DevOps Engineer

Devops Engineer Location: Irving, TX -5 days onsite 12 months contract Primary Responsibilities: · Design, develop, deploy, and manage cloud-based solutions, with a focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform. · Work on full lifecycle of cloud development, DevOps, engineering, and support, driving architecture, implementation, documentation, and operational excellence. · Establish and implement cloud architecture best practices to optimize performance, cost, and security - primarily in AWS, while enabling integrations with Azure and Google Cloud Platform. · Demonstrate deep expertise in AWS, including EC2, Fargate, S3, SNS, SQS, Lambda, API Gateway, Auto Scaling, and Kinesis. · Conduct regular audits and assessments of cloud environments to identify improvements and ensure compliance with industry standards. · Mentor and provide technical guidance to developers and cloud engineers, emphasizing secure networking and application/cloud security best practices. · Foster an automation-first culture, leading initiatives to automate provisioning, deployment, configuration management, and monitoring. · Evaluate and adopt new cloud technologies and tools in driving innovation and maintaining awareness of industry trends. · Lead incident response and troubleshooting for cloud infrastructure issues, demonstrating strong problem-solving skills in a fast-paced environment. · Communicate effectively with stakeholders to capture requirements, provide updates, and deliver clear technical solutions. · Ensure robust implementation, monitoring, and logging via tools such as New Relic, Logz, Loki, ELK stack, Prometheus, and Grafana etc., · Apply technical breadth across software engineering, system integration, cloud platform expertise, enterprise and event-driven architecture. · Practice SAFe Agile methodologies throughout design, development, testing, deployment, and support phases. · Provide leadership in key development technologies, such as Java, NodeJS, React, MongoDB, NoSQL, REST APIs, Spring Framework, JSON, JUnit, AWS Cloud technology and modern CI/CD pipelines. Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. 6+ years of experience in a similar role, with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure design and management, ideally in high-volume environments. Advanced expertise in AWS cloud platform; hands-on experience with Azure and Google Cloud Platform is a plus. Proven track record designing and operating scalable systems that support large transaction volumes. Exceptional self-drive, proactivity, and a results-oriented mindset with the ability to act decisively and deliver under pressure. Up-to-date with the latest software development tools, cloud technologies, and best practices. Experience in retail platforms or similar industries is highly beneficial. Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities, thriving in fast-paced, team-based environments. Outstanding communication skills for explaining complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Demonstrated experience collaborating with application development, data engineering, infrastructure, and IT support teams to drive secure and efficient cloud integrations. Detail-oriented approach with a commitment to quality and results in dynamic situations. Strong foundation in secure software development, application security, and a ‘code first’ mindset. Solid working knowledge of CI/CD processes, tool integration, and debugging/testing methodologies. Advanced skills in containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes