H-1B Visa Senior Devops Engineer Jobs
Senior DevOps Engineer roles qualify as H-1B visa specialty occupations under the software developer SOC code, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field. Most sponsoring employers file in the annual H-1B cap lottery, though cap-exempt institutions like universities and nonprofits hire year-round.
Find H-1B Visa Senior Devops Engineer JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 4,007+ Senior Devops Engineer jobs
Have you applied for this role?
Have you applied for this role?
Have you applied for this role?
Have you applied for this role?
Have you applied for this role?
See all 4,007+ Senior Devops Engineer Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new Senior Devops Engineer roles.
Get Access To All JobsGeneral Information
Req #
WD00098474
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
United States of America
State:
Illinois
City:
Chicago
Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations:
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
Why Work at Lenovo
We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.
Description and Requirements
About Our Team
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to drive build reliability, release consistency, and operational efficiency by integrating AI-Agent-assisted tooling into the development lifecycle. This position will ensure operational rigor and support to ensure integrated AI agents improve velocity and reliability.
We recently introduced Qira, our new cross-device Personal AI that works seamlessly across Lenovo and Motorola products. More information can be found here: [1] https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-unveils-lenovo-and-motorola-qira/
Location: Chicago, IL, Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days remote)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage Gerrit, GitHub repositories, branching strategies, permissions, and workflow governance.
- Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, including automated builds, tests, signing, and deployment workflows.
- Integrate AI-Agent–based automation for code validation, compliance checks, pre-commit analysis, and operational troubleshooting.
- Implement configuration management best practices across environments, ensuring traceability, reproducibility, and audit readiness.
- Collaborate with development, QA, and release engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of build and release processes.
- Monitor pipeline health, resolve build failures, and drive continuous improvements in reliability and performance.
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripting, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling.
- Support migration, modernization, and workflow transformation initiatives as the organization evolves from legacy systems.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 7+ yrs of Experience handling enterprise CI/CD pipelines in a CloudOps, DevOps or Data Engineering capacity.
- 5+ yrs of Experience writing CI/CD automations.
- Experience integrating AI tooling to CI/CD workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ yrs of Experience writing CI/CD automations utilizing Jenkins, Groovy, Python, or Bash.
- 5+ yrs of Experience handling repository governance, ideally with GitHub Enterprise, Actions.
- Experience integrating or working with AI-Agents for developer workflow acceleration.
- Deep understanding of configuration management principles, artifact versioning, and release workflows.
- Knowledge of secure build pipelines, code-scanning tools, and compliance automation.
- Experience with cloud-based build infrastructure and containerization with Docker or Kubernetes.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and cross-team communication skills.
- Experience documenting, communicating, and escalating issues in a timely way.
- Cultural Competency working across Chinese, Desi, American, European, and South American cultural contexts, ensuring messages are communicated with clarity and tact.
- 1+ yr of Experience working with Gerrit is a plus.
The base salary budgeted range for this position is $170-190k. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. This position operates on a hybrid schedule to our Chicago, IL location and is onsite 3 days per week.
Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.
In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 14, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Additional Locations:
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
United States of America
United States of America - Illinois
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
General Information
Req #
WD00098474
Career area:
Hardware Engineering
Country/Region:
United States of America
State:
Illinois
City:
Chicago
Date:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Working time:
Full-time
Additional Locations:
* United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
Why Work at Lenovo
We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.
Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).
This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.
Description and Requirements
About Our Team
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to drive build reliability, release consistency, and operational efficiency by integrating AI-Agent-assisted tooling into the development lifecycle. This position will ensure operational rigor and support to ensure integrated AI agents improve velocity and reliability.
We recently introduced Qira, our new cross-device Personal AI that works seamlessly across Lenovo and Motorola products. More information can be found here: [1] https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-unveils-lenovo-and-motorola-qira/
Location: Chicago, IL, Hybrid (3 days onsite and 2 days remote)
Key Responsibilities
- Manage Gerrit, GitHub repositories, branching strategies, permissions, and workflow governance.
- Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, including automated builds, tests, signing, and deployment workflows.
- Integrate AI-Agent–based automation for code validation, compliance checks, pre-commit analysis, and operational troubleshooting.
- Implement configuration management best practices across environments, ensuring traceability, reproducibility, and audit readiness.
- Collaborate with development, QA, and release engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of build and release processes.
- Monitor pipeline health, resolve build failures, and drive continuous improvements in reliability and performance.
- Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripting, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or equivalent tooling.
- Support migration, modernization, and workflow transformation initiatives as the organization evolves from legacy systems.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field.
- 7+ yrs of Experience handling enterprise CI/CD pipelines in a CloudOps, DevOps or Data Engineering capacity.
