DevOps With AWS

Role: DevOps With AWS 
Location: Englewood / Greenwood Village, CO 80111 (On-site / Hybrid)
Compensation: $64/hr on W2
Fulltime ; W2 candidate only . 
Duration: 12 Months 

Position Overview
Seeking an enterprise-grade DevOps Technology Architect with 7+ years of experience to design, automate, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure and continuous delivery pipelines. This hybrid/on-site role in the Englewood / Greenwood Village, CO area requires candidate submissions to include updated contact details (phone, email, Skype ID), 5 interview time slots over a 72-hour window, and a 15-minute screen recording. The architect will provision AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation), construct automated CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps), optimize cloud costs, and embed automated security and quality testing frameworks into delivery pipelines.

Key Responsibilities
* Cloud Infrastructure Architecture & IaC: Design, provision, and maintain secure, highly available AWS cloud environments (Compute, VPC Networking, Storage, IAM) using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and CloudFormation.
* CI/CD Pipeline Automation: Architect, deploy, and optimize end-to-end continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
* DevSecOps & Automated Testing: Integrate automated security scanning, vulnerability assessments, and automated unit/integration testing checks directly into automated build and deployment workflows.
* Cloud Cost Optimization: Monitor resource utilization, analyze cloud consumption metrics, and execute cost-efficiency strategies across cloud environments.
* Technical Mentorship & Governance: Establish DevOps best practices, standardize release playbooks, conduct pipeline reviews, and collaborate across cross-functional application development and architecture teams.
* Troubleshooting & Incident Resolution: Diagnose and resolve complex build failures, deployment bottlenecks, cloud configuration drifts, and infrastructure performance issues.

Required Skillset
* Experience: 7+ years of dedicated professional IT experience specializing in DevOps, Cloud Architecture, and Systems Engineering.
* AWS Cloud Mastery: Hands-on experience designing, provisioning, and operating multi-tenant cloud environments on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
* Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deep technical command of Terraform or AWS CloudFormation for automated infrastructure provisioning.
* CI/CD Engineering: Expert-level mastery building automated pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps.
* Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting proficiency in Shell/Bash, Python, or YAML for pipeline automation and cloud orchestration.

Preferred Qualifications
* Development familiarity with Java, Node.js, or microservices application architectures.
* AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or AWS Certified Solutions Architect).
* Containerization and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS EKS).