DevOps Engineer (Only W2 - No C2C)

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Start: ASAP

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD, and cloud networking .

This role will focus on infrastructure automation, Kubernetes platform management, cloud reliability, and continuous improvement while working closely with application and engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Develop Terraform modules, manage remote state, and implement policy-as-code.
• Implement GitOps using tools such as Argo CD or Flux .
• Manage Kubernetes platforms, including EKS , cluster lifecycle, upgrades, scaling, and containerized workloads.
• Troubleshoot complex Kubernetes and cloud networking issues involving CNI, ingress controllers, service mesh, and load balancing .
• Build and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related tools.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Ansible, Puppet, or Chef .
• Develop infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code across multiple environments.
• Monitor and optimize infrastructure for performance, availability, security, and cost .
• Work with monitoring and logging platforms such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK .
• Manage AWS networking, including VPCs, security groups, IAM, DNS, VPN, and related services .
• Integrate third-party tools, plugins, and internal automation scripts.
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams.
• Participate in on-call rotations and improve incident response and reliability processes.
• Collaborate with application, engineering, security, and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to DevOps/SRE best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering , or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms, primarily AWS .
• Advanced Linux administration and troubleshooting skills, including systemd, cgroups, namespaces, OS tuning, and production hardening.
• Strong Kubernetes experience beyond fundamentals, including CNI, networking, ingress, service mesh, and cluster management .
• Hands-on experience with AWS EKS and Docker .
• Strong expertise in Terraform and infrastructure automation .
• Strong scripting skills with Python and Bash .
• Experience with Git, Jenkins, and artifact repositories .
• Strong understanding of DNS, DHCP, VPN, LDAP, VPCs, security groups, and IAM policies .
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK .
• Experience working in Agile environments using JIRA and Confluence .

Nice to Have

• Experience with Helm and Kubernetes Helm charts .
• Experience with Argo CD or Flux .
• Exposure to hybrid cloud and on-premises environments .
• Experience with HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager , or other secrets-management platforms.
• GCP or Azure experience.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading DevOps/SRE initiatives.
• Experience with service mesh and advanced Kubernetes networking.