DevOps Engineer​/AWS​/Python​/Remote

This is a Remote (U.S. – CST or EST preferred) Contract-to-Hire opportunity with a large enterprise technology organization supporting complex AWS-based infrastructure environments. The team is seeking a Dev Ops / Infrastructure Automation Engineer with strong Python experience to help evolve and modernize a highly customized automation platform running primarily in EC2 environments. This role is contract-to-hire with strong intent to convert to full-time.

The #1 feature of this opportunity is ownership and impact. This is not a surface-level Dev Ops role — they need a true engineer who can read, understand, and enhance a complex Python-based templating engine that programmatically generates Terraform configurations. You’ll be working in a small, highly technical team where your contributions directly influence long-term modernization efforts. It’s a great fit for someone who enjoys solving hard infrastructure problems, improving partially manual environments, and wants meaningful engineering work rather than ticket-based operations.

• 4+ years of AWS infrastructure experience
• Strong production-level Python programming experience
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience working within EC2-based environments
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (VPC, load balancers, IP addressing)
• Experience maintaining and enhancing complex codebases
• Ability to debug and refactor code written by others

• Experience supporting enterprise-scale infrastructure
• Experience in hybrid legacy / modernization environments
• Background in automation-heavy Dev Ops environments
• Experience contributing to long-term platform migrations
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to work with minimal oversight

• 35% Python
• 30% AWS (EC2, networking, load balancers)
• 20% Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• 15% Automation platform enhancements

• 70% Hands On Engineering
• 10% Architecture & Design Input
• 20% Team Collaboration