Cloud DevOps Engineer (SRE, Terraforms) US Citizens

Job title: Cloud DevOps Engineer Location: Lowell, MA Position: 12+ months contract Role Summary • We are seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and support scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure. • This role will drive our infrastructure automation, cloud services, and CI/CD practices across environments, with a strong emphasis on AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tooling. • You’ll be part of a high-performing team focused on rapid delivery, system reliability, and continuous improvement. • Working with our customer means collaborating with engineers and designers who bring decades of experience across multiple disciplines and are passionate about building high-impact systems. Key Responsibilities • Design and manage infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform. • Build and support CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient and reliable deployments. • Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using tools like Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. • Write and maintain infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code for all environments. • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize infrastructure performance, availability, and cost. • Integrate and manage third-party tools, plug-ins, and internal scripts as needed. • Create and maintain technical documentation, including runbooks and architecture diagrams. • Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to improving incident response processes. • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure infrastructure meets application and business needs. Education • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering / Software Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Science or equivalent Experience • 7+ years of experience working as Devops engineer. • 7+ years of DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering experience. • 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms, especially AWS (GCP or Azure a plus). • Strong Linux administration skills in production environments. • Experience managing Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads (Docker). • Expertise in Terraform and infrastructure automation practices. • Proficiency in scripting with Python and Bash. • Experience with tools like Git, Jenkins, and artifact repositories. • Familiarity with networking fundamentals such as DNS, DHCP, VPN, and LDAP. • Experience with monitoring and logging systems such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or equivalent. • Strong understanding of cloud networking, VPCs, security groups, and IAM policies. • Comfortable working with Agile teams and tools like JIRA and Confluence Nice To Have • Experience with Helm and managing Kubernetes via Helm charts. • Exposure to hybrid environments (cloud + on-prem). • Familiarity with secrets management tools (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager). • Experience mentoring engineers or leading DevOps initiatives.