Senior AWS DevOps Engineer - Remote / Telecommute

Job Title: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer - Remote / Telecommute

Job Location: Holmdel, NJ

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $60.00hr - $65.00hr

Job Overview:

Our client is looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to support the development, deployment, automation, and operational management of cloud-based platforms and services. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Linux, and infrastructure automation, along with experience supporting production environments.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or a related technical role.
• Strong hands-on experience working with AWS and PostgreSQL environments.
• Experience with AWS services supporting compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and containerized workloads.
• Strong DevOps experience, including Automation DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Terraform, Bash, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and Hypervisor (Proxmox).
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including building and maintaining reusable Terraform modules.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Red Hat Linux.
• Experience working with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with networking, including routing and switching.
• Experience with automation from scratch.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across application, cloud, infrastructure, and deployment layers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance cloud-based platforms and services running in AWS.
• Provision and manage AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
• Develop and support automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Deploy and operate containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitor application and infrastructure health, events, operational issues, and security alerts.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across applications, infrastructure, databases, and cloud services.
• Support customer authentication, registration, and profile-management workflows.
• Partner with security, engineering, product, and customer-facing teams to support platform reliability and delivery.
• Drive automation of operational processes, deployments, and environment configuration.
• Participate in an on-call/standby rotation as required.

Education:

• Bachelor s or Master s Degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities