Senior DevOps Engineer, Forward Deployed (CDC)
Skylight · United States
Posted 20 days ago · $90,000–$125,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 20 days Skylight's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 57% of Skylight's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Skylight
- high 4 stale, 1 reposted of 7 open
- Hiring momentum
- 14 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Skylight's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Skylight.
About this role
As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Skylight, you will work closely with state and local health departments to onboard and troubleshoot their integration with a cloud-based disease surveillance system. Your responsibilities will include diagnosing technical issues, writing scripts and configurations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the platform meets the needs of various jurisdictions while maintaining compliance with federal security standards.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Skylight as an employer.
What you need
- Comfortable working directly with customers
- Experience with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Docker)
- Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
- Proficient in SQL
- Health IT or public health data experience, such as HL7 or disease surveillance systems
- Can produce high-quality code by adhering to good practices such as automated testing
Nice to have
- Full-stack development experience with Java and Python
- Experience delivering technology in government, regulated industries, or other public-benefit settings
- Possess a foundational understanding of data engineering, including how to use various datastores to handle persistent data in software systems
- Familiar with how to build secure, compliant software and defend against common vulnerabilities
- A track record of staying aligned and accountable on remote teams
What you get
- Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Dependent care FSA, healthcare FSA, health savings account
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match up to 10% of your salary with no vesting period
- Flexible paid-time-off policy (generally around 25 days per year), plus 11 paid federal holidays
Worth weighing
- This role is contingent on Skylight being awarded the underlying contract.
- You may need to travel occasionally based on company, client, or contract needs.
- The job requires clear communication skills in addition to technical abilities, which may be a challenge for some candidates.
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Listed by Skylight on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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