Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

VDart Inc; Tulsa (OK); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VDart Inc is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer in Tulsa, OK, for a hybrid role (3 days in office). The position requires 5+ years in DevOps/related roles and a strong background in AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, and EKS.

You will own and operate CI/CD pipelines, collaborate with architects and developers, and help drive automation, observability, and security across the cloud platform. A Bachelor's degree is required, with higher degrees a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or similar fields; Master/PhD is a bonus.
• 5+ years of professional DevOps/SysOps/Software Eng experience with strong development and operations background.
• Proven experience with microservices, AWS/public cloud, REST API design, Pub/Sub/event-driven, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technical implementation and operations of core components, platform interfaces, security interfaces, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with Product Owner, Solution Architect, and Developers to deliver feature and operational improvements per Enterprise Architecture and Security principles.
• Provide support to product teams by setting up CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, monitoring, and operations; coordinate releases; provide 2nd/3rd line support.
• Coordinate evergreen activities with product teams.
• Continuously explore new technologies to drive cloud platform changes.
• Stay updated on Observability, Software Architecture & Security, and Cloud topics.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Agile

Self-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Terraform

GitLab

EKS

Docker

DataDog

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Job Title: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Tulsa, OK (3 days a week from office- Hybrid)

Duration :6 Months

Job Description:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or similar fields a Master/PhD is a bonus (CGPA > 3.0 or similar grading is a must).

5+ years of professional experience as a DevOps Engineer, SysOps Engineer, Software Engineer, API Engineer, or similar role with proven experience in software development and operations.

Proven experience in the following technologies is a must: microservices architecture, AWS and public cloud, REST API design, Pub/sub and event-driven architecture, CI/CD, and Infrastructure-as-Code.

Proven hands‑on experience with one or more programming languages (Java preferred), scripting languages, and CI/CD/DevOps tooling (GitLab, Terraform, EKS) using modern technologies.

Experience working within Agile teams and comfort in a continuous delivery environment.

Excellent analytical capabilities, the ability to communicate with both technical and business stakeholders, highly committed, self-driven, and customer‑oriented.

Team player with a hands‑on mentality; able to set priorities to craft a direction while also able to work independently.

Passionate and constantly learning about new software technology and architecture.

Job Responsibilities:

Own and drive the technical implementation and operations of core technical components, platform interfaces, security interfaces, and CI/CD pipelines, such as API Management platforms, web reverse proxies, web applications, web services, content delivery networks, and web application firewalls.

Collaborate with the Product Owner, Solution Architect, and other Developers to define and deliver feature and operational improvements following Enterprise Architecture and Security principles.

Provide support to product development teams by setting up CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, monitoring, and operations; coordinating and performing releases; and providing 2nd/3rd level support for the solutions.

Coordinate and perform evergreen activities with product development teams.

Continuously explore new technologies and solutions to drive technical change on the Cloud platform.

Continuously explore and drive improvements in terms of new technologies and solutions on the Cloud platform.

Stay up to date on technology trends, focusing on Observability, Software Architecture & Security, and Cloud Computing topics.

Ideal candidate:

Deep knowledge of AWS: Access Management, network basics, different AWS components: lambdas, dynamodb, eventbus, sqs, sns, ECS, Docker

Deep knowledge of terraform: understanding terraform dependency tree, lifecycle management, state management

CI/CD: GitLab or similar, bash scripting, runners optimization, access management and protected environments, modern deployment strategies (blue/green, canary)

Observability: open telemetry, DataDog, alerting, proactive monitoring, SLOs

Good to have:

Programming experience in any of java/python/typescript/js

Troubleshooting java and ECS services, lambdas

EKS

Disaster recovery setup experience