and/or systems administration experience with deep, hands-on knowledge of EC2, ECS, ECR, RDS (Postgres), Lambda, and multi-account networking — including Docker-based container orchestration. • Ruby on Rails Development: 5+ years of development background in Ruby/RoR — required to reverse engineer legacy code, identify dependencies, and facilitate successful containerization. Along with Linux/Unix proficiency, this is a core competency for this role. • CI/CD: Proven experience with continuous integration tools, with a strong preference for GitHub Action expertise. • Infrastructure as Code: Mastery of IaC and configuration management via Terraform, CloudFormation, Fargate, Chef and/or comparable tools. • Security: Strong background in managing vulnerabilities, patching schedules, and operating within highly regulated frameworks (HIPAA/HITRUST). • Database: Knowledge of database management with light DBA skills; Postgres and MySQL experience preferred. • AI-Assisted Development: Experience working with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar)