Senior Cloud DevOps Architect - AWS & Terraform

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401(k)

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer for a Downtown Boston client. This full-time, direct-hire role offers a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite, 2 days remote).

You will design, build and scale cloud infrastructure in an AWS-based environment and serve as a senior technical leader across engineering teams. The position emphasizes hands-on engineering (90%) with leadership and mentorship (10%), focusing on reliability, scalability and performance.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure.
• Proficiency with IaC using Terraform and CDK.
• Experience automating CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience mentoring engineers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement automated cloud infrastructure.
• Improve reliability, scalability and performance.
• Lead DevOps initiatives and set best practices.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams.
• Mentor engineers and influence platform strategy.

Skills

AWS

Terraform & CDK

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

AWS Lambda

Aurora & RDS

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer for a Downtown Boston client. This full-time, direct-hire role offers a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite, 2 days remote).

You will design, build and scale cloud infrastructure in an AWS-based environment and serve as a senior technical leader across engineering teams. The position emphasizes hands-on engineering (90%) with leadership and mentorship (10%), focusing on reliability, scalability and performance.