Remote Head of DevOps Jobs
Remote Head of DevOps jobs are in strong demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams actively hiring for this leadership role in software, fintech, and healthcare technology. Employers posting remote openings right now include PEOPLECERT, Mimica, and Valleywise Health. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Job Summary
Team Member - Sr. System Administrator / Engineer - Linux
Supporting high visibility mission environment.    Supporting a software development / engineering project looking to productize their system. 
Work Location:  FANX3 with potential to work form Oracle NBP Contract location if needed/ as needed
Duty hours are Monday - Friday. Looking for a 10a-6p shift preferred.  The team needs to provide 6a-6p coverage across the team. 
Responsibilities
- Contractor will be supporting an IC wide mission environment / service.  Minimum of 10 years experience as a Linux System Admin / Eng.
- Required: Linux - (CentOS/RHEL) Linux admin experience.  Kubernetes based environment. Red Hat Certification desired
- Required: Kubernetes (K8's) experience; specifically tooling and container fundamentals needed. Experience with High Side / Classified networking is a major plus. 
- Required:  Security + Certification; Kubernetes, BASH 
- Highly Desired:  Python, Ansible, Salt, VMware experience, Agile, Dev Ops, Key Management / Encryption technologies
Other Desired experience:
- Storage 
- Networking 
- Security Compliance 
- Authentication 
- Physical Server Administration
- Currently holds or recently held SYS3 PRIVAC level desired.  If SYS3 is not current, candidate will need to put in for SYS3.
Pay: $150,000.00 - $170,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
Security clearance:
- Confidential (Preferred)
Work Location: Remote
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote head of DevOps jobs.
- 7 or more years of DevOps or platform engineering experience, including team leadership
- Hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CircleCI
- Proficiency with container orchestration, particularly Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and partner with engineering and product leadership
- Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks relevant to cloud infrastructure, such as SOC 2 or FedRAMP
Tips for Your Remote Head of DevOps Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote head of devops openings from across the U.S. in one place. Search roles by function and apply directly to the ones that match your infrastructure background before postings fill up.
Show async leadership in your application
Remote hiring managers want proof you can lead without proximity. Include writing samples like architecture decision records, incident postmortems, or runbooks that show you communicate infrastructure strategy clearly in writing, not just in meetings.
Highlight distributed team experience upfront
Remote head of devops roles almost always involve coordinating engineers across time zones. Lead your resume summary with specific experience managing distributed on-call rotations, async standups, or cross-region deployments using tools like PagerDuty, Backstage, or Terraform Cloud.
Prepare for infrastructure-focused remote interviews
Remote panels for this role typically include async take-home assessments or recorded architecture walkthroughs before live rounds. Practice narrating infrastructure decisions clearly on video, covering your reasoning on platform choices, incident response design, and team structure changes you've led.
Remote Head of DevOps Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote head of devops job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed engineering organizations, since they build hiring processes around async collaboration and trust candidates to operate independently from day one. Remote employers screen for strong written communication, documented infrastructure decisions, and experience leading distributed teams across time zones. Demonstrating async leadership, clear incident postmortems, and ownership of CI/CD strategy gives you a concrete edge over candidates with only in-office backgrounds.
Which companies hire remote head of devopss?
Remote head of devops roles are posted by PEOPLECERT, Mimica, and Valleywise Health and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, cloud-native fintech firms, and distributed healthtech organizations are among the most consistent hirers for this role.
Can you get a remote head of devops job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry into this leadership role is harder because you must demonstrate self-direction without an in-person manager guiding you. Early-stage startups and remote-first companies occasionally hire junior DevOps leads for smaller infrastructure scopes. Showing a public portfolio of infrastructure-as-code work, open-source contributions, or documented on-call runbooks can substitute for formal experience when targeting those smaller remote teams.
Do you need a degree for remote head of devops jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in this space consistently weigh hands-on infrastructure experience, cloud certifications, and demonstrated leadership of DevOps transformations well above formal education credentials. A portfolio showing measurable reliability improvements, platform migrations, or team scaling carries more weight with remote hiring managers than a degree alone.
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