Senior DevOps Engineer

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Franklin, TN (Hybrid); Locals Only
Duration: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire

We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with strong experience in CI/CD automation, AWS cloud, and Infrastructure as Code to support a large-scale DevOps modernization initiative. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building automated deployment pipelines, eliminating manual release processes, and helping development teams adopt modern DevOps practices.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of DevOps or Platform Engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with GitLab CI/CD and deployment pipeline automation.
• Experience with AWS services such as ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, ECR, S3, and CloudFront.
• Infrastructure as Code using Pulumi (preferred), or Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Experience with Git, branching strategies, merge requests, automated testing, deployments, and rollback processes.
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python, or similar).
• Experience working with development teams to improve CI/CD adoption and automate software delivery.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in enterprise DevOps transformation or platform modernization.
• Knowledge of secure cloud deployments, IAM, OIDC, secrets management, and least-privilege access.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools and automation.
• Strong communication skills and a continuous improvement mindset.