- 5+ yrs of Experience writing CI/CD automations.
- Experience integrating AI tooling to CI/CD workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ yrs of Experience writing CI/CD automations utilizing Jenkins, Groovy, Python, or Bash.
- 5+ yrs of Experience handling repository governance, ideally with GitHub Enterprise, Actions.
- Experience integrating or working with AI-Agents for developer workflow acceleration.
- Deep understanding of configuration management principles, artifact versioning, and release workflows.
- Knowledge of secure build pipelines, code-scanning tools, and compliance automation.
- Experience with cloud-based build infrastructure and containerization with Docker or Kubernetes.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and cross-team communication skills.
- Experience documenting, communicating, and escalating issues in a timely way.
- Cultural Competency working across Chinese, Desi, American, European, and South American cultural contexts, ensuring messages are communicated with clarity and tact.
- 1+ yr of Experience working with Gerrit is a plus.
The base salary budgeted range for this position is $170-190k. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. This position operates on a hybrid schedule to our Chicago, IL location and is onsite 3 days per week.
Lenovo’s various benefits can be found on www.lenovobenefits.com.
In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected application deadline for this position is August 14, 2025. This applies to both external and internal candidates.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.
Additional Locations:
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
United States of America
United States of America - Illinois
United States of America - Illinois - Chicago
See all 4,007+ H-1B Visa Senior Devops Engineer Jobs
Sign up for free to unlock all listings, filter by visa type, and get alerts for new H-1B Visa Senior Devops Engineer Jobs.
Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Senior Devops Engineer
Verify your SOC code before applying
Senior DevOps Engineer roles are typically filed under SOC 15-1252 (Software Developers) or 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators). Check the O*NET profile for your target role so your resume language aligns with what the employer will certify on the LCA.
Check employer LCA history on Migrate Mate
Search Senior DevOps Engineer LCA filings by employer on Migrate Mate to see which companies have actively sponsored this role. Prioritize employers with consistent filing history over those with a single filing, since repeat sponsorship signals an established internal process.
Target cap-exempt employers for off-cycle hiring
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated entities are exempt from the H-1B cap and can file year-round. Cloud infrastructure and platform engineering roles exist at these institutions, letting you start without waiting for the April lottery window.
Confirm the prevailing wage tier before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the Level I through Level IV prevailing wage for your target SOC code and metro area. Employers must certify the offered wage meets at least Level I, so knowing the tiers helps you evaluate whether an offer is LCA-compliant before you sign.
Request premium processing if your start date is fixed
USCIS offers premium processing for H-1B petitions, which guarantees a decision within 15 business days. If your current OPT or status expires close to your intended start date, ask the employer explicitly whether their immigration counsel will include it, since some skip it by default to reduce cost.
Document infrastructure scope to support specialty occupation
USCIS has issued RFEs on DevOps roles when job duties appear operational rather than theoretical. Your offer letter and support letter should emphasize design authority, architectural decision-making, and degree-required technical judgment, not just tool administration or on-call responsibilities.
H-1B Visa Senior Devops Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior DevOps Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, Senior DevOps Engineer roles qualify when the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a closely related field. USCIS evaluates the actual job duties, not just the title. Roles that emphasize system design, infrastructure architecture, and engineering judgment are stronger candidates than those framed primarily around tool administration or operations support.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Senior DevOps Engineers?
Sponsoring employers span cloud-native tech companies, financial services firms, large enterprise IT departments, and government contractors. The most reliable way to identify them is to search DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data, which records every employer that has filed an LCA for this role. Migrate Mate surfaces that filing history by employer so you can filter for companies with a consistent H-1B sponsorship track record for DevOps positions.
Can my employer file an H-1B petition outside the annual lottery?
Cap-exempt employers, including universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government research organizations, can file H-1B petitions at any time without participating in the lottery. If a private company wants to hire you outside the April window, the only option is a cap-exempt concurrent employment arrangement or waiting for the next registration period. USCIS publishes the current registration and filing timeline each fiscal year.
What documentation strengthens an H-1B petition for a DevOps role?
The employer's support letter should detail how the role requires theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge. For Senior DevOps Engineers, that means documenting responsibilities like designing CI/CD architecture, evaluating infrastructure-as-code frameworks, and leading technical decisions, rather than listing tools used. Your academic transcripts and any credential evaluations for foreign degrees also need to confirm the relevant field of study.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect DevOps job offers?
DOL requires employers to pay the prevailing wage for the SOC code and geographic area listed on the LCA before USCIS will approve the petition. Senior DevOps Engineer roles typically map to Level III or Level IV wage tiers given the seniority and specialization involved. You can verify the applicable wage using the OFLC Wage Search by entering the job's SOC code and the employer's worksite location before evaluating any offer.