DevOps Engineer; Terraform

Overview

The Dev Ops Engineer is responsible for designing, automating, deploying, and operating cloud infrastructure and application platforms using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with Terraform as a core toolset. This role partners with development, security, and operations teams to improve deployment velocity, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across environments. The role is hands on and plays a key part in platform engineering, cloud modernization, and Dev Ops transformation initiatives.

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform):
  Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Create reusable, versioned Terraform modules for shared infrastructure components.
• Manage Terraform state, work spaces, backends, and secrets securely.
• Enforce infrastructure standards, naming conventions, and tagging strategies.
• Support multi-environment (dev/test/prod) and multi-account/subscription deployments.
• Provision and manage infrastructure in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
• Deploy and maintain compute, storage, networking, IAM, and platform services.
• Support Kubernetes and containerized workloads (EKS/AKS/GKE or equivalent).
• Optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, availability, and cost.
• CI/CD & Automation:
  Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins, or Azure Dev Ops.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and configuration management.
• Integrate infrastructure pipelines with code repositories and approval workflows.
• Promote Git Ops and automation-first practices.
• Monitoring, Reliability & Operations:
  Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Watch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, or similar.
• Support incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
• Implement resiliency patterns (auto scaling, failover, backup, DR).
• Tune systems for stability and operational excellence.
• Security & Compliance:
  Implement infrastructure security best practices, including IAM least privilege access and secrets management.
• Integrate security scanning and policy checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support compliance, audit, and governance requirements.
• Partner with development teams to enable self-service infrastructure and pipelines.
• Collaborate with security and architecture teams on platform design.
• Document patterns, runbooks, and best practices.
• Promote Dev Ops culture and continuous improvement across teams.

• Dev Ops & Terraform
  
  Experience:
  
  4-8+ years of experience in Dev Ops, SRE, or platform engineering.
• 3+ years of hands-on Terraform experience in production environments.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code concepts and lifecycle management.
• Experience managing Terraform modules, state, and remote backends.
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (at least one).
• Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, compute, storage, and load balancing.
• Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• CI/CD & Tooling:
  Strong Git-based workflow experience.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or similar).
• Scripting & Automation:
  Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Power Shell.
• Ability to automate repetitive tasks and operational workflows.

• Experience with Terraform Cloud or Terraform Enterprise.
• Exposure to Git Ops tools (Argo CD, Flux).
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel).
• Knowledge of cloud cost optimization (Fin Ops).
• Cloud or Dev Ops certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, Hashi Corp).

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work across development, security, and operations teams.
• Clear communication and documentation skills.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, agile environments.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $43.92/hour - $68.62/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

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