TEKsystemsRemote
DevOps Engineer
United States of America
Full Time
2 weeks ago
$75,000 - $112,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
TypeScriptPythonClaudeNode.jsAWSTerraformKubernetesGitHub ActionsAnsiblePulumiServerlessECSEKSFargateHelmCloudFormationAWS CDKOpenShiftLambdaS3DynamoDBRDSIAMCodePipelineCodeBuildGitHubCI/CDCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) is a growth solution provider for enterprises focusing on technology, strategy, design, execution, and operations. The Cloud Engineer II role involves designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based solutions, working closely with architects and delivery teams to develop scalable cloud solutions on AWS.
Responsibilities:
- Receive requirements from architects and translate solution patterns into high-quality, maintainable code
- Implement a wide variety of cloud architectures using infrastructure as code
- Develop, test, and deploy modular accelerator code, where applicable, to streamline project implementation and enhance client value
- Integrate security, networking, and observability features into each component as specified by solution designs
- Leverage GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and automation tools to deploy complex cloud architectures efficiently
- Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback for continuous improvement
- Apply flexible application logic and feature enhancements to base patterns from open-source or internal repositories
- Rapidly learn and apply new patterns and technologies to meet evolving solution requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering or related technical roles
- 3+ years' experience working with AWS services, including compute, storage, networking, and security
- Deep experience with infrastructure as code using at least one of: Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or AWS CDK using Node.js
- Strong scripting skills in Python and/or TypeScript
- Experience with vibe coding using Kiro, Cursor, or Claude
- Experience with source code management and CI/CD tools, preferably GitHub, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, and CodeBuild
- Hands-on experience with AWS RDS, DynamoDB, S3, and networking components
- Experience with containers (ECS, EKS, OpenShift) in both Windows and Linux environments
- Understanding of observability tools and implementing monitoring solutions in AWS environments
- Strong knowledge of IAM and security implementations in cloud environments
- Experience with AWS Lambda, Fargate, and development of serverless workloads
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply them to real-world problems
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with architects and other technical team members
- Associate level AWS certification (Solutions Architect, CloudOps Engineer, or Developer)
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
- 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering or solution delivery
- Professional level AWS certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or specialty)
- Demonstrated ability to author Kubernetes manifests and Helm charts
- Experience implementing automation in production environments using Chef, Puppet, Salt, Ansible, or cloud-native tools
- Familiarity with at least one virtualization technology such as VMware, OpenStack, or OpenShift Virtualization
- Familiarity with enterprise AWS services such as Organizations, Control Tower, Transit Gateways, and Direct Connect
- Demonstrated success in deploying secure, scalable, and highly available distributed systems