Senior DevOps Engineer – AWS / Terraform

Location: Dallas, TX
Position Type: Full Time Role 
Work Arrangement: Dallas Area – Local Candidates Preferred
Experience: 11+ Years DevOps / Cloud Engineering Experience

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to take ownership of the end-to-end DevOps lifecycle, including CI/CD pipeline implementation, infrastructure automation, cloud deployments, and container orchestration.

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on expertise with Terraform, AWS, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Ansible and be comfortable working independently in a consulting-oriented environment. This role is focused on engineering, automation, and delivery rather than day-to-day application or production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of end-to-end DevOps pipeline design, implementation, and delivery.
• Design, build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and related DevOps tools.
• Develop and manage automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices across AWS environments.
• Design and support application deployment processes across AWS cloud environments.
• Develop automation for infrastructure configuration, application deployment, and operational processes.
• Work with Kubernetes to deploy, manage, and maintain containerized applications.
• Use Ansible for configuration management, provisioning, and automation.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, and client teams to improve deployment processes and engineering practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline, infrastructure, deployment, and environment-related issues.
• Establish and maintain DevOps standards, best practices, and reusable automation frameworks.
• Identify opportunities to improve deployment speed, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Work independently with minimal client guidance and take accountability for technical deliverables.
• Communicate effectively with clients and stakeholders in a consulting-oriented capacity.
• Provide technical recommendations and help clients implement scalable DevOps solutions.

Required Technical Skills

Preferred Skills

• AWS services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.
• Docker and containerization
• Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket
• Jenkins Pipeline / Groovy
• Terraform modules and reusable infrastructure
• AWS security and IAM best practices
• Linux/Unix administration
• Python or Shell scripting
• Monitoring and logging tools
• Agile/Scrum development environments

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is an engineer/consultant rather than a production support resource. Candidates should demonstrate:

• Strong ownership of DevOps implementations from design through deployment.
• Deep hands-on Terraform expertise.
• Proven experience building Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong AWS cloud engineering background.
• Experience implementing Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Strong automation experience with Ansible.
• Ability to work independently and make technical decisions.
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
• Experience working in consulting environments with multiple stakeholders.