AWS Lead DevOps Engineer
$150kApex Systems
- AWS Lead DevOps EngineerApply**Job#: 3046179****Job Description:****Title**: **Lead AWS Platform/ DevOps Engineer****Location:** Plano, TX(HYBRID 1-2 days onsite each week is HIGHLY preferred)**Type of Position**: Direct Hire**Compensation:** $150,000+ Annually with additional FTE benefits**What This Role Actually Is** * This is not a traditional DevOps role, developer role, architect role, or data engineering role.* The Lead Platform Engineer – AWS Infrastructure is the end-to-end owner and administrator of all AWS environments at the client. This role serves as the AWS gatekeeper, responsible for infrastructure stability, access control, service governance, deployments, and cost awareness across the platform.* This is a platform engineering and AWS infrastructure administration role, focused on operating, managing, and safeguarding AWS, not building applications, pipelines, or data products. **Role Overview** * Our client is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to own AWS infrastructure from point A to point Z. This hands-on role is responsible for AWS service administration, environment stability, CI/CD pipeline management (not development), cost awareness, and cross-functional coordination.* You will work closely with developers, architects, senior architects, and leadership as the central authority on AWS infrastructure, ensuring reliability, security, performance, and responsible cloud usage across teams.* This role has no people management responsibilities, but carries significant ownership and influence across the engineering organization. **Leadership Expectations** * Hands-on, ownership-driven leader with no direct reports.* Proactive, communicative, and comfortable pushing back when infrastructure standards are at risk.* Trusted partner to architects and engineering leadership.* Strong operational discipline and sense of accountability. **Why This Role Matters**This role is foundational to the clients cloud platform. As the owner of AWS infrastructure, you ensure teams can move quickly without compromising stability, security, or cost discipline. Your work enables scale, protects the platform, and ensures AWS remains a reliable and well-governed foundation for the business.**Core Responsibilities** * AWS Infrastructure Ownership (Primary Focus)* Own AWS infrastructure end to end, from initial provisioning through ongoing operations and optimization.* Administer and manage AWS services including IAM, EC2, EMR, Lambda, networking, permissions, and access controls.* Act as the final authority and gatekeeper for AWS services, configurations, and usage.* Ensure platform reliability, performance, and availability across environments.* Support deployments and maintain environment stability across teams. **CI/CD Pipeline Management** * Maintain and manage existing CI/CD pipelines used by engineering teams.* Support deployments and troubleshoot pipeline-related issues.* Ensure pipelines align with infrastructure standards and security requirements.* This role manages pipelines but does NOT build them. **Platform & Tool Administration** * Administer analytics and data platforms such as Tableau or Snowflake from an infrastructure and platform standpoint.* Perform installations, configuration, access management, and environment support.* Ensure platform stability and availability.* Does not develop dashboards, write pipelines, or build applications. *Cost Awareness (FinOps Lite)- This is not a finance role, but strong AWS cost awareness is mandatory.* * Use AWS Cost Explorer to monitor and understand cloud spend.* Identify and explain cost spikes across services such as EC2, EMR, and Lambda.* Understand how architectural and infrastructure decisions impact AWS costs.* Partner with architects and leaders to support responsible cloud usage decisions. **Must-Have Qualifications** * Strong AWS infrastructure administration experience (admin-level).* Proven experience managing AWS services end to end.* Deep understanding of IAM, EC2, EMR, Lambda, networking, and permissions.* Experience managing and supporting CI/CD pipelines.* Strong understanding of AWS cost drivers and service-level spend behavior.* Ability to troubleshoot infrastructure and platform stability issues.* Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.* Experience working closely with developers and architects.* Ability and mindset to operate as the organization’s AWS gatekeeper. **Nice-to-Have Qualifications** * Experience administering Tableau or Snowflake environments.* Exposure to microservices from an infrastructure or platform support perspective. *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** FullTime**Location:** Plano, TX, US**Job Type:****Date Posted:** August 14, 2026**Pay Range:** $150,000 - $165,000
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