Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements
About the Position
Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AWS DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience to join our team in Fort Worth, TX. This role involves designing and delivering cloud foundations for enterprise customers, working directly with them to build and optimize cloud infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement AWS Landing Zones with governance, networking, identity, and security baselines
- Define cloud platform strategies for application modernization, database migrations, container orchestration (EKS), and hybrid architecture
- Build and optimize Infrastructure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or similar tools with Terraform/Terragrunt as the primary IaC tool
- Design Terraform module architectures for enterprise-scale AWS environments
- Establish governance frameworks using AWS Service Control Policies, IAM, Cost Explorer, tagging strategies, and compliance guardrails
- Lead platform engineering efforts including EKS cluster design, networking, and security architecture
- Implement observability and monitoring strategies using CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar tooling
- Guide and mentor delivery teams through complex technical decisions
Requirements
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Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years in cloud infrastructure with deep hands-on experience in AWS
- Expert-level Terraform skills including modules, providers, state management, workspaces, CI/CD integration, and managing large multi-environment deployments
- Strong CI/CD pipeline experience for infrastructure delivery including multi-stage deployments, variable groups, release gates, and artifact management
- Proven track record delivering Landing Zones at enterprise scale (multi-account strategy, hub-spoke networking, SCPs, policy-as-code via Terraform)
- Strong experience with AWS core services: EKS, RDS, IAM, VPC, S3, Secrets Manager, KMS, CloudFormation/CDK
- Solid understanding of Infrastructure CI/CD patterns like plan/apply workflows, automated testing, drift detection, and governed promotion across environments
- Experience with containerization and Kubernetes (EKS, Helm, ArgoCD/GitOps patterns)
- Ability to consult at the executive level and translate technical complexity into business decisions
- Experience leading or guiding delivery teams through platform builds and migrations without being a people manager
- Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving enterprise environments
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Good to Have:
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional)
- Azure knowledge (Landing Zones, Azure DevOps) as a secondary cloud
- Experience with EKS, service mesh (Istio), and GitOps (ArgoCD)
- Database migration experience (RDS, DMS, PostgreSQL)
- Background in regulated industries (pharma, financial services, manufacturing)
- Experience with security scanning integration (SAST, DAST, SCA) in CI/CD pipelines
- SAP on AWS migration experience
We Offer
- Exciting Projects: Come take your place at the forefront of digital transformation! With clients across all industries and sectors, we offer an opportunity to work on market-defining products using the latest technologies.
- Collaborative Environment: Expand your skills by collaborating with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment - or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities!
- Work-Life Balance: GlobalLogic prioritizes work-life balance, which is why we offer flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home.
- Professional Development: We provide continuing education classes, professional certification and training (technical, soft skills, language, and communication skills) to help you realize your professional goals. Being part of a global organization, there are additional learning opportunities through internal programs.
About the Company
GlobalLogic is the core driver of digital engineering within Hitachi Group’s digital-centric strategy. We are recognized for our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence, as evidenced by our recent awards and recognitions.