Senior DevOps Engineer – AWS | Terraform | Kubernetes

**Senior DevOps Engineer – AWS Terraform Kubernetes**

📍 Location: San Jose, CA / New York, NY / Florida

💼 Employment Type: Long-Term Contract

Note - ONLY W2

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated and self-driven Senior DevOps Engineer with strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD .

The ideal candidate should be able to quickly onboard, work independently, and deliver production-ready infrastructure and automation solutions with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities & Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS , including EC2, RDS, EKS, IAM, and networking .
• Strong Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience using:
• Terraform – reusable modules, remote state management, workspaces, providers, and multi-environment deployments.
• Ansible .
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines .
• Strong Git/GitHub experience, including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, releases/tagging, merge management, and conflict resolution.
• Experience using AI development tools such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude , or similar tools to improve productivity and troubleshooting.
• Experience automating operational and maintenance tasks.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and ownership skills.
• Experience delivering production-ready infrastructure and automation changes through standard Git workflows.

What We’re Looking For

• Self-starter who requires minimal hand-holding.
• Ability to quickly learn new environments and tools.
• Strong communication and ownership mindset.
• Ability to independently drive tasks from design through implementation .
• Strong hands-on cloud automation and infrastructure engineering capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS, Terraform, or Kubernetes certifications .
• Experience supporting large-scale production environments .
• Strong background in Cloud Automation and Platform Engineering .