DevOps Engineer (AWS) - State client Exp Must

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

DevOps
Continuous Integration
Continuous Delivery
Amazon Web Services
Amazon EC2
Amazon RDS
Amazon S3
Docker
GitHub
Cloud Computing
Git
Scripting
Orchestration
Performance Tuning
Linux Administration
Kubernetes
Jenkins
Grafana
Version Control
Automated Testing
GitLab
Reliability Engineering
Bash
Collaboration
Communication
High Availability
Management
Python
Remote Desktop Services
Scalability
Terraform
Virtual Private Cloud
Visualization
Workflow

Job Details

Job Title: DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Location: Austin, TX Hybrid

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable, cloud-native architectures using AWS services.
  • Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enable automated testing and deployments.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation.
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.
  • Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to improve workflows and enforce DevOps best practices.
  • Drive automation initiatives to reduce manual effort and improve scalability, reliability, and efficiency.
  • Support high-availability, fault-tolerant, and secure cloud environments.

Required Skills and Qualifications

  • 8+ years of strong hands-on experience with AWS services including EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, and VPC.
  • 8+ years of experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline.
  • 8+ years of expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or AWS CloudFormation.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
  • 8+ years of experience with monitoring and logging tools such as AWS Cloud Watch, Prometheus, and ELK stack.
  • Strong knowledge of Linux system administration, scripting (Python, Bash), and version control systems (Git).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with observability and visualization tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
  • Knowledge of performance tuning, scalability, and high-availability architectures.
  • Experience designing and supporting serverless architectures and event-driven workflows.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
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