Senior AWS DevOps Engineer: Cloud Modernization

Relha LLC; Sioux Falls, Northern (SD, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to design, automate, modernize, and operate secure, scalable AWS cloud environments supporting mission-critical workloads. This hands-on leadership role includes mentoring engineers, establishing standards, documenting solutions, and translating technical recommendations for leadership and customers.

You will lead migration, implement IaC, and mature CI/CD pipelines across hybrid environments while collaborating with cybersecurity, architecture, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or related roles.
• 5+ years hands-on DevOps experience with CI/CD, automation, containers, and infrastructure operations.
• Strong experience designing and operating production workloads in AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead migration and modernization of legacy applications to AWS using secure, scalable patterns.
• Design, deploy, and operate AWS environments for dev, test, staging, and prod workloads.
• Mentor engineers and set engineering standards while collaborating with security and architecture teams.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps

AWS

CI/CD

IaC

Terraform

GitOps

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Job description

KBR is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to design, automate, modernize, and operate secure, scalable AWS cloud environments supporting mission-critical workloads. This hands-on leadership role includes mentoring engineers, establishing standards, documenting solutions, and translating technical recommendations for leadership and customers.

You will lead migration, implement IaC, and mature CI/CD pipelines across hybrid environments while collaborating with cybersecurity, architecture, and