STEM OPT Staff Devops Engineer Jobs
Staff DevOps Engineer roles in infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platform engineering qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension when your employer is enrolled in E-Verify. A STEM degree in computer science, information systems, or a related CIP-coded field makes you eligible for up to 36 months of total OPT work authorization.
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Job Description
We are looking for a self-motivated Staff DevOps Engineer to join our API Gateway team to help us drive results throughout our organization. The ideal candidate will have a blend of patience, empathy, development and operational experience to drive collaboration with other DevOps engineers and cross-functional teams to identify and build best practices, monitoring solutions and operational excellence within the teams they are assigned. Specific emphasis in this role should be put on using AI to automate the most common DevOps tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Automate the deployment, configuration and management of cloud infrastructure (primarily in AWS) using agentic AI
- Work as part of a product delivery team, and work closely with application development teams to ensure on time product delivery, secure, high availability and performance of product functions, and operation cost effectiveness
- Help with product deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting, including building dashboards and alerts, and automating support tasks when feasible
- Stay on top of the most relevant, industry leading technologies and techniques to ensure a streamlined, efficient and productive development and operational environment
- Turn requirements gathering sessions into outcomes
- Bringing in other business functions as necessary to build holistic pipelines
- Operational support of enterprise API Gateway
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field
- 4 or more years of experience in IT industry, preferably five years
- 2+ years’ experience with AWS services, certification preferred
- 2+ years’ experience with Kubernetes
- 2+ years’ hands-on experience with Python, JavaScript, or Go
- 2+ years’ experience building and managing Docker containers
- 2+ years’ experience with enterprise grade API Gateway (Mulesoft, Apigee, Kong, Tyk)
- 2+ years’ experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch
- Demonstrated experience building Generative and Agentic AI based solutions
- Experience with MCP
- Experience building cloud infrastructure as code, with tools like Terraform
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles
- Strong understanding of security within the DevOps space, and be able to
- Knowledge and experience in zero downtime deployment strategies
- Experience working in and reporting on large or complex projects
- Comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written across all levels of the organization
Staff DevOps Engineer
Job Description
We are looking for a self-motivated Staff DevOps Engineer to join our API Gateway team to help us drive results throughout our organization. The ideal candidate will have a blend of patience, empathy, development and operational experience to drive collaboration with other DevOps engineers and cross-functional teams to identify and build best practices, monitoring solutions and operational excellence within the teams they are assigned. Specific emphasis in this role should be put on using AI to automate the most common DevOps tasks.
Responsibilities:
- Automate the deployment, configuration and management of cloud infrastructure (primarily in AWS) using agentic AI
- Work as part of a product delivery team, and work closely with application development teams to ensure on time product delivery, secure, high availability and performance of product functions, and operation cost effectiveness
- Help with product deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting, including building dashboards and alerts, and automating support tasks when feasible
- Stay on top of the most relevant, industry leading technologies and techniques to ensure a streamlined, efficient and productive development and operational environment
- Turn requirements gathering sessions into outcomes
- Bringing in other business functions as necessary to build holistic pipelines
- Operational support of enterprise API Gateway
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field
- 4 or more years of experience in IT industry, preferably five years
- 2+ years’ experience with AWS services, certification preferred
- 2+ years’ experience with Kubernetes
- 2+ years’ hands-on experience with Python, JavaScript, or Go
- 2+ years’ experience building and managing Docker containers
- 2+ years’ experience with enterprise grade API Gateway (Mulesoft, Apigee, Kong, Tyk)
- 2+ years’ experience building CI/CD pipelines from scratch
- Demonstrated experience building Generative and Agentic AI based solutions
- Experience with MCP
- Experience building cloud infrastructure as code, with tools like Terraform
- Strong understanding of DevOps principles
- Strong understanding of security within the DevOps space, and be able to
- Knowledge and experience in zero downtime deployment strategies
- Experience working in and reporting on large or complex projects
- Comfort with collaboration, open communication and reaching across functional borders
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written across all levels of the organization
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Staff Devops Engineer
Verify your degree's CIP code eligibility
Check the USCIS STEM Designated Degree Program List to confirm your specific degree program has an approved CIP code. Computer science and information technology degrees typically qualify, but degree titles vary by university, so confirm your exact program before applying.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify before your STEM OPT extension is approved. Ask hiring managers directly whether the company is enrolled, or look up the employer in the E-Verify employer search tool to verify status before you negotiate final terms.
Document DevOps training goals in your I-983
Your I-983 training plan must list specific learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, such as infrastructure-as-code skills, container orchestration, or distributed systems architecture. Vague goals like 'improve technical skills' get flagged by DSOs and delay your extension approval.
Target companies with active STEM OPT hiring history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Staff DevOps Engineer roles by employers who have hired STEM OPT students before, based on DOL Labor Condition Application data. This tells you which companies already understand the E-Verify requirement and I-983 process.
Start your extension paperwork 90 days early
Submit your STEM OPT extension application to USCIS no earlier than 90 days before your initial OPT expires. Filing late or outside this window can create a gap in work authorization, so coordinate the timeline with your DSO well ahead of your end date.
Match your DevOps role to your degree field directly
USCIS requires that your Staff DevOps Engineer position directly relates to your STEM degree. If your degree is in computer science or software engineering, map your job duties to core curriculum areas like systems design or distributed computing when completing your I-983.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Staff DevOps Engineer role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Yes, Staff DevOps Engineer positions typically qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension because the role requires applying knowledge from STEM degree fields such as computer science, information systems, or software engineering. Your I-983 training plan must connect your specific job duties, such as CI/CD pipeline management or cloud infrastructure automation, directly to your degree's core subject areas.
How do I know if a company hiring for this role is enrolled in E-Verify?
You can search the E-Verify employer search tool directly to check enrollment status before you accept an offer. E-Verify enrollment is a federal requirement for all STEM OPT employers, not just large companies, so this applies whether you're joining a startup or an enterprise. Migrate Mate filters Staff DevOps Engineer listings by employers who meet this requirement.
What goes into the I-983 training plan for a Staff DevOps Engineer?
Your I-983 must list concrete learning objectives tied to your STEM degree, your job title, the name and E-Verify ID of your employer, your work schedule, and a description of how your duties relate to your academic field. For a Staff DevOps Engineer, acceptable objectives include learning infrastructure-as-code frameworks, Kubernetes cluster management, or systems reliability engineering. Generic descriptions without technical specificity will slow DSO approval.
What happens to my STEM OPT authorization if my H-1B is selected in the lottery?
If your H-1B visa petition is filed before your STEM OPT expires and your employer files before the April 1 deadline for an October 1 start date, the cap-gap rule extends your work authorization automatically through September 30. You can keep working in your Staff DevOps Engineer role without interruption during that gap period, as long as you stay with the same E-Verify enrolled employer.
Which STEM degrees make me eligible for the STEM OPT extension in a DevOps role?
Degrees in computer science, computer engineering, information technology, software engineering, electrical engineering, and mathematics are among the most common qualifying fields for STEM OPT in DevOps roles. Your degree must appear on the USCIS STEM Designated Degree Program List by its CIP code. If your degree title is non-standard, confirm the CIP code with your DSO before applying, because the approval is tied to the program code, not the job title.