Cloud/DevOps Engineer

Veriipro; Bloomington (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking a skilled Cloud/DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure cloud infrastructure in Bloomington, Illinois. The role requires strong experience in AWS, Terraform, container orchestration, and CI/CD automation.

The ideal candidate will have proficiency in cloud security best practices and the ability to collaborate effectively with development and QA teams. This position offers an opportunity to leverage your cloud skills in a challenging environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/OpenShift) and containerized environments (Docker).
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or ELK stack.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash and/or Python.
• Good understanding of cloud networking concepts (VPC, subnets, routing, security groups).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, automation, and agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform according to IaC best practices.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions using tools like CloudWatch or Prometheus.
• Automate operational processes using scripting to enhance efficiency.
• Implement AWS security best practices.
• Collaborate with dev teams to support deployments and issue resolution.
• Optimize infrastructure for cost efficiency and reliability.

Skills

AWS cloud services

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Cloud networking

DevOps practices

Troubleshooting

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Job description

We are seeking a skilled Cloud/DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in AWS, Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, CI/CD automation, and cloud security best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform, following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
• Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Kubernetes (EKS / OpenShift preferred).
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Implement and manage monitoring and observability solutions using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
• Automate operational processes and routine tasks using Bash and/or Python scripting to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Implement AWS security best practices, including IAM, VPC design, security groups, and secrets management.
• Collaborate closely with development and QA teams to support application deployments, performance tuning, and production issue resolution.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for scalability, availability, security, and cost efficiency while ensuring high system uptime and reliability.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS cloud services.
• Proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS/OpenShift) and containerized environments (Docker).Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or ELK stack.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash and/or Python.
• Good understanding of cloud networking concepts (VPC, subnets, routing, security groups).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices, automation, and agile environments.
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills in production environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet).
• Knowledge of AWS cost optimization strategies.
• Experience with microservices architecture.
• Exposure to GitOps practices (ArgoCD, Flux).