DevOps Engineer Terraform Expert

JPS Tech Solutions; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPS Tech Solutions in Des Moines, IA, is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to modernize mission-critical systems with Terraform expertise and AWS. The role focuses on re-architecting the Iowa Workforce Development UI Tax system using cloud-native technologies and Agile practices.

You will lead cloud architecture decisions, build scalable pipelines, and mentor teams while enforcing security best practices and performance optimization across AWS environments.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Terraform (TypeScript) experience is essential.
• Deep AWS and EKS expertise required for production systems.
• Experience implementing Istio service mesh on EKS.
• Strong background with AWS services: EC2, EKS, ECR, S3, Cognito, NLB.
• Proven experience with Docker, containers, and microservices.
• Hands-on experience creating and managing Helm charts.
• Proficient in TypeScript and Python scripting.
• Strong experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Good understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework and security best practices.
• Experience with configuration management and orchestration tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform (TypeScript).
• Manage and optimize core AWS services (EKS, EC2, ECR, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Cognito).
• Architect and operate Istio service mesh within EKS clusters.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring teams and guiding cloud architecture decisions.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure and application deployments.
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests for Infrastructure as Code.
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, FluentBits, Dynatrace).
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance to ensure high availability.
• Use Helm charts to package and manage Kubernetes deployments.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Enforce security best practices and compliance across AWS environments.

Skills

Terraform (TypeScript)

AWS & EKS

Istio service mesh

Docker & containers

Helm charts

TypeScript

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

AWS Well-Architected Framework

Networking concepts

AWS security best practices

Agile

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes (kubectl)

Terraform CLI

Job description

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer with deep Terraform expertise to support modernization of mission-critical systems. This role plays a key part in re-architecting the Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) UI Tax system, leveraging cloud-native technologies, Agile methodologies, and industry best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform (TypeScript)
• Manage and optimize core AWS services (EKS, EC2, ECR, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, Cognito)
• Architect and operate Istio service mesh within EKS clusters
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring teams and guiding cloud architecture decisions
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure and application deployments
• Write and maintain unit and integration tests for Infrastructure as Code
• Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting (CloudWatch, FluentBit, Dynatrace)
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize performance to ensure high availability
• Use Helm charts to package and manage Kubernetes deployments
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve performance, reliability, and scalability
• Enforce security best practices and compliance across AWS environments

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform (TypeScript)
• Deep expertise in AWS and Amazon EKS
• Experience implementing service mesh (Istio) on EKS
• Solid background with AWS services: EC2, EKS, ECR, S3, Cognito, NLB
• Proven experience with Docker, containers, and microservices
• Hands-on experience creating and managing Helm charts
• Proficient in TypeScript and Python scripting
• Strong experience building CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions)
• Good understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Strong knowledge of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS)
• Experience implementing AWS security best practices
• Experience with configuration management and orchestration tools
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.) required
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Experience on large-scale or public-sector projects preferred