The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, automating, deploying, and operating cloud infrastructure and application platforms using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with Terraform as a core toolset.
This role partners with development, security, and operations teams to improve deployment velocity, reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency across environments.
The role is hands on and plays a key part in platform engineering, cloud modernization, and DevOps transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform):
Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
Create reusable, versioned Terraform modules for shared infrastructure components.
Manage Terraform state, workspaces, backends, and secrets securely.
Enforce infrastructure standards, naming conventions, and tagging strategies.
Support multi environment (dev/test/prod) and multi account/subscription deployments.
Cloud Infrastructure & Platforms:
Provision and manage infrastructure in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.
Deploy and maintain compute, storage, networking, IAM, and platform services.
Support Kubernetes and containerized workloads (EKS/AKS/GKE or equivalent).
Optimize infrastructure for performance, scalability, availability, and cost.
CI/CD & Automation:
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and configuration management.
Integrate infrastructure pipelines with code repositories and approval workflows.
Promote GitOps and automation-first practices.
Monitoring, Reliability & Operations:
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, or similar.
Support incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
Implement resiliency patterns (auto scaling, failover, backup, DR).
Tune systems for stability and operational excellence.
Security & Compliance:
Implement infrastructure security best practices:
o IAM least privilege access
o Secrets management
o Network segmentation
Integrate security scanning and policy checks into CI/CD pipelines.
Support compliance, audit, and governance requirements
Collaboration & Enablement:
Partner with development teams to enable self service infrastructure and pipelines.
Collaborate with security and architecture teams on platform design.
Document patterns, runbooks, and best practices.
Promote DevOps culture and continuous improvement across teams.
Required Qualifications:
DevOps & Terraform Experience:
4-8+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering.
3+ years of hands-on Terraform experience in production environments.
Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code concepts and lifecycle management.
Experience managing Terraform modules, state, and remote backends.
Cloud & Platform Skills:
Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (at least one).
Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, compute, storage, and load balancing.
Experience with containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
CI/CD & Tooling:
Experience designing CI/CD pipelines.
Strong Git-based workflow experience.
Familiarity with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or similar).
Scripting & Automation:
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Ability to automate repetitive tasks and operational workflows.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Terraform Cloud or Terraform Enterprise.
Exposure to GitOps tools (Argo CD, Flux).
Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel).
Knowledge of cloud cost optimization (FinOps).
Cloud or DevOps certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, HashiCorp).
Soft Skills:
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to work across development, security, and operations teams.
Clear communication and documentation skills.
Comfortable working in fast-paced, agile environments.
The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $43.92/hour - $68.62/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.
