AWS DevOps/Platform Engineer III

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.

Job Title: AWS DevOps/Platform Engineer III

Location: Houston TX 77002

Duration: 6 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Job Description:

• We are looking for a Senior (Level III) DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, build and operate scalable AWS Infrastructure and related DevOps for AI, Data Science, and Application engineering workloads.
• You will work under minimal supervision with a cross-functional team working closely with Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and DataOps Engineers in the AWS ecosystem.
• You will help drive automation initiatives utilizing IaC, SaC, and CI/CD best-practices techniques.

Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) across multi-account AWS environments.
• Build, improve, automate and shift-left CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement, automate, and enforce defined Security & Compliance policies at the resource/repository level.
• Understand and support deployment automation into diverse containerized clusters and data platforms.
• Support complicated pipelines involving multi-cloud, multi-platform, and on-premises systems.
• Mentor mid-level/junior engineers.

Requirements:

• 5+ years working in the AWS ecosystem as a DevOps/Platform engineer, deep AWS expertise.
• 5+ years working with IaC tools like, Terraform or CloudFormation.
• 5+ years supporting Kubernetes and containerized orchestration.
• 5+ years scripting/programming with industry standard languages/tools (Python, Bash, Shell).
• 5+ years Linux/Unix experience.
• 5+ years code repository experience (GitHub, GitLab, ADO).
• 3+ years supporting CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc).
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and architecture patterns.
• Excellent troubleshooting and incident-response skills.
• AWS architecture certification is preferred.

Top Daily Priorities / Responsibilities: (what will this resource be specifically tasked with)

• Initially will be tasked to help automate Compliance integrations into the CICD pipelines and our company compliance tool with Terraform.
• On-site, 5 days a week. No remote work. Downtown office.
• Occasional travel to the West Houston office is preferred but not required.
• Automate IaC with Terraform and Python and Shell

Must Have:

• 5+ years CICD experience with tools listed on job description
• 5+ years' experience with GitHub and/or GitLab
• 5+ years of AWS Platform Engineering experience
• Terraform Experience

Nice To Have:

• AWS certification

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.