DevOps Architect

Overview

On Site
$140,000+
Full Time

Skills

Devops
architect
kubernetes
containers

Job Details

Job Title: DevOps Architect

Duration: Full Time Role

Location -- Bellevue, WA or Richardson, TX (ONSITE)

What Client is looking for?
Required Qualifications
Bachelor s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education.
At least 7 years of Information Technology experience.
Experience in AWS cloud and DevOps engineering.
Strong expertise in AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, VPC, CloudFront, and API Gateway.
Advanced experience with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Pulumi for infrastructure automation.
Expert knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.

Preferred Qualifications
Proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, or Go.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, and container security best practices.
Deep understanding of cloud security, identity management, and compliance frameworks.
Strong experience in monitoring, logging, and observability with tools like Prometheus, ELK, and Datadog.
Ability to lead architecture discussions, create technical documentation, and drive DevOps strategy.
Architect and implement scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure.
Define and enforce best practices for DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud automation.
Design and Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or AWS Code Pipeline.
Lead containerization and orchestration strategies with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and serverless architectures.
Implement security best practices, IAM policies, compliance frameworks.
Design monitoring and observability solutions using AWS CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog.
Establish cloud governance, cost optimization strategies, and FinOps best practices.
Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to drive cloud transformation.
Mentor and guide DevOps engineers, fostering a culture of automation and continuous improvement
Solid understanding of architectural patterns, design patterns and hands-on knowledge in applying these concepts to practical problems
Certified in AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional.
Architect and implement scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS cloud infrastructure.
Experience with GitOps tools like ArgoCD or FluxCD.
Knowledge of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
Experience with event-driven architectures and serverless frameworks.
Very strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to articulate architectural details to stakeholders at different levels (executive, technical and non-technical) through UML diagrams, crisp documentation and white-boarding as required.
Good understanding of the challenges presented by the architecture including inter-service communication, service discovery, distributed log collection, monitoring, and independent scaling of services, etc.
Ability to work in team in diverse/ multiple stakeholder environment
Experience and desire to work in a Global delivery environment

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