Senior DevOps Terraform AWS Engineer - 6 month contract

NorthBay Solutions; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking a DevOps Lead (AWS Terraform Engineer) for a 6-month contract in Dubai. The ideal candidate will design, implement, and maintain Terraform scripts for AWS, ensuring scalability and security. Responsibilities include streamlining CI/CD pipelines and optimizing AWS infrastructure. Applicants should have a Bachelor's in IT or a related field and at least 5 years of experience with Terraform, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. Excellent communication skills are crucial.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in Terraform, Docker and cloud engineering specifically with AWS services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure as code solutions using Terraform on AWS.
• Collaborate with teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor and optimize AWS infrastructure performance.

Skills

Terraform

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Job description

Job Overview

NorthBay is seeking a DevOps Lead (AWS Terraform Engineer) 6 month contract proficient in DevOps practices to streamline infrastructure deployment and management. Responsibilities include designing, implementing and maintaining Terraform scripts for AWS environments ensuring scalability, reliability and security. The ideal candidate should have hands‑on experience with AWS services, Terraform CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC) principles, Docker and Kubernetes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure as code solutions using Terraform on AWS platform to automate provisioning, deployment and management of cloud resources.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to streamline CI/CD pipelines and ensure efficient integration of Terraform configurations into the deployment process.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules and templates to establish consistent infrastructure patterns and promote reusability across projects.
• Monitor and optimize AWS infrastructure performance, cost and security by implementing best practices and utilizing Terraform features such as state management and remote backends.
• Stay updated with emerging AWS and Terraform technologies and provide recommendations for continuous improvement of infrastructure automation processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in Terraform, Docker and cloud engineering specifically with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non‑technical users.

Plus

If you have some banking or fintech experience that’s a plus.

Salary

17 to 19K AED

Required Experience:

Senior IC