Senior AWS DevOps Architect || Houston TX || Onsite || Long term

Role: Senior AWS DevOps Architect

Location: Houston, TX (Onsite)

Duration: Long Term

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior (Level III) DevOps Architect to design, build, automate, and operate scalable AWS infrastructure supporting AI, Data Science, and application engineering workloads.

This role will work closely with Platform Engineering, DevOps, and DataOps teams to drive infrastructure automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD modernization, security/compliance automation, and cloud platform engineering initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have deep AWS expertise and strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitHub/GitLab, Linux, Python, and Shell scripting.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Infrastructure as Codeusing Terraform and/or CloudFormation across multi-account AWS environments.
• Build, improve, automate, and shift-left CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate compliance and security controls at the infrastructure and code repository levels.
• Develop Terraform-based automation integrating enterprise compliance requirements into CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes using Terraform, Python, and Shell scripting.
• Support deployments across containerized environments, Kubernetes clusters, and data platforms.
• Troubleshoot complex pipelines spanning multi-cloud, on-premises, and diverse technology platforms.
• Apply cloud networking, security, and architecture best practices.
• Respond to incidents and troubleshoot complex infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and contribute to engineering standards and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of AWS DevOps / Platform Engineering experience
• 5+ years of Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• 5+ years supporting Kubernetes and containerized environments
• 5+ years of Python, Bash, Shell, or similar scripting/programming
• 5+ years of Linux/Unix experience
• 5+ years with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar code repositories
• 3+ years of CI/CD experiencewith tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, or similar
• Strong understanding of AWS architecture, cloud networking, security, and compliance
• Strong troubleshooting and incident-response skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS certification, particularly an architecture-focused certification
• Experience automating security/compliance controls within CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with multi-account AWS environments
• Experience supporting AI, Data Science, or other data-intensive workloads
• Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid/on-premises environments