AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Title: AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Onsite in Plano, TX (3–4 days per week)

Number of Openings: 10

Contract duration : approximately 13 months

Screening Requirement : All candidates must complete the Glider AI test before submission.

Position Summary: We are seeking multiple AWS DevOps Engineers with strong hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AWS cloud services, and SecDevOps practices. This role requires professionals who can contribute individually, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive secure, scalable, and reliable solutions for connected vehicle technology and telematics systems.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of IT experience, including direct hands-on DevOps work.

Mastery in at least one of the following SecDevOps areas:

IaC: Terraform (must have)

Cloud: AWS (must have, including IAM, VPC, EKS, CloudFront, API Gateway)

CI/CD: Git/Argo (GitLab CI preferred)

Microservices: Kubernetes (deployment/debugging)

Strong scripting skills (Bash/Shell, Python).

Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Professional attitude, accountability, and collaboration skills.

Top Skills (Must-Have)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

AWS cloud engineering, architecture, and services.

CI/CD pipelines (Git/Argo, GitLab CI preferred).

Kubernetes deployment and debugging.

SecDevOps practices with willingness to learn and expand knowledge.

Preferred Qualifications (Added Bonus)

• Broader AWS expertise: ECS, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, RDS, Cognito, Route 53, Config, etc.

• Additional IaC tools: CloudFormation.

• Broader CI/CD tools: GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Artifactory, Docker, Helm, Argo CD.

• Secrets management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager).

• Networking: Transit GW, VPC Peering, Istio, Traefik, Nginx.

• Scripting languages: Python, Go, JavaScript, YAML, JSON.

• Build tools: Maven, Gradle, NPM, Bazel.

• Databases: MySQL, Postgres, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redshift.

• Security tools: SAST, Prisma Cloud, DAST, Container Scans.

• Monitoring/Logging: DataDog, Splunk, Grafana, ELK, AppDynamics.

• Key Responsibilities

• Design and write well-defined, tested IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines to enforce standards, frameworks, and architecture principles.

• Collaborate with cybersecurity and web security teams to ensure compliance with technical solutions.

• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in cloud-based systems and microservices.

• Manage deployment, automation, configuration, and maintenance of AWS cloud-based production systems.

• Ensure high availability, performance, scalability, and security of production environments.

• Maintain and improve existing codebases; perform peer reviews of code changes.

• Provide mentorship and guidance to peers while adopting Agile/Scrum best practices.

• Partner with application teams to drive adoption of SecDevOps standards and cloud best practices.

• Behavioral Expectations

• Professional, accountable, and collaborative team player.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in fast-paced environments.

• Ownership mindset with a focus on timely, quality delivery.