Remote Platform Automation Engineer (Terraform IaC)

Bright Vision Technologies; Maple Grove (MN); Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain infrastructure-as-code foundations across cloud accounts. The role emphasizes reusable Terraform modules, secure pipelines, and policy-driven changes in a remote, US-based setup.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to standardize deployments and optimize resources. The ideal candidate will bring 6+ years in cloud infrastructure/DevOps with deep Terraform expertise, strong scripting, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or DevOps engineering, with significant Terraform focus.
• Hands-on expertise authoring and maintaining production Terraform across at least one major cloud provider.
• Strong experience designing reusable Terraform modules with clean APIs and version discipline.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform state management, backends, and large-scale workspace organization.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure code and automated policy enforcement.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity, and security primitives.
• Strong Git-based workflows including code review, branching, and release management.
• Excellent troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain modular, composable Terraform code that codifies infrastructure state across cloud accounts.
• Build a library of reusable Terraform modules with clear interfaces, versioning, and documentation.
• Implement Terraform automation pipelines using CI/CD tools with plan/apply gating, drift detection, and policy enforcement.
• Define and enforce policy-as-code using Sentinel/OPA/Conftest/Checkov to prevent insecure changes.
• Manage Terraform state at scale with backends, state locking, and disaster recovery patterns.
• Drive multi-account, multi-region, and multi-cloud provisioning strategies with clear naming and tagging standards.
• Lead infrastructure testing with terraform-compliance, Terratest, and policy tests across PRs.
• Collaborate with security, networking, and platform teams to embed guardrails in modules and pipelines.
• Standardize secrets management, identity federation, and least-privilege IAM through Terraform abstractions.
• Lead migrations from legacy or non-IaC infrastructure into managed Terraform footprints.

Skills

Terraform

Python

Go

Bash

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Atlantis

Spacelift

env0

Sentinel/OPA/Checkov

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain infrastructure-as-code foundations across cloud accounts. The role emphasizes reusable Terraform modules, secure pipelines, and policy-driven changes in a remote, US-based setup.

You will collaborate with multiple teams to standardize deployments and optimize resources. The ideal candidate will bring 6+ years in cloud infrastructure/DevOps with deep Terraform expertise, strong scripting, and