DevOps Engineer
Owns CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment reliability across cloud and on-premise environments.
AI Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
DevOps Engineer staffing across the US and Canada
DevOps engineers who keep AI products shipping. Choose a market below for local hiring context and the screening priorities Crosscheck uses for this role.
Source DevOps engineers with AI/ML infrastructure and cloud-native experience
Vet on real CI/CD pipeline design, IaC, and production incident response
72-hour shortlist delivery for immediate interviews
Permanent placements include a 90-day replacement guarantee, subject to the signed agreement.
Role-specific recruiting
What a focused DevOps Engineer search covers
A successful search starts with the outcomes this person must own, the environment they will inherit, and the evidence that separates production experience from keyword familiarity. Crosscheck aligns those requirements during intake, then screens a specialist network against the agreed role, compensation, location, and interview process.
Source DevOps engineers with AI/ML infrastructure and cloud-native experience
Vet on real CI/CD pipeline design, IaC, and production incident response
72-hour shortlist delivery for immediate interviews
Permanent placements include a 90-day replacement guarantee, subject to the signed agreement.
Role coverage
Related DevOps Engineer profiles
The exact title varies by team structure and project stage. These are the adjacent profiles commonly considered during intake and technical screening.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Leads pipeline architecture decisions, mentors the team, and drives IaC maturity and deployment velocity improvements.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
Deep cloud specialization, AWS, GCP, or Azure, with expertise in managed services, cost optimization, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
DevSecOps Engineer
Integrates security directly into the CI/CD pipeline, secrets management, container scanning, SAST/DAST tooling, and compliance automation.
Build & Release Engineer
Specializes in artifact management, versioning, dependency resolution, and the build infrastructure that underpins fast, reliable releases.
Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Production reliability focus, SLA/SLO management, incident response, capacity planning, and error budget governance.
Technical and functional screening scope
The intake identifies which areas are essential on day one and which can be adjacent experience. Screening then focuses on decisions made, systems shipped, constraints handled, and measurable outcomes.
CI/CD
GitHub Actions · Jenkins · GitLab CI · CircleCI · Buildkite
Containers & Orchestration
Docker · Kubernetes · Helm · Kustomize · containerd
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform · Ansible · Pulumi · AWS CDK · Crossplane
Cloud Platforms
AWS · Google Cloud · Azure · Cloudflare Workers · Multi-cloud
Security & Secrets
HashiCorp Vault · SOPS · AWS Secrets Manager · OPA / Kyverno · Trivy / Snyk
Observability
Datadog · PagerDuty · Grafana · Prometheus · OpenTelemetry
Interview calibration
How to evaluate DevOps Engineer experience
The search team uses the completed brief to separate adjacent familiarity from work the candidate owned. Each interviewer should use the same scenario, record the evidence provided, and score the answer against the responsibilities agreed during intake.
DevOps Engineer: CI/CD
Owns CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment reliability across cloud and on-premise environments.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Source DevOps engineers with AI/ML infrastructure and cloud-native experience
Senior DevOps Engineer: Containers & Orchestration
Leads pipeline architecture decisions, mentors the team, and drives IaC maturity and deployment velocity improvements.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Docker, Kubernetes, Helm. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Vet on real CI/CD pipeline design, IaC, and production incident response
Cloud DevOps Engineer: Infrastructure as Code
Deep cloud specialization, AWS, GCP, or Azure, with expertise in managed services, cost optimization, and cloud-native deployment patterns.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: 72-hour shortlist delivery for immediate interviews
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California (CA)5 cities
Colorado (CO)2 cities
Florida (FL)4 cities
Louisiana (LA)2 cities
Michigan (MI)2 cities
Missouri (MO)2 cities
North Carolina (NC)4 cities
Ohio (OH)3 cities
Oklahoma (OK)2 cities
Pennsylvania (PA)2 cities
South Carolina (SC)2 cities
Tennessee (TN)4 cities
Texas (TX)5 cities
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Need a wider or fully remote search?
The market pages are planning guides, not claims of a physical office in every city. Crosscheck recruits across the United States and Canada from Denver. For qualified exclusive searches in our core disciplines, Crosscheck targets a first candidate slate within 48 hours after a completed intake.
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