senior AWS DevOps Architect

☁️ ROLE OVERVIEW

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

The role focuses heavily on Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD modernization, security/compliance automation, and AWS platform engineering. 🚀

🔥 TOP PRIORITIES

⭐ Automate compliance integrations into CI/CD pipelines
⭐ Use Terraform to integrate enterprise compliance tooling
⭐ Automate IaC using Terraform + Python + Shell
⭐ Support and improve AWS platform infrastructure & deployment automation
⭐ Drive shift-left CI/CD and security automation

🛠️ REQUIRED TECHNOLOGIES

🔹 AWS
🔹 Terraform / CloudFormation
🔹 Kubernetes
🔹 CI/CD – GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins or similar
🔹 GitHub / GitLab / Azure DevOps
🔹 Linux / Unix
🔹 Python
🔹 Bash / Shell Scripting
🔹 Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
🔹 Cloud Networking & Security
🔹 Compliance Automation
🔹 Containerized Environments

💼 REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

✅ 15+ years AWS DevOps / Platform Engineering
✅ 5+ years Terraform and/or CloudFormation
✅ 5+ years Kubernetes & containerized environments
✅ 5+ years Python, Bash, Shell or similar scripting
✅ 5+ years Linux/Unix
✅ 5+ years GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or similar repositories
✅ 3+ years CI/CD experience
✅ Strong AWS architecture, networking, security & compliance knowledge
✅ Strong troubleshooting & incident response
✅ Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

🏆 PREFERRED

🎯 AWS Architecture certification
🎯 Security/compliance automation within CI/CD
🎯 Multi-account AWS environments
🎯 AI / Data Science / data-intensive workloads
🎯 Multi-cloud & hybrid/on-prem environments

👨‍💻 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

🔸 Design & maintain Terraform/CloudFormation IaC across multi-account AWS
🔸 Build and modernize CI/CD pipelines
🔸 Automate infrastructure security & compliance controls
🔸 Develop Terraform-based compliance integrations
🔸 Automate operations using Terraform, Python & Shell
🔸 Support Kubernetes clusters and data platforms
🔸 Troubleshoot multi-cloud, on-prem & complex technology environments
🔸 Apply AWS networking, security & architecture best practices
🔸 Handle infrastructure incidents and deployment issues
🔸 Mentor junior/mid-level engineers

📍 IMPORTANT LOCATION DETAILS

🏢 Downtown Houston – 1100 Louisiana
📅 5 Days Onsite / Week
🚫 No remote
🚫 No hybrid
🚗 Parking expenses are not reimbursable
✈️ Occasional travel to West Houston may be required

🎤 INTERVIEW PROCESS