AWS DevOps Engineer (Terraform Expertise)

Role : AWS DevOps Engineer (Terraform Expertise)

Experience Required : 12+ Years

Locations : Iselin, NJ | Herndon, VA | Atlanta, GA ( 5 Days Onsite )

Only Local or Nearby Candidates

Visa : Any

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced AWS DevOps Engineer with strong expertise in Terraform and cloud-native CI / CD automation. The ideal candidate will have deep knowledge of AWS services, modern deployment practices, and container-based architectures. This role requires hands-on engineering, architecture design, and collaboration across development teams to accelerate software delivery and improve reliability and scalability.

Key Responsibilities

Design, architect, and automate end-to-end CI / CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, or similar tools.

Build and manage cloud-native distributed systems leveraging Kubernetes, microservices, and AWS services.

Develop infrastructure automation solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent IaC tools.

Deploy and automate application releases and infrastructure provisioning in AWS environments.

Support DevOps best practices such as trunk-based development, feature toggles, blue-green deployments, and 12-factor application principles.

Lead and guide agile development teams through the complete software development lifecycle.

Establish monitoring, security, performance, and high-availability strategies.

Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and architecture teams on designing scalable solutions.

Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, networking, and cloud security issues.

Qualifications

12+ years of experience in DevOps engineering, cloud solution design, or software development.

Strong hands-on experience designing and maintaining CI / CD platforms.

Proven expertise in AWS cloud services, Kubernetes, containers (EKS / Docker), and distributed systems.

Advanced experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (required) and CloudFormation.

Strong scripting or programming experience in one or more languages (Python, Go, Java, Ruby, Groovy, etc.).

Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, and core internet protocols.

Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

Experience supporting highly scalable enterprise cloud platforms.

Experience implementing DevOps accelerators, release automation, and continuous testing frameworks.

Familiarity with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, or Splunk.

Knowledge of secure cloud design, IAM, VPC, networking, and security best practices.

Experience guiding engineering teams in adopting DevOps and cloud automation standards.