AWS DevOps/Platform Engineer III
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to clients worldwide.
About the role
We are looking for a Senior (Level III) DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable AWS Infrastructure and related DevOps for AI, Data Science, and Application engineering workloads. You will work under minimal supervision with a cross-functional team, collaborating closely with Platform Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and DataOps Engineers in the AWS ecosystem. You will help drive automation initiatives utilizing IaC, SaC, and CI/CD best practices.
This is a 6-month temporary onsite assignment located in Houston, TX (77002).
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) across multi-account AWS environments.
- Build, improve, automate, and shift-left CI/CD pipelines.
- Implement, automate, and enforce defined Security & Compliance policies at the resource/repository level.
- Understand and support deployment automation into diverse containerized clusters and data platforms.
- Support complicated pipelines involving multi-cloud, multi-platform, and on-premises systems.
- Mentor mid-level/junior engineers.
- Automate compliance integrations into CI/CD pipelines and the company compliance tool using Terraform.
- Automate IaC with Terraform, Python, and Shell.
Top daily priorities include on-site work 5 days a week at the downtown Houston office, with occasional travel to the West Houston office preferred but not required.
Requirements
- 5+ years working in the AWS ecosystem as a DevOps/Platform engineer, with deep AWS expertise.
- 5+ years working with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- 5+ years supporting Kubernetes and containerized orchestration.
- 5+ years scripting/programming with industry-standard languages/tools (Python, Bash, Shell).
- 5+ years Linux/Unix experience.
- 5+ years code repository experience (GitHub, GitLab, ADO).
- 3+ years supporting CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Jenkins, etc).
- Strong understanding of cloud networking, security, and architecture patterns.
- Excellent troubleshooting and incident-response skills.
AWS architecture certification is preferred.