DevOps Lead

A leading financial services firm headquartered in Boston, MA is hiring a DevOps Lead for a hybrid contract role paying $90–$110/hour. This role offers a mix of onsite and remote work and is geared toward someone with deep hands-on experience in AWS (ECS/Fargate), modern DevOps tools, and CI/CD automation in large-scale environments.

This is a high-impact role for a DevOps expert who thrives at the intersection of technical execution and strategic thinking. You’ll be expected to hit the ground running, lead DevOps initiatives, and drive infrastructure automation efforts. The ideal candidate is just as comfortable writing CI/CD pipelines as they are engaging stakeholders and aligning infrastructure solutions with business goals. This is a fast-paced environment where your AWS expertise and DevOps leadership will directly support agile application delivery at scale.

Required Skills & Experience
· 7+ years of DevOps experience in cloud-native, enterprise-level environments
· Deep AWS expertise, especially ECS, Fargate, CloudFormation, and IAM
· Strong background in CI/CD pipeline development (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
· Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, CDK, etc.)
· Ability to operate in a hybrid strategic/hands-on role

Desired Skills & Experience
· Financial services industry experience
· Proficiency with container orchestration and Docker best practices
· Familiarity with monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, etc.)
· Strong communication skills and stakeholder alignment capabilities

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown
· 50% AWS (ECS, Fargate, CloudFormation)
· 25% CI/CD Automation and IAC (Terraform, GitHub Actions)
· 15% Infrastructure Strategy / Architecture
· 10% Monitoring & Operations

Daily Responsibilities
· 70% Hands On
· 20% Strategic Planning / Architecture
· 10% Cross-Team Collaboration

The Offer
· Contract role (not bonus or commission eligible)

You will receive the following benefits:
· Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 
· Paid Sick Time
· 401(k) 

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.