AWS DevOps Engineer (Senior) - Terraform, GitLab, Kubernetes, AWS
Relocation
AI Summary
Design and implement AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform. Develop CI/CD pipelines and manage Kubernetes clusters. Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with cloud and network security standards.
Key Highlights
Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure
Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and Argo CD
Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters (EKS)
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with cloud and network security standards
Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, application, and networking layers
Deploy and monitor production systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability
Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Long-term contract (12+ months)
Relocation allowed
Virtual/video interview
Job Description
Job Title: AWS DevOps Engineer – Terraform / GitLab / Kubernetes / AWS
Work Location: Plano, TX
Work Mode: Onsite
Duration of contract (months): 12+ Months (Long-term Contract)
Minimum IT Experience Required (In Years): 10+ Years
Relevant Experience Required (In Years): 6+ Years in AWS DevOps, IaC, CI/CD, and Kubernetes
Interview (Mode & Type): Virtual / Video Interview
Location Constraint: Relocation Allowed
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure for production and non-production environments.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate cloud resource provisioning and management.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI and Argo CD for microservices deployments.
- Manage and maintain Kubernetes clusters (EKS) including debugging, scaling, and performance optimization.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with cloud and network security standards.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, application, and networking layers.
- Deploy and monitor production systems, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability.
- Partner with developers and cloud architects to define scalable DevOps strategies and enforce automation standards.
- Use Python, Bash, or Go scripts to automate build, deployment, and monitoring processes.
- Manage and optimize AWS resources (IAM, VPC, EKS, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, RDS).
- Set up and maintain observability tools (DataDog, Splunk, Grafana) to monitor application and infrastructure health.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, contributing to planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Preferred Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Services including EC2, EKS, S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, CloudFront, and API Gateway.
- Expertise in Terraform (IaC) – required; knowledge of CloudFormation is a plus.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Argo CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and deployment automation using Kubernetes / Helm.
- Familiarity with security automation tools and practices such as SAST, DAST, Xray, and Prisma Cloud.
- Experience in monitoring and observability platforms – DataDog, Splunk, AppDynamics, ELK Stack, or Grafana.
- Knowledge of Secrets Management tools (HCP Vault, AWS Secrets Manager).
- Strong scripting ability in Python, Bash, or Go.
- Understanding of networking and cloud security concepts (VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, Istio, Traefik, Nginx).
- Excellent problem-solving skills, communication, and teamwork abilities.