Lead AWS DevOps Cloud Engineer (Full-time Remote)

Description

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We grow through technology, strategy, design, execution, and operations, always with the customer first, for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data, and customer experience solutions. We partner with leading cloud, design, and business intelligence platforms to strengthen our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others, and inclusion. We deliver positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we keep our commitments and act in line with our words. We create opportunities for people to find fulfillment through career success. Ready to join us?

Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires:

• Lead DevOps execution for the Trident platform modernization, defining target-state environment, deployment, and operational patterns to address scalability and performance constraints.

• Assess the existing AWS and application operational posture (pipelines, environments, access, monitoring, release process) and recommend improvements that enable resilient delivery and supportability.

• Partner with engineering and data stakeholders to evaluate the current PostgreSQL environment, queries/indexing, and ingestion processes, and translate findings into DevOps-enabling requirements (environments, automation, migration runbooks, and operational controls).

• Enable the future-state data platform architecture by supporting the evaluation and setup approach for PostgreSQL to DynamoDB migration (including AWS DMS), OpenSearch/Elasticsearch indexing, and Kinesis-based data ingestion (producer/consumer requirements).

• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code to provision and standardize lower environments (and patterns reusable for production), including networking, IAM, secrets management, and policy guardrails.

• Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines (e.g., in Azure DevOps) for automated build, test, and deployment, improving release safety via progressive delivery, approvals, and rollback strategies as appropriate.

• Establish observability standards (metrics, logs, traces), service-level objectives, and incident response practices; drive performance and reliability improvements using measurable operational data.

Technical Profile – Required Strengths

DevOps / SRE & Platform Engineering

• CI/CD and release engineering: build, harden, and operate pipelines; implement quality gates, environment promotion, artifact/versioning strategy, and dependable rollback patterns.

Azure DevOps (preferred) or equivalent CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)

• Infrastructure as Code: strong experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation to provision AWS resources (networking, compute, storage, and data services) with reusable modules and secure defaults.

• Containers and orchestration: experience packaging workloads with Docker and operating container platforms (Kubernetes/EKS or equivalent), including deployment patterns, scaling, and runtime troubleshooting.

Observability: monitoring, logging, and alerting; distributed tracing concepts; operational dashboards; and practical SLO/SLA approaches.

Security and access: AWS IAM, least-privilege design, secrets management, and environment controls aligned to enterprise standards.

Performance and cost: capacity planning basics, performance troubleshooting, and cost-awareness/optimization for cloud services.

Data platform integration: ability to support and operationalize AWS data services used in the Trident modernization (e.g., DynamoDB, DMS, Kinesis, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch) with appropriate deployment and runbook practices.

• Ability to translate target-state architecture into an executable delivery plan (environments, pipelines, IaC modules, controls), while mentoring engineers and ensuring consistent adoption across contributors.

Trident Modernization Focus Areas (AWS)

• Database and migration enablement: support assessment of PostgreSQL schema and access patterns, and guide operational approach for PostgreSQL → DynamoDB migration using AWS DMS.

• Search and query platform: support evaluation and operationalization of OpenSearch/Elasticsearch for future-state query needs, including index lifecycle considerations and deployment patterns.

• Streaming ingestion: validate use of Kinesis for ingestion and define operational requirements for producer/consumer workers (scaling, failure handling, monitoring).

Delivery, Governance & Ways of Working

• Own delivery hygiene for the DevOps workstream: prioritize and maintain a backlog of Epics and actionable work items in Azure DevOps, and translate assessment outcomes into implementable increments.

Produce and communicate clear technical findings, risks, and recommendations; provide weekly consolidated status reporting and drive decisions with stakeholders.

Create runbooks, diagrams, and operational documentation that support secure, repeatable operations and align with enterprise architecture standards.

Establish guardrails and engineering standards for environments (naming, tagging, IAM patterns, secrets, logging, and deployment conventions) to accelerate future-state delivery.

Drive continuous improvement through automation, post-incident learning, and measurable reliability/performance outcomes.

• Hands-on experience with tools and platforms such as:

Git and branching strategies; Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards) or equivalent

Terraform/CloudFormation; Docker; Kubernetes/EKS; and common observability stacks

• Lead-level mindset focused on operability, reliability, and automation; sets standards for production readiness and mentors others toward strong on-call and incident practices.

Cloud Platform Experience (AWS)

• Strong AWS experience is required, including designing, deploying, and operating production workloads and lower environments.

Core AWS services and patterns relevant to Trident modernization (e.g., IAM, VPC, DynamoDB, DMS, Kinesis, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, CloudWatch)

• Experience operating cloud environments with strong practices for:

Networking, environment segmentation, and secure connectivity patterns

Identity and access (IAM), secrets management, and compliance-aligned controls

Operational readiness: monitoring/alerting, backup/recovery, and cost awareness

• Ability to lead AWS trade-offs and establish platform standards that engineering teams can adopt consistently across environments.

Professional Expectations

• Own DevOps technical execution for the modernization assessment and recommendations; create clarity in ambiguity and unblock teams to keep delivery moving.

• Operate with lead-level accountability for reliability, security, and delivery outcomes; proactively identify risks and drive mitigations.

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders; translate findings into actionable plans, decisions, and backlog items.

• Drive alignment across engineering, data, and cloud stakeholders on target-state platform patterns (IaC, CI/CD, observability, security) and ensure consistent adoption.

• Balance delivery speed with platform stability and long-term maintainability; set the standard for operational excellence.

• Mentor engineers on DevOps practices (pipelines, IaC, on-call readiness) and contribute to knowledge sharing and standardization.

Experience & Education

• Typically 8+ years in DevOps / SRE / platform engineering (or equivalent), including leading cloud modernization, CI/CD, and IaC initiatives for production systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience.

Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, or Kubernetes certifications are a plus but not required.

Skills

Engineering

Top Skills Details

Engineering

Additional Skills & Qualifications

DevOps Cloud

Experience Level

Intermediate Level

This is a Permanent position based out of Dallas, TX.

The pay range for this position is $100600.00 - $151000.00/yr.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc. Our full-time, internal employment benefits include the following:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life and AD&D for employee and dependents)
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 24, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.