Sr DevOps Engineer (AWS & Terraform)

Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS & Terraform)

Location: Plano, TX (Local candidates only) – Onsite

Duration: Long Term

Experience Required: 12 Years

Job Description:

Senior DevOps Engineer with a strong background in designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructures on AWS, using Terraform as the core Infrastructure-as-Code tool. This role requires someone who has led cloud transformation initiatives, implemented CI/CD pipelines end-to-end, and worked extensively with containerization and orchestration platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect, automate, and manage AWS cloud environments using Terraform for IaC.
• Build and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines supporting rapid and reliable deployments.
• Implement advanced monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks to ensure system reliability.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to enforce DevOps best practices.
• Optimize infrastructure for cost, performance, security, and high scalability.
• Lead troubleshooting, incident resolution, and root-cause analysis for cloud and deployment issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide teams on DevOps standards, automation strategies, and cloud patterns.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 12 years of total IT experience with strong DevOps specialization.
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS services, cloud networking, security, and automation.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform, modules, workflows, and reusable IaC patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Strong knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Shell).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
• Strong communication, documentation, and cross-team collaboration skills