Devops Engineer Contract Jobs in New Mexico (NOW HIRING)

Special note to applicants: Only candidates in New Mexico will be considered through July 31, 2026. Candidates outside of New Mexico may be considered after August 1, 2026.

About Indica Labs

Indica Labs is a leading developer of digital pathology software used in cancer treatment research, drug trials, and clinical development. Our work directly supports the advancement of medical applications that affect patient outcomes worldwide. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, we have been ranked #1 in the Albuquerque Journal's "Top Places to Work" five years in a row. Indica Labs offers excellent benefits, including 100% paid medical insurance, annual bonus potential, and a fully vested 401(k) matching.

About the Role

We are hiring an exempt level (salaried) DevOps Engineer to join our Infrastructure team. This role bridges software development and IT operations, with two equally important areas of focus:

• Owning and modernizing our CI/CD pipeline, including a strategic migration from on-premise to AWS.

• Supporting our Software Quality Assurance team by provisioning, configuring, and maintaining QA test environments.

Because Indica Labs ships software that runs in both Windows and Linux environments, this is a hybrid-stack role. You will collaborate closely with development teams, SQA, Cloud Services, and Technical Solutions to ensure our build and release infrastructure is reliable, secure, and scalable.

What You'll Do

CI/CD Pipeline Ownership

• Maintain, improve, and modernize all aspects of the Indica LabsJenkins-basedCI/CD pipeline.

• Lead the migration of the CI/CD pipeline from on-premise infrastructure to AWS.

• Maintain build servers, container images, and related infrastructure.

• Diagnose and resolve build, deployment, and upgrade issues across theCI/CDpipeline and at client sites.

• Integrate static analysis tools, code signing, cybersecurity vulnerability scans, SBOM generation, automated tests, and stakeholder notifications into the pipeline.

SoftwareQualityAssurance (SQA)Environment Support

• Provision, configure, harden, and maintain Software Quality Assurance test environments.

• Deploy Indica Labs software intoSQA environments and troubleshoot environment-related issues for the SQA team.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with development teams, SQA, Cloud Services, and Technical Solutions to align on best practices and internal standards.

• Contribute to development tasks where capacity and priorities allow.

What You Bring (Required)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field - or equivalent professional experience.

• Three (3) years of professional experience as a DevOps Engineer.

• Comprehensive understanding of CI/CD pipelines and best practices.

• Scripting proficiency in PowerShell and/or other scripting languages (Bash, Python, etc.).

• Intermediate-level security and networking knowledge.

• Hands on AWS Experience(EC2, S3, ECS, IAM)

• Demonstrable experience applying best practices to build environments and CI/CD pipelines.

• Solid understanding of AI and AI coding assistants and where they add value.

• Working experience with both Windows and Linux environments, including basic system administration: configuring services, installing and updating software, and diagnosing system and network issues.

• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and diagnostic skills.

Nice to Have

• Five (5) years of professional experience as a DevOps Engineer.

• Thorough understanding of Jenkins,GitLab and experience building efficient, scalable, and robust CI/CD pipelinesincluding artifact management and multi-pipeline orchestration.

• Experience withJenkins, Gitlab,WiXSharp/WiXInstallers,and package managers.

• Experience with .NET build tooling (MSBuild, dotnet CLI) and NuGet package management.

• Experience supporting enterprise-wide build environments.

• Experience with IaC tooling (Terraform)
• Preference will be given to candidates currently residing in New Mexico and will be open to applicants outside of New Mexico only after August 1, 2026.

Location

This position reports to our headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and is open toUS basedapplicants. Candidates currently residing within 100 miles of Albuquerque are considered for 100% in-office positions. Candidates currently residing outside of this area are considered for fully remote positions in their home state.

Working Conditions

• Up to 5% travel (for annual company meeting)
• No or limited physical effort required.

• No or limited exposure to physical risk.

• Work is normally performed in a typical office or remote work environment.

• Typical schedule is Monday through Friday. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required to support releases or resolve urgent build issues.

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