AWS DevOps Engineer — Hybrid Local Role (Morris County)

Onward Search; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Onward Search in Morris County, NJ is seeking a local DevOps Engineer to design and manage cloud infrastructure, automate deployment pipelines, and support a high-ownership, collaborative engineering team.

The role emphasizes strong AWS experience, Linux proficiency, and hands-on IaC and CI/CD automation, plus networking know-how (VPCs, subnets, DNS). This is a full-time, direct-hire position with hybrid work, requiring you to live locally.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in systems administration, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
• Extensive AWS experience in production.
• Strong Linux knowledge with scripting and networking.
• Experience with IaC and automation tooling.
• Familiarity with VPCs, subnets, security groups, DNS.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable cloud environments on AWS.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for reliable releases.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning with IaC.
• Monitor system health and respond to incidents.
• Provide IT support for authentication and security tooling.

Skills

AWS

Linux

Automation scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Networking (VPCs, subnets, DNS)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Onward Search in Morris County, NJ is seeking a local DevOps Engineer to design and manage cloud infrastructure, automate deployment pipelines, and support a high-ownership, collaborative engineering team.

The role emphasizes strong AWS experience, Linux proficiency, and hands-on IaC and CI/CD automation, plus networking know-how (VPCs, subnets, DNS). This is a full-time, direct-hire position with hybrid work, requiring you to live locally.